Thomson DHD4000 Freeview Decoder Reviews

Expert review by: Dan Leonard (pocket-lint.com)

Thomson DHD4000 Freeview Decoder review

Contrary to the spin on the web, this long expected Freeview receiver is indeed the twin tuner version that was expected. Despite some last minute rumour-mongering, the twin tuner hard drive Freeview box from Thomson is everything you've been hoping...

Sleek, records to hard drive, 40GB of space (20 hours)

Noisy, even in standby mode. Dazzling recording lights

Freeview decoder with twin tuner. Watch another channel as you record live digital TV to 20GB hard drive. Includes 7 day listings guide. All for £200

Oct, 2004

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Expert review by: Guy Cocker (cnet.co.uk)

Thomson DHD4000 review

FreeView's service might pale in comparison next to Sky's, but if you're plumping for the free-to-air service, you might as well invest in the Thomson DHD4000. Its only fault is the relatively small hard drive (which can be replaced if you wish), but...

No image quality degradation on recordings ; Easy-to-use ; Well designed ; Nice remote ; Can record radio ; Dual tuners

40GB hard drive is relatively small

Audio performance is particularly good though, thanks to the options offered by digital outputs. When you connect through to your receiver or home cinema system in this way, most will process a Dolby Pro Logic II soundtrack, which processes the audio...

May, 2005

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Consumer review by: Anonymous (cnet.co.uk)

Crashes all the time

Nov, 2006

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Consumer review by: Ken Bowen (cnet.co.uk)

Does all you need, particularly if you are not a hoarder of recordings

Aug, 2006

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Consumer review by: Monty Stewart (cnet.co.uk)

Good when it works

Aug, 2005

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Consumer review by: c dickson (cnet.co.uk)

Great, BUT

Jun, 2005

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Consumer review by: Little Tyke (cnet.co.uk)

If Freeview's your thing, this receiver's the one for you

May, 2005

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Consumer review by: C. campbell (amazon.co.uk)

thomsondhd4000

very happy with this little box very easy to use picture and sound excellent the fan is not noisey at all and it also stops in stand by mode which some reviews say it keeps runing.maybe mine is one the last batch made which i read thomson had updated...

Sep, 2006

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Consumer review by: Daniel Taylor (amazon.co.uk)

Excellent

I simply can't fault this unit- had it 2 yrs. Very reliable- crashes extremely rarely without dataloss. Which just means you turn it off and on. -100% reliable recording - You can record a whole series through the 'record weekly' option (this is a real...

Jul, 2006

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