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A better way to TV

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Around eight years ago when we moved our little family from San Diego to Auckland we ‘splashed out’ and purchased our first flat screen TV.  A massive (!) 32″ Sony Bravia that we paid way too much for by today’s standards.  It was and still is a really great TV – perfect for our second lounge which runs the daily gauntlet of life with Ethan and Nixon.  

Bucking the consumer trend of unnecessary obsolescence, we have held on to our seemingly prehistoric TV despite its lack of built in digital access.  After the digital switchover in 2012/2013 we purchased a Freeview box so we could continue to use the old girl to enjoy regular programming.  It was an inexpensive and easy option as we weren’t and still are not interested in a Sky subscription.

Fast forward to 2015 and Freeview’s had a wee makeover! Top Mummy Blog new Zealand FreeviewPlus is the newest service on offer, bringing On Demand to your TV and as the tagline states, it’s definitely ‘a better way to TV’.  It comes built in to the latest TV’s on the market from all of the major players such as LG, Panasonic, Sony and Samsung.  For those of us with slightly ‘older’ models a new aerialbox is available with loads of new features.

There are so many ways to use FreeviewPlus, I feel like I’m only scraping the surface at the moment – pretty sure this free service is going to become a fast favourite in the Jack house.

With two super active kids, my husband travelling a lot, a wonderful Nana who is an integral part of our household splitting her time between Auckland and sunny Northland and me trying to squeeze in blogging at all hours of the day and night ::yawn::, keeping up with the TV schedule is not too much of a priority.  This is going to become more and more apparent as we head into summer and we all want to maximise our outdoor time rather than sit on the couch.  As such, any service offering our family a flexible, smart way to keep up with our favourite shows adds a lot of value to what time we do allocate to relaxing with some TV.

I’ve had a great play with this service and have identified my 3 FreeviewPlus Favourite Features;

Enhanced FreeviewPlus TV Guide  Despite our rather fast and loose model to watching TV, here are shows that we are quite ‘invested‘ in lol.  Shorty, Peppa Pig, Robson Green, The Block, Masterchef, The Voice……..but we certainly don’t plan our lives around our TV schedule!   The new enhanced FreeviewPlus TV Guide eliminates the possibility of a day without Peppa by letting me roll back up to 8 days to mitigate any toddler-withdrawal-tantrum situations.  I like.

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This is the TV Guide: using the side arrows on the remote you can move back and forth over the programming of the past 8 days, skipping ahead or going back 24 hours using the coloured button shortcuts (bottom right of the screen).

Favourites Menu

This is an easy way to navigate, record shows (just plug a USB storage device into the aerial box), set reminders or watch on demand episodes.  Just add shows you love to your personal favourites menu for easy access.Top Mummy Blog new Zealand

Easy Browsing

Not sure what to watch?  Check out the featured shows or browse by TV, Movies or On Demand Content.  Within each category you can view all offerings within a particular genre.  I selected TV > Kids and could immediately view all kids content currently available to view – TV is now super easy to filter! Top Mummy Blog new Zealand Top Mummy Blog new Zealand

FreeviewPlus is available to purchase from leading electronics retailers nationwide (e.g. The Warehouse, Noel Leeming, JB Hifi, Harvey Norman, Dick Smiths, Smiths City etc.) To browse the 2015 range go to www.freeviewplus.co.nz.

To be in to win a FreeviewPlus AerialBox of your own, just complete the steps required using the Rafflecopter Widget below.  

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  1. Nov 4, 2015 9:43 am

    I really want to have this Freeview Plus. A great gift for us! 🙂

  2. Nov 4, 2015 9:50 am

    I watch TV on Freeview but our box is now getting weary & just cuts out – I would be absolutely thrilled to have one that doesn’t need toilet breaks or indeed doesn’t have attitude.

