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Great Cheapest Freeview Box Hunt

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  • STORM_2
    STORM_2 Posts: 110 Forumite
    I bought a freeview box on saturday for me dear mother for the smashing price of £24.97. Tesco. It doesnt have a top -up slot... but who cares when you have loadsa channels at that price! It was a Tesco Extra Store and it only had two left on the shelf. It wasnt fancy ... couldnt make toast or tea, but it does the job.

    Storm
  • Marty82
    Marty82 Posts: 195 Forumite
    Philips DTR 200 £19.95

    Philips DTR 320 £29.99

    Philips DTR 2520 (inc Top Up TV slot) £29.99

    All at https://www.telephones4u.co.uk

    Shipping £6.99 unless anyone has a code for free delivery? Hint, hint!!!!!!
    Council Tax £1,928.85, Fines £90.00, Old Car Tax £267.00, Gas £337.25, Electric £54.42
    Car Tax Fine £80.00, B/card Visa £470.85, RBS M/C £759.69, M&S M/C £790.00, B/card M/C £2,592.01, House Ins/Title Deeds £1,573.54, Laptop Finance £578.45, Old Car Ins £85.73, Total debt £9,607.79
  • Patr100
    Patr100 Posts: 2,832 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Anyone got a Mogen freeview receiver currently at Sainsbury's for £24.95? I can't find much info or reviews of this box apart from one who said they had a poor quality picture....
  • You can get a decent freeview box without the top-up thingy for
    £25 from Tesco and Asda.
    We have had one for well over a year in kids room. All good so far.
  • norbie
    norbie Posts: 137 Forumite
    Loads left in Maplin stores for £24.99 !!
  • joughtib
    joughtib Posts: 193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I've just had the Richer Sounds VIP club email, giving details of their sale which starts on Boxing Day. They have a Phillips freeview box which is currently listed at 40 quid, but as from Boxing Day, for the first 1000 customers only, it's available for the princely sum of £9.99.

    Check out this link, and see what you think. Please note, this one is not Top-up TV compatible.
  • ysabell
    ysabell Posts: 57 Forumite
    Asda have a few different brands of freeview boxes at around £22 to £25. I bought a SIMZ box from them at £23 and it is fine. It is about the size of a hard backed novel.
  • Don’t know ifs its been mentioned, but aldi have a tevion freeview box on sale from today for £21.99. Ive brought one and it works well- with an indoor aerial!
  • onejontwo
    onejontwo Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    FF99 wrote:
    Any chance some kind soul could recap on the way to get digital channels from a defunct cable connection, as the link has gone ?
    Hear , Hear , I've been searching through like yourself but can't access the link! Do you think Ben has been winding us up?
    It's not April 1st yet is it?:rolleyes:
  • onejontwo
    onejontwo Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    curriej99 wrote:
    January sales at Dixons doing a Matsui digital tv receiver for 30 quid. Don't know how good it is though....
    Have had a matsui digibox for almost 18 month now -no problems whatsoever (unlike the previous bush models-2 failed within 6 months!!!:confused:
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