Top marks for TVonics! / TVonics launches only digital TV receiver awarded full marks in Digital UK's consumer scoreboard

Berlin (ots) - IFA Hall 26 Stand 125 - If it's peace of mind
you're after, you've got it! Today sees TVonics, the British digital
TV switchover specialist, launch the only digital TV receiver to
offer you absolute assurance that you are buying a product that has
passed all the tests thrown at it with flying colours.

The five TV broadcasters we have all grown to love are currently
being converted to digital to give you the choice of over 40 popular
TV channels including E4 and Dave, and over 20 radio stations, with
no strings attached and no monthly subscription. But instead of
forking out a small fortune on a new TV for Aunt Peggy, or adding to
a landfill somewhere by chucking out the old TV in the kitchen, you
can simply plug the TVonics MDR-250 into any TV, no matter how old,
and upgrade it to digital.

The recent problems experienced by some Freeview customers who
lost their picture during mandatory system upgrades highlighted the
potential issues you may face if you buy a product that doesn't meet
the same criteria. The TVonics MDR-250 removes this worry as it was
designed with these upgrades in mind so it won't get overloaded with
information it can't process, and should last the lifetime of the TV
it converts.

The TVonics MDR-250 costs £49.99 (plus P&P) and will be available
exclusively from the TVonics website from 8th September
www.tvonics.com, allowing owners of television sets of all ages to
easily connect to, and receive, Freeview's digital television and
radio services.

Notes to editors
Consumer friendly features of the MDR-250 are as follows:

Energy efficient:
-Meets the requirements of the Energy Savings Trust (the
industry body that provides advice on and encourages
household energy efficiency)
-Frugal on power consumption using no more than 2.0W in
standby, and only 5.8W in operation
-Ensures long term trouble-free operation of the electronic
components meaning the MDR-250 should last the lifetime of
the television set it converts

Ease of use:
-Connect the set-top box either through the standard SCART
socket, or straight into any television's aerial for
immediate use

Simply upgrade:
-Converting even the oldest analogue television sets is made
easy
-The TVonics auto-tune function tunes into a spare channel
and detects the available digital TV services in the area,
removing the need for manual tuning

Feature packed:
-Digital text
-An eight-day on-screen TV guide
-Subtitles
-Audio-description for those who are blind or partially
sighted
-On-screen TV guide
-Audio-description function gives a narrated version of what
is happening on screen to viewers

About TVonics

TVonics is a British privately owned independent design and
manufacturing company specialising in the digital television sector.
The company focuses on delivering easy to use, energy efficient
digital TV receivers and recorders for the UK and European digital
television markets.

Formed in 2004 and based in South Wales, TVonics has a design team
with more than 60 man-years experience in the design and manufacture
of digital set top boxes and televisions. The management of TVonics
also has a strong background in digital television semiconductor
device design and application development, and is well versed in high
quality, mass-market design techniques.

About Freeview

Freeview is a simple way to get great digital television for free.
The line-up includes over 40 popular TV channels, including E4, BBC
Three, ITV2, CBeebies and Film4, as well as over 20 digital radio
stations - all delivered through a rooftop aerial. Freeview is
received through a digital box, digital TV recorder or digital TV,
with no strings attached and no monthly subscription. Freeview is
currently available in around three out of four UK homes (some homes
will require an aerial upgrade to receive Freeview).

About Digital UK

Digital television switchover is the process of converting the
UK's terrestrial television system to digital. Between now and 2012,
analogue channels will be switched off region by region and replaced
with free-to-air digital TV and radio services (Freeview). Switchover
will extend Freeview coverage to the whole of the UK and free up
airwaves for new services such as ultra-fast wireless broadband and
mobile television.

Digital UK is the independent, not-for-profit organisation
established in 2005 to lead the implementation of digital switchover.
It is jointly owned and funded by the public-service broadcaster

The Digital Scoreboard was introduced in January this year as an
extension to the digital tick certification mark and is a consumer
checklist designed to highlight the usability, connectivity and
energy efficiency of digital switchover products and appliances.

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