Sharp TU-R252H

Don't be tempted to buy this anywhere. After one month...horrors! Forgets to record at random. Freezes and needs de-power to un-freeze Intermittently spins up hard disk and steels TV av input. Breaks up some recordings, which should be continuous, at...

Don't be tempted to buy this anywhere. After one month...horrors! Forgets to record at random. Freezes and needs de-power to un-freeze Intermittently spins up hard disk and steels TV av input. Breaks up some recordings, which should be continuous,...

We bought one of these from John Lewis just before Christmas 2009 and by 10th July 2010 the hard disk is kaput. Wish I had read these reviews first.

Within one week it crashed and could only be reset by disconnecting from the mains wereupon you have to reformat the hard drive. As a recorder absolutely useless.

Unfortunately I didn't find this on Amazon until after I'd bought one elsewhere, if I'd seen it here I'd have avoided it and now I've tried it I suggest everyone else avoid it as well. The recorder is noisy, I set the timer to record a few programmes...