Comments on: Humax Fox-HD-T2 Freeview HD Box launch date announced

By: Wossington

Wossington — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:53:17 +0000

The gumpf I have seen is that additional HD channels with come on to Freeview HD by the summer. What people will get annoyed with is that many have bought HD tellys wiith a freeview turner built in only to realise that when publicity breaks with awareness of Freeview HD around the time of the world cup that the telly they have just bought six months ago won’t be able to get the HD transmission

By: admin

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:42:45 +0000

At the moment, I would agreee… but I think all of the channels are very committed to HD content – and the BBC in particular. ITV is a long way behind, but has to play catch up if it wants to compete for viewer numbers (and therefore advertising revenue) in my opinion. For those people who are still in the dark about Freeview HD (and Freesat HD to a lesser extent), I believe the World Cup 2010 will be a big eye-opener to many, and the broadcasters will start boasting about and increasing the number of HD transmissions from then onwards.

Freesat HD has won a significant number of customers already – and I agree, the reason for which is simply that Freeview HD isn’t yet available (and they don’t want to pay a subscription for Sky HD). Once Freeview HD is available (and there are HD boxes on the market) the only people who will use Freesat HD will be those who can’t get a decent reception via a terrestrial aerial, and those who perhaps ‘downgrade’ from Sky and already have a dish installed.

By: Len

Len — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:35:34 +0000

The big problem with Freeview HD is the same one as Freesat HD.
Namely the programming or rather lack of it!
BBC HD is only a skeleton service,with just a few simulcasts with SD transmissions.
ITV HD is a joke,showing only tiny amounts of HD content.They do not even have their own transponder,offering only a red button service.
Channel 4 HD are O.K.,but to date,Channel 5 HD doesn’t even exist!
What is the point of buying a Freeview HD box if there is little to watch on it?
Waste of money until the broadcasters get their acts together.
I do believe eventually however that Freeview HD will succeed at the expense of Freesat HD
which I think will die a death,mainly because people will be able to get Freeview HD on their existing aerials,without the need of a satellite dish.