written by pisswig on 16/11/2008
Good Points
Easy installation
Bad Points
Mine crash when I record. It crashes when i delete. freezes when I fast forward. Sometimes records half a programme or completley the wrong programme.
General Comments
If like me you thought about getting one of these boxes for the advantages of sky plus without the disadvantages of sky, the the Thompson box would appear to be the perfect soloution.
Stop.......... It is not.
This is the worst electronic piece of kit that i have ever purchased. after writing this review, i am going to unplug and throw out of the window (seriously) i will then plug in my 17quid freeview box from Tesco and my old video. The system freezes continuously. software upgrades that could solve thre problems tend to make it worse. Programmes fail to record, record half a programme or record the wrong thing entirely.
the system has to work a lot harder to pick up all the available freeview channels than a normal set top box.
The hard drive is noisy and runs continuously.
As for topup tv, the other selling point, well please learn from my mistake and don't bother.
However, if the software upgrades (downloaded overnight) can resolve the issues with the hard drive, in a year or so's time it may be worthwhile.