Dutch Electronics major, Philips has introduced its first Freeview+ HD personal video recorder, one that is created by Pace, and which will be put up for sale for a minimum of £284.99.

Online seller Puresatellite will be presenting the Philips HDT8520 for this cost as well as free delivery starting from tomorrow.

Comet is also offering it for sale online though you will have to shell out £15 more and you will have to wait for over a fortnight before getting it delivered.

The Philips HDT8520 is equipped with a 500GB hard disk drive that will let users to record up to 250 hours of SD footage and 125 hours (which is more than five days) of HD matter.

The Freeview HD receiver can record from one tuner whilst letting watchers to view content on the second one.

Because this is Freeview HD compatible, you will not have to to disburse any monthly subscription to have access to the service and the EPG will permit you to pre-program the STB up to eight days ahead.

Add a terrific design to it and the capability to dish up content through SCART and HDMI ports and you have practically a great all rounder.

Sadly, Freeview HD coverage is only restricted to about half of the nation and there are just some high definition channels on the market.