Leisure

Equipment for Audio Description

Summary: List of equipment needed to receive Audio Description on TV and where to get it.

• AD ready Freeview digital boxes
• AD ready Freeview IDTVs
• Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat
• Consumer testing of digital TV
• Further information

---

AD ready Freeview digital boxes

TVonics digital box

• MDR-300
• MFR-300

Buy from the RNIB online shop or direct from TVonics.

Portset digital box

• Portset Accessible Freeview Set-Top Box

Buy directly from Portset.

AD ready Freeview IDTVs

Panasonic IDTVs

All Panasonic plasma and LCD Integrated Digital TVs bought from the start of 2007 onwards can receive Audio Description.

Toshiba IDTVs

• 32CV505DB
• 32XV505DB
• 37CV505DB
• 37XV505DB
• 42CV505DB
• 42XV505DB

Further information available from Toshiba.

Sony IDTVs

• KDL-70X3500
• KDL-52X3500
• KDL-46X3500
• KDL-40X3500
• KDL-46X3000
• KDL-40X3000
• KDL-52W3000
• KDL-46W3000
• KDL-40W3000
• KDL-46V3000
• KDL-40V3000
• KDL-46D3500
• KDL-40D3500
• KDL-32D3000
• KDL-32T3000
• KDL-26T3000
• KDL-40S3000
• KDL-40T2800
• KDL-32S3000
• KDL-32S3020
• KDL-32T2800
• KDL-26S3000
• KDL-32S3020
• KDL-26T2800
• KDL-20S3000
• KDL-20S3020
• KDL-20S3030
• KDL-20S3040
• KDL-20S3050
• KDL-20S3060
• KDL-20S3070
• KDL-40P3020
• KDL-37P3020
• KDL-32P3020
• KDL- 26P3020
• KDL-23B4050
• KDL-20B4050
• KDL-40U3000
• KDL-32U3000
• KDL-26U3000

Further information available from Sony.

Philips

Philips are intending to launch a range of IDTVs in 2008. We add information about these when they are available.

Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat

Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat supply their own digital box and necessary equipment when you purchase their services.

• Sky - call 08705 66 33 33
• Virgin Media - call 0800 052 25 25
• Freesat - call 0845 313 00 52

Consumer testing of digital TV

Ricability (Research Institute for Consumer Affairs), an independent research charity, recently conducted independent performance tests of Digital TV products.

Further information

• Frequently asked questions about AD on TV

Back to AD on TV Homepage

Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 21/05/2008 9:43