[The News Bot]

<p>It was widely reported in the popular press that a number of budget Freeview boxes had malfunctioned following an over-the-air upgrade in August. What wasn’t made clear, however, was the fact that the problem is more widespread and won’t just affect the aforementioned Bush, Daewoo, Labgear and Triax boxes. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/team_HCC/freeview+fiasco">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo; </a></span></p>

[Trollslayer]

The standards say that 8k mode is compulsory so obviously they skimped on things.