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Freeview Receivers from NetGem

This page contains details of the digital TV set top boxes from French manufacturer NetGem.

NetGem i-player

NetGem I-Player+

Features: Internet and email access from your TV via built-in 56k modem, built-in games and optional QWERTY keyboard.
Output: 2 SCARTs and RF loopthrough. Optical audio out and USB socket.

Discontinued from BT Shop in Dec 2006. See our iPlayer page for latest availability

More details on our iPlayer page
i-player 6640
tvMax iPlayer 6640

Broadband webhosting firm Namesco launched tvMax in April 2006. They're offering a NetGem box that's capable of receiving the 50 Freeview TV and radio channels, has an 8-day EPG, and has a built-in PVR disk recorder (up to 30 hours on the built-in 30gig hard disk).
The 6640 supports live pause and rewind, Internet and email access, access to over 30,000 podcasts, and will run a service called "catch up TV" coming soon.
Box has an ethernet port (not a modem as found on the standard iPlayer+)

Available for
£199 from Webstore at Simply.com

For more details, go to Namesco's site, or see our TvMax page.
Evesham iPlayer
Evesham iPlayer HDTV PVR - New for Nov 2006

Released in November 2006, the Evesham iPlayer 80GB HD Media Centre is a revamped, powerful iPlayer that receives Freeview, has a hard-disk recorder, and gets TV content over the 'net. Here's the summary:
  • 80 Gig Hard-drive (PVR) for ~ 70 hours recording
  • Pause live TV
  • TV-over-Internet (IPTV)
  • Freeview
  • Onboard High-Definition upscaler
  • HDMI (High Def) socket
  • 2 x SCART , 1 x USB sockets 1 x Ethernet
  • Supports MPEG and WMV video formats

As of July 2007, no longer available. Last seen for £240 from Misco.co.uk.

NetGem i-player mini
NetGem I-Player Mini

As far as we know, this box isn't available in the UK.

Sorry, but we don't have much to go on yet, but here's what we've found listed at 24-7 Electrical:

  • Aerial loop-through - standard aerial plug
  • Two SCART sockets - one for the TV and one for a video recorder
  • 3.5mm Stereo Jack socket audio output
  • S/PDIF optical audio output
  • RJ-11 Telephone socket
  • USB1.1 master socket
Sorry - No pic yet
NetGem NetBox HD

NetGem announced a new product believed to be called the NetBox HD, at the IPTV World Forum in London at the start of March 2006. Here's what we know about this new box:

Box spec: High-definition MPEG4-compliant ADSL (Broadband) / DTT (digital terrestrial) terminal.

This will enable users to receive free to air and pay DTT services both in standard and high definition. When connected to the Internet via Broadband, it will receive Internet TV and be able to access new interactive services such as on-demand video or shared digital content stored on a PC. In addition, it can apparently also include a hard drive for time-shift and video recording services.

The product apparently becomes available between April-June 2006 - No news on UK availability at this time.

 

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NetGem are a French company. Below are the UK phone numbers we have for NetGem:

  • NetGem UK helpline: 0870 366 7055
  • NetGem UK Sales line: 0800 015 3092
  • NetGem Technical Enquiries: 0870 366 7030

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