NEW Freeview HD Digital TV Receiver Tuner Set Top Box Terrestrial + USB Port Schedule Program Recorder

I love this product. It does exactly what I want it to do - records TV onto a memory stick/hard disk for me to put onto my plex server for watching later on. So for those who are wanting some more detail as to what it does here goes. Connecting the box is very simple and the set-up is too. I have a good signal here so I got all the channels I would get on a more expensive tuner. The picture is pretty good, maybe a little soft for some but I find it acceptable (it is very similar to the quality you would get with a DVD recorder from about 10 years ago). I am using a 8GB Lexar USB drive which plugs into the side of the unit, I might get a larger capacity one later on. I did try and use the SD card reader slot with a SanDisk 32GB MicroSD card with an adapter but it could not read the card to write to it. Anyway, you use the EPG (which is a little slow, but it works) to find the programme you want to record - you then "book" it into the PVR, what is really cool is you can choose when to start and when to stop recording which is great to stop it from cutting off the intro or end of a programme (which used to wind me up silly with Sky+) - I often pad 10 minutes each side to avoid this from happening. Then I put the device into standby and leave it, the next day I unplug the USB drive and put it into my computer. The files are MTS format and record at the resolution of the program - so 576i for standard def or 1080p for HD content. The recordings come in at around 15000kbps of video bitrate which is very good, audio is set at 128kbps which is also plenty good enough. It is worth turning on deinterlacing in VLC to get an even clearer picture. What is really neat is that it will record whatever aspect ratio the content was broadcast in, so for older programmes (that are the ones I want to record) it will record them in the proper 4:3 format, but then click back to 16:9 for adverts.The only issues I have with this item are:- The controller is pretty rubbish, buttons are squishy and don't always register and the layout is very confusing with terms that seem confusing- If you unplug a USB drive from the device it will sometimes get upset and then refuse to record to the USB drive - to remedy this you just need to turn the device off and then back on again with the USB connected (i think this is because it possibly runs on a Linux operating system which often has issues with drives that have not been removed properly)

Very good

Awful. The leaflet that came with it was useless and badly written in bad English. Threw it aside and figured out how to set up the box without it. Nothing it said seemed to apply to the box we had or to the UK. Eventually got it working and the picture was fine -- but the control and on-screen controls were clunky, badly thought out and frustrating.I bought the Manhattan T3-R to replace it and wished I'd bought that in the first place. The Manhattan came with clear instructions and everything worked first time. Much better thought out and intuitive onscreen navigation.It makes the above iView look like a cardboard box with 'recorder' scribbled on the side.

Would have given 5 stars but fuse in the plug was faulty and had to replace it but after that it worked.

I realise that the TV box is cheap but :1. Difficult to get it to record as sometimes it will not recognize the Data Stick.2. Recorded content does not adequately show detail of the recording in the index. So not sure what's recorded until you playback.3. Although advertised as internet ready could not get it to recognize Internet even with prescribed dongle.4. Took-up too much of my time and very frustrating to use.

It is great got it for my dad as his now tv freeview box stopped working I can use it ok but my 76yr old dad not as quick with it but he'll get there gets all the channels he go b4 as his tv did get all the channels he had b4 so that's y I ordered him this box.

Now that i have taken the time to look i find that it is a good little box . good for the money

I couldn't back up recorded programs from the hard drive on my 6-year-old box so bought this box. Advert says it records to USB memory stick. BUT, the recorded material doesn't play on any device I have. Not TV, nor PC either only to the box it was recorded on.. Functionality is very limited, and the user guide forgets to mention some pretty important functions. This is now relegated to an old TV in another room while I have reconnected my old box. Cheap but basic.