Set-top box reviews
Hassle-free Freeview and Freesat digital set-top boxes
There are now two ways of getting free-to-view digital TV channels at home. Freeview via your aerial gives you 40 TV and 30 radio channels at home, once you've bought a box. The new Freesat service offers hundreds of channels via a satellite dish for a one-off payment and no monthly subscription. Both services require a set-top box, but not all boxes are equal. Our exhaustive tests sort the wheat from the chaff and identify the Best Buys.
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- Best Buys
The top 6 Set-top boxes we recommend
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- Don't Buys
The 3 Set-top boxes we think you should avoid
All Set-top boxes by brand (41 on test)
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Alba
STB300HDFrom £40.00
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Apple
TVFrom £91.00
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Argos
STB101From £18.00
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Bush
Digital Set Top Box (BU10FVZS1)From £20.00
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Bush
DVB680From £80.00
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Bush
Freesat HD Digital Box (BFSAT03HD)From £70.00
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Currys
Essentials C1STB11From £20.00
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Curtis
Freeview Digital TV Receiver (DVBTUK-T3)From £25.00
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Digital Stream
DHP8100UFrom £98.50
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Dreamax
DTT5212From £20.00
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Ferguson
F01SDBFrom £19.99
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Goodmans
GD11FVZS2From £24.95
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Goodmans
GDB300HDFrom £20.00
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Goodmans
GFSAT200HDFrom £86.68
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Goodmans
Smart TalkFrom £93.00
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Grundig
GUD1600TS1GFrom £50.00
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Grundig
GUD300HDFrom £49.95
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Grundig
GUFSAT01HDFrom £129.97
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Grundig
GUFSAT02SDFrom £42.95
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Hitachi
HDB95From £160.00
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Humax
Foxsat HDFrom £99.99
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Humax
HD-FOX T2/GBFrom £119.99
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Icecrypt
T2200From £60.00
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Icecrypt
T5000From £25.00
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Logik
L2STB11From £25.00
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Logik
LSSTB11From £20.00
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Manhattan
Plaza HDT-700From £35.00
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Metronic
441808 Eco zapbox 2From £40.00
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Metronic
Eco Zap Box 441802From £35.00
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Metronic
T2 HD ZapboxFrom £75.00
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Murphy
T650HDFrom £59.00
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Philex
28218RFrom £25.00
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Philips
DTR220From £40.00
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Philips
DTR5520From £100.00
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Ross
DVBT-ROFrom £30.00
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Sagem
DS186From £129.00
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Sharp
TU-T2From £70.00
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Sony
SMP-N200From £74.99
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Technika
STBHDIS2010From £40.00
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Technisat
HDFVFrom £124.00
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TopUp TV
T215From £30.00
Help
Best Buys
The Which? Best Buy award is given to
products with high total test scores that perform consistently well in
our rigorous lab tests and excel in all key areas.
Energy Savers
We award the Energy Saver logo to
products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning
they'll cost you less to run.
Don't Buys
The Which? Don't Buy logo alerts you
to the products that performed extremely poorly in one or more key
areas of our tests.
