Scart Solution!
Thursday, September 13th, 2007UK DVR manufacturer manufactures matchbox-sized DVR
TVonics, who have manufactured the successful Freeview Playback-enhanced FP250 and FP300 (below) DVR set top boxes have recently come up with an ingenious switchover solution for older TV sets which don’t have any Scart sockets.
The MFR-200, is an unbelievably tiny matchbox sized digital set top box, which plus directly into the antenna input of an TV set, and like most receivers, displays all of the Freeview channels on one unused channel. The MFR-200 comes with an 8-Day EPG, DVB subtitles, and MHEG5 1.06 digital Teletext, similar to that which is featured on the Top-Up TV platform.
This is great news for people who were worried that they would have to throw away their old TVs post-switchover, and will help lessen the potential waste damage to the environment that a mass analogue graveyard would cause.
Additionally, the MFR-200 is consumes a tiny 5W of energy when in use and 2W when in standby mode, making this ultra-compact device the greenest DTT solution yet. The MFR-200 also comes with a nifty PS2-style, allowing it to be positioned horizontally or vertically.
We’re assuming that the MFR-200 is a non-Scart version of the similarly specced MDR-200 (above) currently available from the TVonics website – there has not yet been an official image released of this new model. Check TVonics.com for more info.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Might be worth checking out, I’ve always thougth the stuff on Style & Culture sucked.
September 14th, 2007 at 8:45 am
I have to say that the TVonics products look pretty sexy, especially when compared to the early dull grey set top boxes.