Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 Digital Satellite Receiver

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Here’s a summary of our thoughts in video, with some of the on-screen menus, and you can scroll on for more details. With On Demand TV including, BBC iPlayer and ITV Player, you can catch up with the best of the week's TV, at a time that suits you The EPG is thoughtfully designed. Hit the Guide button once and it displays a choice of channel lists – All, HD, Radio and any Favourite lists you’ve set up.

Similarly, the Plaza HD S2’s electronic programme guide (EPG) could be slow to respond to our commands, and we often pressed buttons again because we thought they hadn’t registered with the unit even though they had, which sometimes led to unwanted channel or menu changes. However, this isn’t something that’ll stop you wanting to use the Plaza HD S2. But here’s the brilliant part – you can create your own EPG based on your Favourites lists. When you see the EPG’s genre selection screen, hit the swap button and select the relevant Favourites list. That brings up a stripped down EPG containing only the channels in your list, rather than making you wade through loads of channels you don’t watch. Manhattan Plaza HD•S2 – PerformanceThe Freesat channel platter currently offers around 170 TV and radio channels, of which the BBC offerings, ITV One, C4, NHK and Russia Today are in hi-def. Somewhat frustratingly, the channel guide doesn't prompt you to view HD versions of programmes when they're available if you stay into SD guide territory. The Plaza HD-S2 even helps save you money thanks to its extremely low power consumption (less than 1/2W in standby), and comes recommended by the Energy Saving Trust The Manhattan HD-S2 Freesat HD Box gives you a wide-ranging range of TV viewing options to stay entertained every day, and it comes with a newly designed remote control for maximum ease of use.

The box also delivers on the audio front, with Dolby Digital 5.1 delivered over the optical digital connection when broadcast. It sounds great when hooked up to an AV receiver. Manhattan Plaza HD-S2: Verdict How to fix Sky Plus HD box not recording and Diskless Mode error message – Hard Drive Removal November 12, 2023 It’s one of the first Freeview receivers in the UK to implement the latest version of YouTube, which can be controlled by a smartphone or tablet. The beauty is that you don’t have to pair your phone or even open the YouTube app on the receiver – just press the TV icon in the YouTube smartphone app, select the Manhattan from the list of devices and it will start playing on your TV, assuming your phone and TV are on the same network.As for picture quality, the HD-T2 displays high-definition channels with aplomb. Images boast dazzling clarity and depth, drawing objects with forceful edges and razor-sharp detail. With the BBC’s Commonwealth Games athletics coverage, for example, you can easily make out the sandy textures in the long jump pit and beads of sweat on the athletes’ faces. On Demand TV* including BBC iPlayer & ITV Player means that even if you do miss a programme, you can catch-up with the best of the week's TV, at a time that suits you. Similarly all the BBC apps loaded without hesitation and streamed content without any glitches. Picture quality is excellent too, boosted by the ability to watch in HD. YouTube is a joy to use and looks terrific, using large thumbnails for each video with genre-based short cuts on the left and a handy search tool. Weirdly, the online apps operate a lot faster than the box’s own software. The successor to the award-winning Manhattan Plaza HD-S, the Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 is the most compact freesat HD receiver available, and comes bursting with unique features. Among the options are HDMI resolution and lip sync delay settings, plus the ability to enable RF loopthrough in standby, which is switched off by default to comply with EuP power consumption requirements.

The Manhattan Plaza HD S2 gives you the full complement of Freesat’s 150-plus channels including all the HD channels, non-Freesat channels (things like Sky News and Press TV which you have to manually add) and over 30 digital radio stations.Any SD programmes also available in hi-def have an HD logo next to them in the EPG. You can also set reminders through the EPG, which displays a message onscreen when the programme is about to start. Online content can be accessed in the On Demand section of the EPG or through the channels’ interactive services. A series of installation screens are displayed when you first fire up the box. These let you set the aspect ratio, HDMI output resolution (from 576i up to 1080p), channel tuning and parental PIN. Listen to a broad range of music and talk radio stations if you don't feel like watching TV, staying entertained and informed as you please. Connect to your HDTV via the HDMI port. This release improved the abilityof the HD-S2 to scan for the Freesat Home Transponder in case its location changes in the future. Please see the includednotes. The Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 even helps save you money thanks to its extremely low power consumption (less than 0.5W in standby), and comes recommended by the Energy Saving Trust.