The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) "atom-smashing" tests – That are aiming to recreate the conditions in the first billionth of a second after the "Big Bang'" created everything - will then help shed invaluable light on not only the origins of the universe. But create conditions where it might be possible to travel backwards or forwards in time. Even according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, any large amounts of matter or energy will distort the space and time that surrounds it.

Even going as far back in history to H.G. Wells. Whose book The Time Machine that was first published in 1895 exploring the possibilities of time travel in a science fiction format- 10 years before Einstein's general theory of relativity. Explaining the relation between motion and time.

But is it really possible to travel back in time now, without the need of experiments or a large Haddon collider. A Tardis, Delorean or flux capacitor? Well with just the help of a Freesat PVR and an AV home plug you can do just that, allowing you to travel backwards in time and immerse yourself in TV programming of the past Something John Logie Bard could have only dreamed of when he became the first person to demonstrate a working TV system on the 26th January 1926.

So is becoming a TV time traveller possible or is it just the realms of science fiction? Well with the help of a Freesat PVR and catch up services on Freesat allows you to do just that. To stop time and freeze reality without ever having to change the relativity of time to a physical entity or the use of particle accelerators. In 2008 Freesat launched its dual-tuner digital personal video recorders (PVR) allowing you to do just that.

Freesat + not only allows you to record, store and manage programmes from the past. But with catch up services on Freesat (currently BBC iPlayer and soon to launch ITV player) you have the ability to travel back in time by either 7 or 30 days and watch complete series or episodes that have past or revisit your favourite events in history from winning goals, to historic events.

Live TV can be paused and continued, it’s also possible to rewind live TV, and replay part of what was already shown. An entire series of TV episodes can also be recorded using the automatic facility of the Freesat + PVR.

Freesat + allows you to record video in a digital format to a hard disk (also known as HD or HDD). Hard disks use magnets to store information. The hard disk was invented in 1956 by IBM employee Rey Johnson (considered by many as "father" of the disk drive). Earlier attempts at hard disk drives were large and cumbersome devices. A 5Mb hard disk capacity was considered large in the early 80’s. But these days Freesat + PVR’s come in a range of up to 250Mb, 320Mb or 500Mb Hard drives.

Freesat approved AV Home plugs explained

This ingenious piece of technology was first founded in 2000 by the Home Plug Power line Alliance, whose primary goal was to allow you to use your home’s existing electrical wiring to transfer data, with no need for extra Ethernet cables, easily creating a safe, secure and reliable home network, with every plug socket becoming a potential access point.

Did you know the Home Plug is an industry Alliance comprised of industry leaders, with the Home Plug AV specification first introduced in August 2005 it was designed to provide sufficient bandwidth for such applications as BBC iPlayer and Soon to Launch ITV player on Freesat.

But why do you need Freesat approved AV home plugs?

Well they allow you to connect your Freesat HD or Freesat + box or integrated Freesat TV to your modem or router without any messy extra wires. Your home plug adapter system must offer a data transfer speed of at least 54mps. Freesat approved AV home plug adapter systems will support up to 200Mbps, which is perfect for High Definition. With Simple plug & Play installation into any available power socket and Easy data encryption at the touch of a button.

Some of the other benefits of AV Home plug adapters from Manufacturers Devolo include Automatic data prioritisation, ensuring interference-free reproduction of voice and video data. The patented power saving mode automatically uses up to 60% less power with a Long data range of 300 m between the adapters and reliable network speed for setting up a home network 3 year manufacturer’s warranty

History Timeline

1895 – HG Well’s Time Machine first published

1926 – First public demonstration of TV (John Logie Bard)

1936 – 405 line high definition trial broadcasts begin

1937 – First Outside broadcast (King George’s coronation)

1946 – TV licence introduced

1954 – Independent Television Authority introduced

1955 – Marty Mcfly travels back in time from 1980

1967 – BBC2 starts first colour transmission

1974 – Video recorders go on sale

1982 – Channel 4 starts Broadcasting

2008 – Launch of Freesat

2010 – BBC iPlayer on Freesat Launches

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