Comments on: Icecrypt T2200 FreeviewHD photo gallery

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:29:37 +0000

I was at the presentation on Thursday night; looks an interesting box. They’re actually just down the road from me, and I had a quick peek a few months back when it was first announced.

With a bit of luck, I’ll have one to play with here fairly soon.

By: AndyB

AndyB — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:11:37 +0000

Cool, because I’ve just seen the new 3view box:

http://hcc.techradar.com/blogs/team-hcc/3view-debuts-freeview-hd-and-iptv-pvr-weve-embarrassed-big-boys-says-boss-16-04-10

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:28:42 +0000

Yes, it is only a single tuner – it’s designed primarily as a ‘zapper’ or standard set top box.

The LAN port is a mandatory requirement for all FreeviewHD products, and the interactive engine (used for the BBC red button stuff, for example) has code that allows that to be used to request content over the internet. A potential use for that would be iPlayer, though that’s not yet on the official FreeviewHD roadmap.

There will be other models coming down the line, and the same is true from other manufacturers. Some will be adding media streaming, for sure. I’ll be writing about some of those others soon.

By: AndyB

AndyB — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:19:18 +0000

Interesting… firtsly is it only a single tuner, then its also a shame you cannot attach a USB drive to the back (‘as plugging one permanently in the front may be nice, but is ugly)

If it records to HDD, had twin tuners, and TAPs, and also acted as a media streamer (ehich it looks like it does given the LAN port) then this would be the ultimate Freeview HD box.

I hope its just the first of a couple of models, this being the cheap receiver, and the more fully featured ones would come afterwards.