Panasonic TUCTH100 Review

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Panasonic TUCTH100
1.3 stars
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Chipster's Review of Panasonic TUCTH100 Freeview Box

8th Nov 2005

Overall Rating

1.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Features
    2.5 stars
  • Time DVB Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
Good Points

Easy setup - good picture quality - reasonably large harddrive (80gb)


Bad Points

VERY unreliable, prone to freezing, not recording and fiddly EPG.


General Comments

I wish I hadn'tbought a Panasonic TUCTH100 to be honest... very slow in operation despite the latest software upgrades and the sofware is very flakey - you would not want to rely on this box for key recordings. However that is not the worst of it! I've had mine about three months and in that time I have had to pull the plug on it (to re-set it) on average 3 times a week! |I feel this is unacceptabe for a top brand like Panasonic and I will be taking this back to my dealer (as it has now crashed totally and won't boot at all).
So what's good about it? well it's a doddle to setup - press the button and away it goes, you can then pick and choose your own profile of channels for easy access. You toggle between the chanels and listings useing the EPG button and further information on the selected listing can be displayed with the 'i' button - neat. The picture quality is excellent and recorded programmes (when they record) playback with reasonable quality.
Conclusion - an expensive PVR from a company that has, until now, produced quality products that you would be very happy to own - Panasonic have done themselves no favours with the Panasonic TUCTH100, and will most certainly damage their profile within the home cinema market.

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