  3. Nov 4, 2015 9:58 am

    We had Sky staying with family but are moving soon so will be Freeview and Netflix

  4. Nov 4, 2015 10:00 am

    Watch Freeview but have no way of recording anything that I want to watch later

  5. Nov 4, 2015 10:49 am

    Currently we have Sky but this looks a very good option so would love to win

  6. Nov 4, 2015 10:53 am

    Really need this our old one is on its way out

  7. Nov 4, 2015 11:03 am

    At the moment I have Sky and Lightbox but definitely looking for a way to ditch Sky and perhaps Freeview is the answer!

  8. Nov 4, 2015 12:32 pm

    We would love this! We currently have my sky br I’d love to be able to put this in the man cave for my hubby 😉

  9. Nov 4, 2015 2:21 pm

    We have Sky but will be looking into our options to change now that the World Cup is over.

  10. Nov 4, 2015 2:55 pm

    We have Sky but will be checking out other options in the very near future

  11. Nov 4, 2015 3:05 pm

    Great prize. We have Sky and Netflix, but I don’t think sky will last much longer in our house…

  12. Nov 4, 2015 3:25 pm

    Ohh thanks for this post, I was looking at getting one for the family at Christmas but wasn’t sure what it did exactly. I’m a massive Netflix lover but this would be fantastic and the interface/look of it looks great, I have having to navigate difficult pages

  13. Nov 4, 2015 4:02 pm

    We’ve been using netflix, since our freeview box died (or something – I’m no technowizz), but I do miss using watching stuff on full screen. This looks like the best of both worlds – being able to choose your own shows, but without having to hover over your laptop! Great post, Melissa! I might look into this!

  14. Nov 4, 2015 9:15 pm

    A FreeviewPlus AerialBox is what’s missing from our busy home to with 3 young lads. This nre service looks the goods from Freeview.

  15. Nov 4, 2015 9:23 pm

    I my-sky but really want to save for a house so this awesome feeview box would be the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. Nov 4, 2015 9:25 pm

    Woopsy!! I meant “freeview” plus aerial box 🙂

  17. Nov 4, 2015 10:29 pm

    we have an old freeview box and lol when it rains too much we get what is called rain fade apparently which supposedly is the reason why we sometimes dont get a signal thankfully it doesnt happen often tho

  18. Nov 4, 2015 11:56 pm

    We currently use a combination of Live TV (Freeview) and recorded on a PVR as well as Lightbox on occasion. We can still completely loose our signal when the weather is bad (and the internet is pretty shocking then too)

  19. Nov 5, 2015 7:04 am

    We have Sky, but Free View Plus sounds like a great option

  20. Nov 5, 2015 11:11 am

    I have freeview on TV but would really enjoy Freeview Plus – I’m greedy LOL

  21. Nov 5, 2015 11:26 am

    I watch tv through our sky tv but id love one these for my mum, she dont have a freeview or anything and has been wanting one for such a long time. This would be a wonderful Christmas Gift for her

  22. Nov 5, 2015 12:11 pm

    That would be handy to have

  23. Nov 5, 2015 3:02 pm

    I use Freeview but this would take it to a whole new level!!

  24. Nov 6, 2015 1:25 am

    Yes please and this would be good and handy to have in my home thanks…:) x

  25. Nov 6, 2015 1:30 am

    Oh and I use Freeview…;)

  26. Nov 8, 2015 8:59 am

    We have Sky in the lounge and FreeView in the bedroom. This looks awesome 🙂

  27. Nov 8, 2015 9:38 pm

    No Sky in our house but I use Free View and tv on demand

  28. Nov 9, 2015 9:14 pm

    We have a satbox so your very basic freeview.

  29. Nov 9, 2015 9:56 pm

    I have a Freeview box but it would be great to have Freeview plus

  30. Nov 9, 2015 10:00 pm

    I think our old freeview box is on it’s way out. To be fair, we did get a budget one off trademe, it’s about 6 years old but it keeps freezing all the time. We’d love a REAL freeview box 🙂

  31. Nov 10, 2015 8:25 pm

    Awesome easy better than spending money on sky

  32. Nov 11, 2015 12:33 pm

    Freeview currently 🙂

  33. Nov 11, 2015 1:55 pm

    We have Sky. And Freeview built into out TV. I’d love this for our other TV that doesn’t have Sky though.

