Tvonics DTR-HD500

usability, price, design, image quality, size

reliability

79% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Interesting design ; nice assortment of features ; superb SD and HD pictures

Can be a little slow to respond

A clever design and a well-presented PVR, which definitely deserves an audition

Freeview+ HD certification means series link recording is supported enabling users to record two channels at once to the reasonably sized 500GB hard disk while watching a recording ; Toplining the connections list is a trio of HDMIs (two in, one out),...

The remote is very usable and well designed though some oft-used buttons, such as Record and Library, could have been made more visible. l Fast forward and rewind speeds go up to 128x, but we experienced brief sound dropouts when returning to live TV...

HDMI switching, design, picture quality, Freeview+ HD features

Lime green interface, limited media file support

Boasting an unusual design of box and interface, this Freeview+ HD recorder does just enough to impress. Recording functionality is good, as is the picture quality, though HDMI switching will widen the DTR-HD500’s appeal to those with older - or...

Gorgeous design, extremely smart hardware, silent running

Garish menus and wallet-worrying price

British design at its best, smart and sexy. Buy with confidence, this one’s a solid gold contender.

easy to use

wont record two programs at the same time you have to be watching one of them

Nice product, well designed, easy to use.

PVR never really worked correctly in that it would record fine but would not play back (recorded programes were broken and distorted).

price

Good to use from remote easy to instal HD channels

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