NEW NetBox 4K: Freeview Play smart TV box + Streaming in Ultra HD + USB recording = all in one place

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It comes with a remote control, featuring a handy button for Freeview Play, which immediately open the app when pressed, meaning you don’t have to trawl through the menu to find what you want to watch. Now, if you just want to flip through Freeview channels, you can do so in the regular way. But the Netbox’ main strength comes from its recommendation UI. The Netgem Netbox Interface In July 2022, Netgem confirmed they had reached a milestone of more than 100 extra channels on their service to complement Freeview channels.

Extra on Demand: Additional recommendations from paid services, such as Prime Video, BritBox, Rakuten, etc’. I doubt they will turn off terrestrial broadcasts at that time but it does signal the future of streaming.

Overall, for people looking for the cheapest Freeview box the Oakcastle SB110 offers good functionality for the lowest possible price.

Netgem TV is an award-winning pay TV service that offers Freeview channels alongside premium content, with an emphasis on becoming a central hub for on-demand and other subscription content too.If recording is the main reason you’re looking for a standalone Freeview box, then you should look elsewhere, for boxes with built-in storage and more advanced capabilities (see our recommended Freevew boxes list here). Unfortunately, red flags started flying when Netflix wasn’t preinstalled and were only raised when the Google Play store announced that the Netflix app wasn’t supported on this particular device. The Now TV app would install, but on launch sent up an error message saying that the service wasn’t available through this device. You can just about get away with not supporting one of these services. Missing both is a big mistake. Other features include the universal search function, compatible with Alexa, enabling customers to easily search for their favourite TV or movies across services.