Swap your old, useless VCR for a Freeview+ box

Keith Chegwin's in town for the free VCR swap shop

Date Published: 27/08/2009

In two months' time Manchester and other parts of the country will be switching over. It's been a long time coming (and at points it seemed like it was never coming) but the date of Wednesday 4 November for the BBC2 analogue switch-off in the Granada region is fast approaching. The remaining channels will follow suit on Wednesday 2 December.

After the digital switchover, VCRs will only let you record the channel you are watching. As this defeats the object of a VCR, you might want to swap it for a Freeview+ box instead.

You may already be sorted with a digital TV or Freeview box, but do you still own a VCR? After the digital switchover, VCRs will only let you record the channel you are watching. As this defeats the object of a VCR, you might want to swap it for a Freeview+ box instead. This will allow you to watch and record digital TV after the switchover.

TV personality Keith Chegwin will host the Freeview VCR Swap Shop this Saturday, 5 September at Comet in Manchester Fort Shopping Park on Cheetham Hill Road. He'll be swapping 50 old VCRs for 50 brand new Freeview+ digital TV recorders.

Starting at 10am, customers can bring their old VCRs into the store and be entered into the Freeview Swap Shop prize draw. Cheggers will then select 50 winners at 2pm, who will each receive a stylish Humax Freeview+ digital TV recorder worth over £125.

The Humax PVR-9150T Freeview+ box can record over 100 hours of TV onto its 160Gb hard drive. It also allows viewers to pause and rewind live TV, and record their favourite telly series. General information about Freeview and the digital switchover will also be available on the day.

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J says..“ Got a Humux already, they're really good but we moved to Virgin V+ not so long ago so it is in the sideboard acting as a spare at the moment, but no doubt we'll get some more use out of it someday. ”

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Jimbob says..“ I've got this Humax box at home and it's brilliant. It's way better and easier to use than many of its competitors. Get your old VCR out and go swap it, you won't be disappointed.”

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Anonymous says..“ love to watch programmes”

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Anonymous says..“ why is it useless? ”