Search for Set Top Boxes - 28 results

One of the boxes supplied by Sky for receiving digital TV via satellite - it's large with full controls on the top. Handles audio description and has a built in modulator for connecting to a no-SCART TV. Fairly high standby and in use power consumption. Good remote control that makes it easy to use.

Small STB with basic controls on top. Intuitive and simple to use with a large, well designed remote control. No favourite groups possible. Incorporates audio description and built- in modulator for connecting to a no-SCART TV.

Small, intuitive and simple to use box with a fairly large and well designed remote control, dedicated subtitle and audio description buttons and an easily readable TV guide. No favourite channel groups but you can hide unwanted channels. It also has the assisted retune feature - this makes re-tuning for digital switchover much easier.

An easy to install freeview set top box capable of showing standard and high definition TV. The TV Guide shows a small picture of currently tuned channel. It is supplied with a long universal remote control that can operate up to three other devices eg TV, DVD and audio system. RECOMMENDED

One of the boxes delivering free-to-view, standard and high definition services via satellite that had a host of versatile features, including audio description. It could be easier to use though - the main buttons on the remote control were scattered for using without looking and setting favourites was long winded and not very intuitive.

Smart looking box that received Freesat standard and high definition services, needing a satellite dish. Also played back multimedia files from a USB stick or from a home network. Fairly easy to use with dedicated subtitle and audio description buttons on the remote control, but generally the buttons were not well laid out, the TV guide was very slow to fill up and quite bright and setting favourites was laborious. Low standby but high in use power consumption.

This is a fairly basic STB with some niggles, eg poor remote control labelling, limited teletext, poor instructions and poorly labelled front panel controls.

Set top box with basic front panel controls and a display. It receives Freesat TV, so you will need a satellite dish for this, and supports High Definition viewing if connected to an HD Ready TV. It also has a digital audio output that can be connected to a surround sound system and an Internet connection for future Internet TV applications. It has a favourites channel feature but these are not displayed in their own TV Guide. It was considered fairly easy to install and use.

This box has basic front panel controls with a numeric display showing channel number or a clock. It has 2 SCART sockets, but older TVs with no spare SCART socket can be connected via the aerial. The TV Guide was very slow to fill up. It has favourite channels feature but they cannot be displayed in their own TV Guide. It was not considered easy to install or retune and standby energy consumption was quite high.

This box has 2 SCART sockets and a useful built-in "timeshift" feature which allows you to pause a live TV programme for approximately half an hour. The TV Guide only shows one channel at a time, and is very slow to fill up but it does show a small picture of the currently tuned channel. It has no favourite channels option but unwanted channels can be deleted or locked. It does not have any front panel controls and the box tested had a sound to vision lip-sync problem. It was considered easy to install.