Freesat+ is a consumer brand introduced to raise consumer awareness and promote sales of
Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...
-capable digital TV recorders, otherwise known as
personal video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR) is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. The term includes set-top boxes with direct to d ...
s. Freesat+ affords users similar features that are available with competitor services such as
Sky+
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and
Freeview+ Freeview may refer to:
*Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), a ...
.
Background
Freesat+ offers a PVR functionality for Freesat, which offers a greater choice of channels compared to Freeview, including a greater number of HD channels, without the subscriptions of Sky or Virgin Media. Freesat also offers higher rates of coverage than Freeview.
Manufacturers
Freesat do not manufacture the units itself, but will award the Freesat+ label to manufacturers that are able to meet a series of specifications that have been drawn up by the UK’s Digital TV Group.
Many manufacturers provide Freesat+ set-top boxes such as:
Humax
Humax (휴맥스) is a consumer electronics company. Founded in South Korea in 1989, it manufactures set-top boxes, digital video recorders and other consumer electronics. It is publicly traded on KOSDAQ.
Listed on the Korean stock exchange (KO ...
, Manhattan, Bush, Sagemcom, Goodmans and others.
See also
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High-definition television in the United Kingdom
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ETSI TS 102 323 V1.4.1 (2010-01) Chapter 11: "Accurate recording" and Annex A: "Example recorder behaviour"
References
External links
FreesatFreesat – HD TV Recorders & Freesat Playback
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Digital television in the United Kingdom
Digital video recorders