  34. Nov 11, 2015 4:08 pm

    I sky and netflix

  35. Nov 11, 2015 10:08 pm

    I freeview this would be awesome to win as maybe then I could actually get to see some of the programmes I like on Fri or Sat evenings when I have time to watch TV 🙂

  36. Nov 11, 2015 10:48 pm

    We are currently with Sky but our changing budget means we need to switch to Freeview!

  37. Nov 12, 2015 7:17 am

    Currently with Skytv and have Mysky but if we had a FreeviewPlus box I think we’d give sky a miss.

  38. Nov 12, 2015 7:49 am

    Currently have my sky but am moving soon and hope to save some money if we win this ?

  39. Nov 12, 2015 8:01 am

    We currently just have Freeview.

  40. Nov 12, 2015 8:22 am

    I love Netflix! We use it mainly for the kids but I enjoy the exclusive Netflix series

  41. Nov 12, 2015 9:08 am

    We just have built in freeview but our tv watching sounds like yours – definitely watch most of it on demand and therefore have been looking forward to this type of technology.

  42. Nov 12, 2015 9:11 am

    We use freeview and the recording function on our T.V. but it often cuts off halfway through or misses the last few minutes! This looks like a great solution!

  43. Nov 12, 2015 1:23 pm

    Watch freeview

  44. Nov 12, 2015 1:49 pm

    Wow!! whole other level of tv watching….how cool. Sorry to say it buty guilty as charged using tv as a 10-20min sanity saver and timeout from my active boys at times.

  45. Nov 12, 2015 2:20 pm

    We have Sky on one tv, freeview on another, netflix an dlightbox as well. We are going to get rid of sky as we mostly watch online content. freeview is much better than sky tv in our opinion.

  46. Nov 12, 2015 2:28 pm

    Great prize! I’m actually a cord cutter so all my TV is through Netflix and TVNZ on Demand…

  47. Nov 12, 2015 7:56 pm

    I love Freeview!!! We have sky in our lounge and old cheap Freeview in the bedroom

  48. Nov 13, 2015 7:34 pm

    Just got rid of sky, freeview would rock instead!

  49. Nov 16, 2015 9:20 am

    I would just love to give this a go!

  50. Nov 16, 2015 9:21 am

    We would love this for our place we only have the basics . This would be amazing

  51. Nov 16, 2015 9:23 am

    We have regular tv via free view but as we have a baby we tend to miss what we are watching haha. Would be great to win this so we can save shows and actually get to watch them!

  52. Nov 16, 2015 9:23 am

    We have sky but would love to change to freeview as am finding it hard to pay each month. Thank you for the opportunity. 🙂

  53. Nov 16, 2015 9:26 am

    love Freeview! this would be great as i can only watch DvDs on my old tv.

  54. Nov 16, 2015 9:28 am

    With the transference to the digital age, Sky TV is a necessity, it would be great to have other options.

  55. Nov 16, 2015 9:33 am

    would love this box we only have basic tv

  56. Nov 16, 2015 9:36 am

    i could do with this in the studio/guest room

  57. Nov 16, 2015 9:37 am

    OMGOSHNESS this looks amazing!!! we are still rocking the old school box tv and our freeview box only picks up 4 channels, lucky one of those is TV2 lol. but we would love so much to have one of these. they look amazing and would be such a huge upgrade just in time for the xmas holidays 🙂

  58. Nov 16, 2015 9:42 am

    I just watch plain old tv! Would love to win this fabulous prize:)

  59. Nov 16, 2015 9:42 am

    This would be great on nights when there are two things on different channels we want to see

  60. Nov 16, 2015 9:42 am

    TVNZ On demand via my phone. Seldom get to watch sky on our TV as its always taken over by little ones or Cricket.

