| Philips has unveiled the latest product and has | | | | will offer up freeview HD but it will have no recording |
| manufactured its Philips freeview HD box. This | | | | capabilities. Superior quality of picture and sound are |
| freeview PVR is branded by Philips but designed by | | | | offered for this box by freeview HD services for |
| Pace. HDT8520 HD recorder boasts a 500 GB hard | | | | one price. |
| drive and has the capacity to hold 125 hours of HD | | | | This Philips recorder is not the first one with ambilight |
| content, USB, 1080p HD up-scaling and the Ethernet | | | | style rim and it is certainly coolest looking device. It |
| ports for enhanced connectivity of the device. | | | | comes as a brushed metal square case and the |
| This HD box has the ability to live pause the TV and | | | | edges are glowing which sets it apart from the rest |
| has the three hour buffer limit with DD5.1 audio | | | | of the bland black boxes which are common in the |
| output to hear the best music output. This Philips | | | | market. It packs a 500 GB hard drive which is enough |
| freeview HD box and the recorder comes with an | | | | of storing 250 hours of broadcasts or 125 hours of |
| eight-day EPG with parental locking and consumes | | | | HD. It also has twin tuners means that it can record |
| less than 1W in the standby mode which is an | | | | while watching the channel and can also record two |
| excellent feature of the box. Other than this recorder | | | | channels simultaneously while playing back the other |
| the company Philips is also introducing a slim line | | | | recording. |
| receiver in the market for its users and this receiver | | | | |