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Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 Digital Satellite Receiver

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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. Adding Favourites to a list is a convoluted process – in the Channel List, highlight a channel, hit the star key, choose a list to add it to then hit the star key again, followed by OK. That’s more long-winded than it needed to be, but it’s a useful feature nonetheless. You can also rename each list using an onscreen keyboard. We have no hesitation in offering a high score; it's worthy of being the only single-tuner freesat HD receiver you need in your home." 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.

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. When you consider that you also get the option of catching up on missed shows thanks to the inclusion of BBC iPlayer and ITV Player, it’s hard to think that there even is a catch. How to fix Sky Plus HD box not recording and Diskless Mode error message – Hard Drive Removal November 12, 2023 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 Sadly it’s not all plain sailing. The cursor is remarkably sluggish when moving around menus or the EPG, taking at least a second to respond after pressing the button. That makes for a frustrating user experience and feels laborious when creating Favourite lists.

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The Plaza HD-S2 must be connected via Ethernet to a minimum actual broadband speed of 2Mbps for On Demand TV services. 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

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. The HD•S2 produces sharp, solid high-definition pictures. With ITV HD’s Long Lost Family for example, shots of various outdoor locales are engagingly crisp and bright. Objects have hard edges and there’s no break up as the camera pans.

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It’s a tiny, single tuner Freesat HD box designed to live in the bedroom, the kitchen or the spare room, anywhere you’d want to put an inexpensive secondary TV.

The Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 allows you to easily create up to eight lists of your favourite channels, then use them to filter the Programme Guide, so you only see the ones you want to. As well as bringing you Freesat’s range of over 150 TV and radio channels (six of which are in hi-def), you can also scan for non-Freesat channels automatically, expanding your selection even further. Connect the box to the internet via Ethernet you can also access BBC iPlayer and ITV Player and catch-up on the last seven days’ worth of programmes. 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. If over 150 freesat channels are not enough, you can automatically add hundreds more non-freesat channels, and combine them with freesat channels on the same favourites lists. 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.

Manhattan Plaza HD S2 review

The Manhattan Plaza HD S2 by no means a living room hero. It’s not going to replace your old Freesat HD box or ever challenge the likes of Sky+HD. But that’s not what it’s for. It’s very much a bedroom device. Criticsisng it for not having an extra tuner is a bit like criticising a motorbike for not being able to seat four. The successor to the award-winning Plaza HD-S, the HD-S2 is the most compact freesat HD receiver available, and comes bursting with unique features.

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