For anyone who is thinking of putting HD Freeview on their Christmas wishlist this year, it looks like Santa will be answering your call.

The Director General of the UK Digital TV Group has anticipated we will be seeing HD Freeview boxes on shop shelves by the end of the year with HD Freeview enabled TVs following shortly after.

This, combined with more channels broadcasting in high definition, means that HD will be easily available for all.

Panasonic are very keen to be seen supporting this move and have already indicated they will be releasing Freeview HD LCD TVs to the market next year, plus they hinted that they will be working on a Blu-ray recorder with two Freeview HD tuners incorporated.