Thomson DTI6300-16

Well styled ; Easy to use ; 250 GB hard drive

No HDMI outut ; Not certified for freeview layback

Loads of features ; Good looking ; Time-shifting works well

Unreliable erformance ; Colours lack quality

14-day EPG ; Dual recording ; Series linking

Not Freeview Playback ; Variable on-demand icture quality

Price ; Picture quality ; Sound quality ; Availability of extra services ; Series link

Styling ; Menus can sometimes be slow

In terms of picture quality and functionality it's hard to beat the Thomson -- the only player that offers more is the similar 160GB Humax PVR-9200. The Humax has the slight edge on ease of use, but the Thomson does manage to turn Top Up TV into a...

Hard disk recorders have been around for a little while - most famously pioneered by Tivio and then, in the UK, by the Sky+ box. Great if you're a Sky subscriber. With the advent of FreeView based Digital Television Recorders (DTR) this facility is...

Loads of features, Good looking, Time-shifting works well

Unreliable performance, Colours lack quality

The DTI6300-16 has enough features to make it the terrestrial equivalent of a Sky Plus box, but pictures are mediocre

DO NOT BUY A THOMSON PVR.It crashes all the time,randomly misses and deletes recordings,rw and ff functions are frustratingly inaccurate and go to random places in the file.rubbish blocky picture,the fan is louder than a hairdyer,and the only reason I...

I originally purchaed a Sharp model but that refused to start when I returned from holiday. I couldn't get a replacement so I was given a Thomson Top Up TV recorder. I'm currently running the 2nd replacement of this model and it's the perfect...

I bought this freeview set-top box from the shops last September as it seemed like a good deal. I wasn't really interested in Top-Up TV but was attracted by the ability to record (and two channels at once too!). It did what it said on the box for a...