Manhattan TV to Launch Cheap Freely Capable Aero 4K TV Streaming Box
British device manufacturer Manhattan TV has just become the latest such firm to announce the imminent launch of their next generation IPTV box – the Manhattan Aero, which is another one that includes support for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely. Best of all, it’ll only set you back £69.99 (RRP).
Until recently there weren’t any streaming set-top-boxes with support for Freely, but over the past few months we’ve seen new hardware enter the market, such as the Humax FHR-6000T (Aura EZ 4K Freely Recorder) and Netgem TV’s extremely popular PLEIO box and service (here).
The new Manhattan Aero 4K TV box appears to complement the above two through a simplified and cheaper solution. The box costs just £69.99 (RRP) but doesn’t support recording (PVR), although you can pause live TV for up to 15 minutes. You can also restart programmes from the beginning on supported channels, and scroll back through the TV guide to access catch-up content from the past seven days (like a lot of other STBs).
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The Aero’s software is based off TiVo OS and also includes TiVo-powered voice search on the included remote, which also means you’ll get access to the usual apps (Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube etc.) and another 400+ completely free streaming channels and a huge library of free on-demand movies and shows. This is on top of the 60+ live TV channels via Freely, with 35+ in HD.
On top of that, you get access to more than 75,000 hours of on demand content through integrated apps like BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4, My5, and UKTV Play. The device also supports WiFi 6 and Wired (LAN) for connectivity to your broadband router and is powered by an unspecified quad-core CPU, plus there’s the usual Power and HDMI ports (a 1.2m HDMI cable that supports resolutions up to 4K/60Hz is included). But there’s no port for a TV aerial, so this is very much a streaming only device.
The Aero box isn’t available to buy just yet, although it is due to go on sale during “Early February” and will come with a 2-year warranty and in-house UK technical support.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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Sounds good, I may buy one for my 4K monitor.
Manhattan thats a name I trust quality items at sensible prices made for the british market wots not to like.
Oh dear… TiVo OS… makes Netgem’s buggy mess appealing by comparison.
They also accidentally mentioned a new Freesat PVR, the S4-R in the Freely FAQ.