  61. Nov 16, 2015 9:56 am

    I don’t have an instagram account so can’t complete all of the necessary requirements to enter, but would so love this. Would make watching TV that much more enjoyable. Thanks so much <3

  62. Nov 16, 2015 9:58 am

    I have built in freeview on my main tv only and other 2 are for watching movies or gaming as they dont have freeview

  63. Nov 16, 2015 9:59 am

    We have sky but it just getting unaffordable so needs to go would love freeview

  64. Nov 16, 2015 10:02 am

    I have sky but i could easily change over to freeview as Sky don’t treat their customers very well. Fingers crossed

  65. Nov 16, 2015 10:03 am

    What a great prize! Would absolutely love to win. We have nothing like this in our house. Awesome xmas pressie for the family 😀

  66. Nov 16, 2015 10:05 am

    We love our ChromeCast for watching things we’ve missed on tv- otherwise it’s Freeview built into our Tv that we enjoy ?

  67. Nov 16, 2015 10:09 am

    Wow, this looks like something that would go down a treat at our place! With a hubby working split shifts, this would be perfect for organising some much-needed down-time cuddling on the couch with a show -one he’d normally miss out on no less! Awesome for our kiddies too, especially for those neat movies they miss as it is time for bed! Thanks for the opportunity to enter the draw 🙂

  68. Nov 16, 2015 10:12 am

    I would love to try Freeview plus. We currently just have a normal Freeview. This sounds great!

  69. Nov 16, 2015 10:14 am

    I have a very old Freeview which works when it feels like.saving for a new one

  70. Nov 16, 2015 10:20 am

    We’re currently in the process of ditching sky and going the freeview way.

  71. Nov 16, 2015 10:25 am

    And my husband thought he was the only one in NZ without Sky!! We have an original Freeview box too but boy oh boy! This looks fantastic, to be able to record all those things I wish I could see but life gets in the way would be awesome & On Demand. Thanks for the opportunity to win 😉

  72. Nov 16, 2015 10:32 am

    We haven’t had free tv reception since analogue was turned off in April 2013. I have been watching the odd show with tvondemand, but otherwise have had to find new hobbies lol.

  73. Nov 16, 2015 10:36 am

    I watchED TV on an older TV with an original black box…but it has just gone poof last night in the middle of The Block..boo hoo..I’ll have to watch on line!

  74. Nov 16, 2015 11:14 am

    We have only sky and this is limited to the lounge be nice to have Freeview in the room and this biz looks amazing

  75. Nov 16, 2015 11:17 am

    Would love to win and be able to actually see some good movies & programmes instead of snow on the screen lol

  76. Nov 16, 2015 11:17 am

    We have SKy but planning on getting rid of it due to the cost. This would be an amazing replacement!

  77. Nov 16, 2015 12:02 pm

    Oh this would be amazing to win. No more having to stay at the in laws just to watch the rugby on prime.

  78. Nov 16, 2015 12:12 pm

    We currently use Vodafone TV which has similar functionality to MySky – but I would love this Freeview box so we aren’t tied to Vodafone as our ISP 😀

  79. Nov 16, 2015 12:32 pm

    This would be awesome!

  80. Nov 16, 2015 12:35 pm

    YAAAAAAAAAAS please! I’m going to have a few months off with my wee man due in March and this would be perfect to just chill out to in our downtime!

  81. Nov 16, 2015 12:54 pm

    We have Lightbox and it’s fantastic, the selection of shows is brilliant. I watch very little tv now but do miss flipping through the channels weirdly enough.

  82. Nov 16, 2015 3:05 pm

    What a cool prize. I only have Freeview so this will be so handy 🙂

  83. Nov 16, 2015 4:18 pm

    We currently just use plain freeview on an old flat screen tv, just like you 🙂

  84. Nov 16, 2015 5:03 pm

    This would be so cool to have and especially for my husband who is stuck at home with a back injury

  85. Nov 16, 2015 7:24 pm

    This sounds rather cool. So much better than the basic freeview box we have. Half the time we can’t even view the schedule and the shows freeze heaps…

  86. Nov 17, 2015 1:56 am

    We use Free View on TV and tv on demand on phone when wanting to see something at a time that more convenient
    would love a FreeviewPlus AerialBox

  87. Nov 17, 2015 7:55 pm

    My freeview box is on the way OUT