You should be able to get decent Freeview reception from where you are, but you may well need a new aerial - you need a wideband one to get get all the muxes in Cambridge, whereas the analogue one for here is only band A. Also, as DTT is sensitive to impulse noise interference from things like badly suppressed motors, you may find you want to replace the downlead with a better screened one.
I can recommend the Topfield TF5800 PVR - one of its neat features is that it has a published API allowing people to write add-on modules ("TAPs") to enhance/customise its functions and user interface. It has an enthusiastic user group in the UK and there are loads of TAPs offering all sorts of features. It also has a USB interface to allow uploading software and downloading/uploading recordings.
We use Nildram for DSL for our customers (and ourselves) and they do offer a very reliable service (so far they appear to keep buying enough backhaul and interconnect capacity to make sure they keep up with usage) and they still seem to have clueful people. However they're not the cheapest for home user packages and static IPs do cost extra.[Their home packages do include the option of a free PSTN voice call package as well which might make them more cost effective for you].
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Date: 2007-03-17 05:57 pm (UTC)I can recommend the Topfield TF5800 PVR - one of its neat features is that it has a published API allowing people to write add-on modules ("TAPs") to enhance/customise its functions and user interface. It has an enthusiastic user group in the UK and there are loads of TAPs offering all sorts of features. It also has a USB interface to allow uploading software and downloading/uploading recordings.
We use Nildram for DSL for our customers (and ourselves) and they do offer a very reliable service (so far they appear to keep buying enough backhaul and interconnect capacity to make sure they keep up with usage) and they still seem to have clueful people. However they're not the cheapest for home user packages and static IPs do cost extra.[Their home packages do include the option of a free PSTN voice call package as well which might make them more cost effective for you].