Technisat HDFV

usability, price, design, size

reliability

63% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Performance; responsive user interface; PVR upgrade path

Recording limitations; multimedia playback natively-supports few formats; no iPlayer support yet; only one USB port Performance: 5/5

Freeview HD tuner, recording options, easy interface

Basic file compatibility, needs additional USB port

With a posher look than most Freeview HD receivers, TechniSat’s HDFV packs just enough punch to push it above the competition - and at enticing pricing.

There’s plenty of potential in this ingenious TechniSat HDFV Freeview HD set-top box, but its final execution is marred somewhat somewhat by a clumsy interface. We feel it’s been deprived of a fantastic facility to record broadcast TV in native MPEG...

Recording to USB stick. Start to watch a programme from beginning whilst it is recording (chase recording). Works very well with a small indoor aerial!

Can't read the recorded files on my PC. No option for series record (although there is an option to record the same time slot)

Easy to programme Good picture produced.

720 and not 1080 but very good quality produced.

Very capable as it can record Freeview HD to an external hard drive etc and has both analogue and digital sound outputs.

Some menus a bit confusing and epg could be better styled. Takes a long time to switch itself off. So very good but not perfect.

Straightforward to set up. Only the SD output from the SCART socket has been used so far, but it has performed flawlessly. Out of curiosity I tried out the LAN connection and it easily connected to a networked computer, enabling a video stored on its...

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Brilliant for the price, and very easy to use.

Have to purchase/use an external storage to record, but its only cheap from a supermarket or cheaper online!

Excellent image quality. Easy to set up

The storage medium has to be formatted as FAT32. I found it impossible to format my external disc to this file system. However my memor stick worked fine as it was already preformatted to this filesystem. it is just quite small capacity.

Excellent epg and picture,had previously used Technisat satellite receiver on which the epg was slow or non-existent. No problem buying cheap USB drives to record on.

If recording you can't watch another programme (except directly on TV of course), but that's the compromise with price..