Standard for television receivers - including set-top boxes and integrated digital TVs - that can receive and decode HD (720p, 1080i) satellite, cable or terrestrial broadcast transmissions.

Shows which type of box this is and what signals it can handle. DVB-C = Cable; DVB-T = Terrestial; DVB-S = Satellite. And DVB-S2 is the new (2005-) satellite specification which includes higher broadband speed for digital video broadcasting.

It means that you can watch one TV channel while recording from another channel at the same time, either into the built in hard drive (PVR) if featured or into any external recording equipment.

Freesat is a British free-to-air digital satellite television service developed by the BBC and ITV plc. The service began broadcasting on 6 May 2008 and offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. The service makes use of the additional capacity available on digital satellite broadcasting to offer high-definition channels.

Shows if product has any card reader, also called smart card reader. This is where you put in the card from your operator. Make sure that box comes with support for your operator.

Can also be mentioned as PVR which is short for personal video recorder, a generic term for a device that is similar to a VCR but records television data in digital format as opposed to the VCR’s analog format. PVRs encode video data in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats and store the data in a hard drive. PVRs have all of the same functionality of VCRs (recording, playback, fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing) plus the ability to instantly jump to any part of the program without having to rewind or fast forward the data stream.A PVR is essentially made up of two elements: the device that stores its hardware elements, such as the hard disk drive, power supply and buses, and the software in the form of a subscription service that provides programming information and the ability to encode the data streams.Two common PVR systems are TiVo and ReplayTV.

This is how much you can store in your hard drive in gigabytes.

EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is a menu system that helps the viewer to find television programmes or services.

This shows how many scart connections the product has. Most common is two scart connections. But it could also be more or less.