DVB502 256GB SSD Freeview HD Set Top Receiver Box - Twin Tuner HDMI 1080p TV Recorder with EPG, Timeshift Pause/Rewind - Not Compatible Satellite Internet

Absolute superb product and easy to operate. Highly recommended

Works well but not easy to navigate the menus until you get used to it. I can’t find away to automatically record a series so have to use a timed recording and hope that the schedules don’t change.

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.

Set up is easy. You can only programme 8 timer events, a major restriction. Subtitles on recorded programmes don't always show. Recorded programmes do not come with any useful filename, only numberes, so you have to play each file to see what programme it is you have recorded. There is a file rename function but I can't get it to work. You can copy recorded programmes to an external HDD or USB stick (not described in the user manual) but any subtitles are lost in the process. The transfer process is very slow, so I recommend recording to an external device from the start, negating the need to transfer. Although this is a dual tuner, I can't get it to record one channel while watching another, it just says 'Invalid Operation!' and therefore it won't record two different channels at the same time either. But what you CAN do is set the timer to record two different channels at the same time. You cannot play a recording while recording a tv channel. You cannot use the EPG while recording. Whilst previous August DVB boxes had a dedicated tv/radio 'switch' button on the remote, this is no longer the case. Instead there is an option to switch in the 'Channel Manager' in the main menu. The timer events no longer have a tv/radio switch option either, you have to use the Channel Manager' first to go from one to the other, then into the timer. When you are recording, a message saying 'rec' flashes on and off on the top right of the picture, this doesn't seem to be able to be turned off - some could find this distracting. No software updates appear to be available online, it's a dead link.

Nice small footprint and simple to install and setup. However, the EPG user interface is basic and could be a lot better. For example, when you select a program to record via the EPG, there isn't an option to record the series. So you have to remember to setup to record each episode of any program before the next episode starts. Not great if you're away for over a week! The HD video and audio quality is degraded when viewing via this unit, compared with the HD quality I get when directly viewed on my TV. But... its not an expensive device so can't really complain too much.

August TV recorder. Good product. Takes a bit of studying, however all comes together and it works well. Consider the cost of branded recorders are £200 plus .The august recorded is a very good price. This unit records one programme at a at a time and programme is possible for a full week on all channels.

Very good unit and extreme quiet due to ssd hard drive. Live picture good but recorded picture blocky and distorted.

Es TDT de JD y grabador con disco sólido interno, muy buena calidad de audio y video.

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.

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

Parfait sincèrement Pendant l enregistrement,je peux regarder d autres chaînes Quelques minutes pour s adapter au clavier de la télécommande

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