Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 Digital Satellite Receiver

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When you consider that you also get the option of catching up on missed shows thanks to the inclusion of BBC iPlayer and ITV Player, it’s hard to think that there even is a catch.

Freesat comes with an 8-day Programme Guide so you can plan your viewing a week ahead. The powerful reminder and timer functionality allows you to easily set the Plaza HD-S2 to turn itself off or on at any time to any channel or programme of your choosing. Image quality, specifically hi-def, is excellent. The box may be budget but there's no compromise evident in its picture quality. 1080i programmes are as crisp as a sour cream Pringle, and even the more respectable SD channels don't disappoint. Hi Lewis, did you mark where the dish was originally before you moved it? A couple of millimetres in the wrong direction and signal is lost. Is the dish looking in the the same general direction as other Sky dishes around you?Sky Users seeing “BBC Upgrade Message” in centre of the screen – what does it mean November 16, 2023 The box also delivers on the audio front, with Dolby Digital 5.1 delivered over the optical digital connection when broadcast. It sounds great when hooked up to an AV receiver. Manhattan Plaza HD-S2: Verdict Online functionality is the HD-T2’s key feature. There are built-in apps for BBC iPlayer, News and Sport, YouTube and VuTV. This new box features the full HD HTML versions of BBC iPlayer, Sport and News – the HD-S2 only had the old SD MHEG version of iPlayer. However, there’s no 4oD, iTV player or Demand5. With the Manhattan HD-S2 Freesat HD Box in place, your living room will be filled with consistently great entertainment.

Similarly all the BBC apps loaded without hesitation and streamed content without any glitches. Picture quality is excellent too, boosted by the ability to watch in HD. YouTube is a joy to use and looks terrific, using large thumbnails for each video with genre-based short cuts on the left and a handy search tool. Weirdly, the online apps operate a lot faster than the box’s own software. How to fix Sky Plus HD box not recording and Diskless Mode error message – Hard Drive Removal November 12, 2023The Manhattan Plaza HD S2 gives you the full complement of Freesat’s 150-plus channels including all the HD channels, non-Freesat channels (things like Sky News and Press TV which you have to manually add) and over 30 digital radio stations.