This is the Grundig DTR8720, one of three boxes consumers in Norway can now choose from following the launch of DVB-T services on September 1st. The Norwegians have taken advantage of the fact that they're coming a little later to the party by diving straight in with MPEG-4 video coding and AAC+ for audio.
Interestingly, given all the doom and gloom over the last year, they've also decided to go with MHP as the interactive middleware for the platform. Currently only one of the two Grundig receivers that are available is MHP-enabled. The Sagem receiver is not. A visitor to the IBC show in Amsterdam last week told me that they're expecting more MHP receivers to become available on the market there in the next few months.
The cheaper of the two Grundig models (i.e. the one without MHP) is retailing for around € 150 - the MHP box is about €50 more at the moment.
It'll be interesting to see how prices go in the coming months.
There are a number of blog posts in English about the launch here. And the official site for the service provider (in Norwegian) is here.
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