Sagemcom have released a major firmware update for the RTI90 series (covering the RTI90-320 and RTI90-500 Freeview HD Recorders).

After upgrading our test unit we are happy to report some much needed performance enhancements - changing channel speed is greatly improved, enhanced settings menu, overall stability, personal folder option and some customers reported an issue with the clock time going out of sync - this has been fixed too!

For upgrade instructions please follow this link: RTI90 Upgrade.

Why do I need to re-tune?

Freeview TVs and boxes will need to be re-tuned on or after Wednesday 30 September, and also from time to time, to pick up available channels.

On Wednesday 30 September improvements are being made to the Freeview service to pave the way for the digital TV switchover. You will need to re-tune your Freeview TV or box (including BT Vision and Top Up TV) from lunchtime onwards to ensure you continue to receive your available channels, including Channel Five.

The re-tune will allow Channel Five to become as widely available on Freeview as the other terrestrial channels at digital television switchover. Technical preparations for future

Unfortunately the creators of the PVR created a fantastic product but gave retailers a massive headache when they thought of the extraneous product name: PVR!

If you search online you may find - "PVR (Priya Village Roadshow) Cinemas is one of the largest cinema chain in India"  - rest assured this is not what we are selling you!

A PVR 'Personal Video Recorder' (also know as a DTR or DVR) is basically a Freeview box with a built in Hard Drive - allowing you to record Freeview (digital tv) onto the hard drive for future viewing.

PVRs vary by the amount of tuners, size of Hard Drive and whether it has a ESPN (Top UP TV) card slot.

• Tuners: A single tuner PVR will allow you to watch a freeview channel and at the same time pause, rewind and record the single channel.

  A twin tuner does exactly the same but the second tuner allows you to change the channel and watch, record, pause or rewind the second channel whilst the first one is still recording.

• Hard Drive: Hard Drive size varys by model and the PVR naming convention usually incorporates the Hard Drive (HDD) size in its title. ie. PVR160 has a 160GB Hard Drive. The higher the HDD size - the higher amount of recordings you can store.

• ESPN: Some PVRs