Freeview is a free to air services to view channels and it operates in UK by five companies with equal shareholding
. Freeview is operating in BBC after its launch and will have its services running in all the regions by the end of year 2012. It is a subscription of free digital TV and to view this TV and all the channels a receiver is needed. There are many companies who have launched the Freeview HD Receiver. Humax was one of the first to manufacture and release details about the range of the freeview HD receivers.
IBC is the Humaxs latest receiver. This receiver supports the MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 H.264 decoding and the special thing about this freeview HD receiver box is that it has the ability to stream content via DLNA and supports the both DVB-T2 and DVB-T. It also is able to record the TV shows via the USB port on an external drive.
The DTR5520 is a simple but stylish freeview HD receiver and it allows the owners of the receivers to receive all the freeview standard and high definition content. This receiver presently broadcasts up to 720p and 1080p and it automatically setups all the channels. It also possesses automatically set up all the channels with parental controls and has the output to Dolby Digital 5.1. It has excellent energy efficiency which consumes less than 6w for use. It is light weight and weighs 2.3 Kg which is not bulkier than the average laptop.