Need advice on Internet and TV?

Hi,

As far as I know there are two big companies that offer HD channels plus high speed internet. UPC and DIGI. I happen to have UPC, with high speed internet, land line phone, and HD tv channels with a DVR. Write me in private and I can send you links to their services and help you translate if you don't speak Hungarian.

Cheers!

Lilly

There's also T-Home with their IPTV offering. They even have bundles on tv+landline+internet+cell phone. Prices are much higher without a 1 year contract, 2 years gets you a little more discount. Usually you contractually owe them the service fee for the whole year even if you cancel. So if you are here for 10 months, it's probably still cheaper altogether than the no-contract monthly rate (and whatever more they charge you for equipment and setup without a contract.)

Some personal experiences on digital TV in Hungary.

I have a TV with built in digital receiver for the UK's Freeview (digital TV). It works fine in Hungary and if you set it to use English language (as a preference) on the cable TV, quite a number of channels do have mostly English soundtracks. It can vary by programme. However, they are all digital cable pay-TV, nothing FTA (Free To Air). I can get almost nothing except the national channels FTA. The EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) does not work very well.