Review of the Top Sky Plus Offer – 240 Free-to-view channels with every package

If you are thinking about signing up to Sky TV services then now is as good as time as any. With this Top Sky Plus Offer – 240 Free-to-view channels with every package are available to you, which is almost four times the amount of channels available on freeview.

The Top Sky Plus Offer – 240 Free-to-view channels with every package means you can enjoy even more entertainment channels then you would with any other television service on top of the channel packs you choose as part of your Sky subscription. These free-to-view channels include all the BBC and ITV favourite channels as well as many film, documentary, music, travel and foreign language channels too. The full collection of channel genres are; Entertainment and Sport, Lifestyle and Culture, Movies, Music, News, Shopping, Religion, Documentaries and Specialist, Kids, International, Gaming and Dating,  Adult and Radio. With channels including; Fiver, FiverUSA, Bet, CBS Drama, Horse and Country, LuxeTV, Travel Channel, Wedding TV, Film Four, Movies4Men, True Movies, World Movies, Zone Horror, AKA, Bliss, Flaunt, NME TV, CNN, NHK World and Russia Today.

No matter what package you sign up to not only will you receive 240 Free-to-view channels with every package but you will also be given a £25 Marks and Spencer’s voucher now for a limited time only. This is the perfect chance for you to make the most of this voucher in the M&S Food department you can stock up your cupboards with some snacks for a night in front of the TV enjoying all your new channels!

Where to buy the Top Sky Plus Offer – 240 Free-to-view channels with every package

Retailer	Price	Other Info
Sky Digital	Free with every Sky Plus package	4x more free-to-view channels than Freeview

Review of the Orbit 9.2″ Portable DVD Player with TV, Freeview, Game, USB

An usual design in portable entertainment the Orbit 9.2″ Portable DVD Player with TV, Freeview, Game, USB is so much more than a portable DVD player. It is a great one to consider if you are looking for a high-quality entertainment product for under £200 that will be loved by any film fan or someone who is always on the move.

The Orbit 9.2″ Portable DVD Player with TV, Freeview, Game, USB has a beautiful outer appearance with a sleek design and an interesting swivel screen feature. It has an impressive high-contrast, high brightness 9.2” screen which can either stand up or fold down as a tablet player. It has a nifty built-in freeview tuner which gives access to over 40 great free channels and 20 radio stations you will love, plus the player can be plugged into your home television to act as a freeview tuner for that too. Channels you will receive include popular channels such as BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV2, E4, Sky Sports News, BBC News 24, CBBC, Cbeebies and CITV. The Orbit 9.2″ Portable DVD Player with TV, Freeview, Game, USB can not only play DVDs but also has the ability to play CD, VCD, SVCD, Divx, MP3 music, JPEG Photo, DVD-R,  and DVD+R formats. Plus it comes with a free cd that gives over 300 boredom fighting games which are great for on a long journey what ever mode of transport it may be. Lastly this player also has the ability to record your favourite shows from freeview onto an SD or USB card for later viewing which means you will never agin to have to miss the programmes you love!

Where to buy the Orbit 9.2″ Portable DVD Player with TV, Freeview, Game, USB

Retailer	Price	Other Info
Amazon	£164.98	Free Delivery

A new on broadband Freeview service is being planned by the BBC, ITV and BT.  The service will use a new type of Freeview set-top box, and combine it with a broadband connection. This means that we will be able to play on demand catch-up TV over broadband, but watch it on our TVs.  The service is currently going under the name of Project Canvas.

This new broadband Freeview service will also launch on Freesat (Freesat is a satellite TV service which requires a one off cost for a satellite dish and installation, but then offers free-to-air satellite TV channels with no ongoing subscription cost).

Unfortunately this broadband TV service will not be available until January 2010 – so just 13 months to wait!
But it does sound worth waiting for. Project Canvas will offer:

•    TV, radio and high-definition services
•    on-demand catch-up TV
•    programmes from the extensive BBC and ITV TV archives
•    films
•    interactive TV services

This new Freeview broadband service will be kept separate from the BT TV and broadband offering BT Vision.

Find out about the current Freeview service here.

Free to air digital TV services have been around for a few years now, offering a greatly expanded number of channels without the need for a subscription to TV licence payers up and down the country.

But recently a new free to air TV service called Freesat has been launched by the BBC and ITV.

There are differences between the two free to air services. Essentially the main difference is the way in which the two services are received.

Freeview can be accessed through your existing aerial and requires that you either purchase a Freeview decoder box or a TV with built in Freeview capabilities, which can then be plugged into your aerial and instantly receives the service. There are over 50 digital TV and radio channels available on Freeview covering many areas of interest.

Freesat on the other hand requires that you have a working satellite dish or are willing to pay for one to be installed on the exterior of your property. You also need to purchase a decoder box, or alternatively buy a TV which comes with a built in decoder. Freesat offers over 140 digital TV and radio channels as well as the opportunity to watch High Definition (HD) content, provided that you buy an HD Freesat decoder box and have an HD ready TV.

Neither service requires a subscription and you just pay for the set up and the equipment.