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| Features | 4/10   |
|---|---|
| Ease of Use | 5.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 4.3/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 4.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 4.3/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 20th Jul 2008
User Rating : 1
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One good point: you can use a PC Hard Disk. That's the only point about the Nikkai A52HF. Tuners on these devices are faulty and bad quality. I live 1 mile away from a Crystal Palace Digital Transmitter, but the signal strength on Nikkai A52HF never reached above 40%. Got a roof top aerial, which works fine with my other set top boxes.
The loop through on the tuners does not work either. The tuners are duff.
The Zoran processor is incredibly slow. The software is poorly made. When changing channels, you see 2 seconds of blank screen and a further 2 second delay.
Picture quality is poor, utilising the the slowest decoder chips I have ever seen. There is a lot of pixelation at the best of times.
Sound will cut out every now and then on some channels.
I decided to return it to Maplin, told them it was crap. Basically the suits at maplin have no idea of the best technology to sell to their customers. This one is a Lemon. Do not buy it unless you have a spare Hard Drive and you want to play about.
Guest.'s review and ratings | 189 words
Review by
Zhadnost
on 7th Jul 2008
User Rating : 4
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I bought this as a cheap replacement for my now very old Pace Twin, unfortunately the feature set of the Pace far out strips this unit.Only recommended if you have a spare drive kicking around, as a considerably better unit can be available with a drive for not a lot more.
Zhadnost's full review | 128 words
Review by
obe1
on 3rd Jul 2008
User Rating : 10
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I ordered my Nikkai A52HF it from Maplins at 4.30 pm and it was deliverd at 9.30 am the next morning, 17 hours free delivery and a price of £39.99 best value bit of kit I've bought for years, I can't fault it.
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Review by
Guest.
on 26th Jun 2008
User Rating : 10
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For the money the Nikkai A52HF is excellent, but I wouldn't have paid the original price.
Guest.'s full review | 75 words
Review by
big bob001
on 21st Jun 2008
User Rating : 10
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I will get a second Nikkai A52HF to use in the computer room as i think this is a good system.
big bob001's full review | 71 words
Review by
Peteywetey
expert review 
on 21st Jun 2008
User Rating : 5
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I bought a Nikkai A52HF from an eBay vendor and put a donated 40GB hard disk in it. Including postage, it cost me just under £30. It replaces a five-year-old Panasonic TUCT20 Freeview box .I have experienced none of the problems of poor reception and freeezes that other reviewers have reported. The picture quality is as good as the Panasonic box delivered and the sound is noticeably better. Recordings play back glitch-free and smooth. There's a proper mains plug and on/off switch rather ...
Peteywetey's full review | 313 words
Review by
chrismills35
on 7th Jun 2008
User Rating : 0
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I purchased the Nikkai A52HF from Maplin for Xmas 2007, I installed a "used "160gb hard drive and recorded my first film.
This was unwatchable< I contacted Maplin who informed me my Aerial was at fault,
I purchased a new Digital aerial but still had problems, again contacted Maplin, who informed me it was a Hard drive problem, Fitted a NEW hard drive, same problem.
Returned it to Maplin to have the unit returned to me informing me it was working fine and it was my fault the hard drive needed to ...
chrismills35's full review | 149 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
cromby
on 10th May 2008
User Rating : 6
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Not nearly as bad as other reviews have suggested. Worth a look if sourced cheaply (less than the RRP of £59 at Maplin) and if you have a spare hard drive from an old computer. And also if your waiting to upgrade your kit in the not too distant future.
cromby's full review | 105 words
Review by
boatingbrock
on 11th Feb 2008
User Rating : 1
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I ordered the Nikkai A52HF on 4/12/08 from Maplin and took delivery of it shortly after. As it was a Christmas gift, it was not put into use until 27/12/08 or thereabouts. I fitted the unit with a new 160GB drive and began to use it.Most channels were received OK , but Channel 5 reception was rather poor, so I changed the aerial with little improvement. I fitted an aerial booster but still Channel 5 was not received well - the picture would break up or freeze, and the audio would also cut out no ...
boatingbrock's full review | 254 words
Review by
nhmfzone
on 12th Jan 2008
User Rating : 1
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I would not recommend this unit at all. I have 2 other Hard Disk Recorders and one of them has Freeview.M
CH5 plays okay on that but not on the Nikkai A52HF.
I don't think that Maplin should sell this unit to the public because I believe that it contravenes sale of goods act.
nhmfzone's full review | 83 words
Review by
BeezaMark
on 30th Dec 2007
User Rating : 1
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I bought the Nikkai A52HF Barebone digital twin tuner HDD recorder from Maplin, along with a 40GB Maplin hard drive. The total cost of the 2 items was 95. The unit and the remote control looked well-made when I got them out of the box and I was able to install the Maplin hard drive without too much "help" from the barely-comprehensible instructions in the handbook. The unit set itself up automatically once plugged in and I was able to start using it very quickly. This was about the only positive ...
BeezaMark's full review | 442 words | 4 comments added.
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