Thomson DTI6300-16

The box has an impressive 14-day programme guide and you can do all the usual things you can with a Sky+ box: pause, rewind and playback live TV, watch a programme from the beginning while it's still being recorded, and set it to record whole TV series...

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

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

Can adjust timer recordings if a programme over-runs.Can record 2 progammes at once and you can start watching a show from the beginning while it is still recording.

Have had this for 4 months and have had problems with the set freezing on the library and unable to watch or delete shows. The helpline was excellent and soon sorted the problem. We have just had an update from Top Up TV to stop the problems so I will...