August DVB502 Freeview HD Set Top Receiver Box with 256GB SSD & Twin Tuner

Small recorder, ideal works well, good picture quality, easy to use, easy remote,

This little recorder is useful for recording shows that finish after our bedtime or when two shows we want to see are on at the same time. Not the highest quality recording but good enough, that’s to be expected at this price. Takes a bit of getting used to programming it. Buy two more and I could record 6 programs at a time for a lot less than that greedy airline owning fella charges every month.

Not very easy to use or alter your recordings. It frequently misses the ends of programmes, not reliable. If it is recording you cannot set up other recordings or use its programme guide. Disappointing. You cannot reliably record a whole TV series on it unless that series keeps to exactly the same time every week, unlike the BT YouView I had previously, which was programme-related. Very basic. Would like to return it but it has taken me months to work out how to use it.

A good Freeview tuner/recorder, for this price-point. Very impressed that this uses an SSD drive for recording. (Solid state, Not spinning HDD which don't "live" as long in my experience). All menus are easy to use. Picture quality also very good. Pause time on live TV was impressive, but depends on drive capacity remaining, of course. It doesn't let you rewind instantly, unless paused first. A minor here. And yes you can watch a channel when recording another, but you need to input the channel to watch another channel, as the EPG is not available when recording. Also, if recording a film, divided by some "news", ask it to record the other part ! Only minors, and depending what you are used to. This is a good box for me, in my months of use.

Very basic but does the job. Clunky interface but you get used to it. Handy that you can play stuff from an external usb. Only annoying thing is it doesnt pick up all the freeview channels that it should do,my previous box did no problem. Tried various resets & rescans with no joy,probably best to spend a bit more on a better unit.

Just got this last night and I'm annoyed at it already. When you are recording something it prevents you from accessing the epg. Also it flashes rec on the screen. There is no series link. If you select something to record then it moves back to the start of the day. The epg has gaps in it. If you pause it and watch the program behind then you can't turn go into the epg to record. If your watching TV and want yo scan the guide then it changes the channel. Picture doesn't seem very good either it's OK but just OK. Set up was OK. Remote is abit cheap and nasty.

Was very easy to set up and program favourite menus and recorded what I asked for. Great peice of kit

This is basic after having a humax before but does the job. Took me a bit of setting up and couldn't figure out how to record when I turned tv off and needed help from customer services, who were very helpful I have to say. Records 2 channels at once but other than turn channels over no other functions work while recording eg. Can't play recording until it's finished which is bit of a nuisance as like to join a programme while it's still going so can skip through adverts, and can't get on epg while recording. But am getting used to it. Picture quality is good. Very good for the money.

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Compte tenu du prix, je m'attendais à un appareil basique. Je viens de l'acquérir pour remplacer un Samsung très sophistiqué tombé en panne. Et bien, très agréablement surpris : le disque dur contient plus de 80 heures d'enregistrements. Il se programme grâce au guide ou manuellement, il enregistre aussi en direct et en décalé. Il n'a bien sûr que les chaînes gratuites de la TNT en HD mais ça me suffit largement pour voir mes films où émissions en zappant la PUB. Quelques problèmes avec la notice mal lisible et peu claire. La télécommande trop petite pour mes gros doigts et ses repères en anglais. Satisfait dans l'ensemble.

Ha llegado en perfecto estado,en su caja original, convenientemente lacrado,y me parece un buen aparato,lo elegí porque tiene disco duro interno,cosa que la inmensa mayoría no tiene.Ademas tiene buena calidad de imagen y sonido Me ha parecido una decisión muy acertada el haberlo comprado También me gusta que tiene un reloj digital en el frontal cuando está apagado,con unos dígitos muy bonitos y elegantes

Muy buen producto, lo que ocurre es que viene SIN enchufe adaptador y he tenido que comprar uno de 3,5 €

Le top !!!! très bonne image, enregistrement sur disque interne ou extérieur sans aucun problème possibilité de copier un fichier d'un disque vers l'autre, double tuner programmation ultra facile, c'est mon 4 décodeur et c'est celui que je préfère