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Thomson DTI1000
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Average Ratings for Thomson DTI1000

  • Features2.9 stars
  • Ease of Use3.6 stars
  • Value for Money3.5 stars
  • Overall rating3.5 stars

8 Reviews For Thomson DTI1000

  • bodger1946 10th Jun 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: A good simple to use box with good video output but does need a good signal and the remote control has a nice feel.
    The remote control also works a Thompson TV and DVD player.


    Bad Points: I found that there are three main faults.
    1) My box shows tomorrows program guide as today's.
    2) The daily upgrade cannot altered or turned off and occurs at 3 am - right in the middle of the night time education programs
    3) Liable to lock up, but can be reset by removing the power cable for a min


    General comments: Overall my Thomson DTI1000 is not a bad digi box - but don't loose the remote control as a lot of the functions cannot be accessed from the sets front panel.
    I use mine to feed a TV capture card in my PC via the RF output and the scart output goes to the Phillips DVD recorder or my EMTEC 500GB media cube.

  • Marco Polo 14th Mar 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I've had this product now for over a year and I have to say that it's grown on me.
    Initially I had problems with the original format. It didn't like the VCR we had and interfered with the play back of tapes. It had a restricted TV menu which showed "now and next". At the time of purchasing the model I felt I had paid too much for it.
    I have to say that I'm glad we stuck with it. A firmware update cured all the old problems and provided us with a very useful freeview box. My daughter gets to wa ...

  • slater45 Rank: Lance Corporal 5th Nov 2004

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    People who rely on subtitles are advised to stay away from the Thomson DTI1000 box because it won't give interactive services at all when the subtitles are activated.

    If you want red-button services you have to turn the subtitle service off. Useless, eh?

  • inycon2 Rank: Lance Corporal 9th Aug 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    FREEVIEW SERVICE/ DIGITAL TV

    You may already have access to digital TV or have seen adverts for it on your normal analogue service. For those not yet aware, Freeview is a digital TV service which gives you access, free of charge, to over 30 TV channels and radio stations. The most popular channels are BBC3, BBC4, ITV2 - extra football, CBBC - childrens channel for over 5s, CBeebies - childrens channel for under 5s. Other channels available include ones for auctions, travel, gardening, radio, ...

  • Busman Rank: Lance Corporal 24th Nov 2003

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    I got off to a good start with setup on my Thomson DTI1000 DVB. Picture and sound quality very good. Found that box would not respond to handset and could only be cured by switching box off at mains. The program identification for the channels frequently got muddled up. Channel 4 RF out had strange noise bars that could not be fixed by changing RF output frequency, or re-routing cables. Ended up taking it back and changing it for a Sony VTX800U, which has not given any trouble at all.

  • gary259. 25th Jun 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have had one of these units for about 2 months now & can recommend that they perform very well.

    Auto setup works a treat & seemed well though out. Channels are automatically sorted & user defined favourites can be easily chosen. The OSD & menu options are quite comprehensive & also easy to use.

    Like most other units, it is a single tuner version so it should be made clear that you can only watch or record one digital channel at a time. There is no problem viewing analogue whilst recordin ...

  • brian. 25th May 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I am not a Stranger to Set Top Boxes having Bought a ON-Digital Box when it was first released - long before they started giving them away.

    I now have four Boxes - Phillips - Goodmans - Panasonic { Rubbish } and the latest is a Thomson DTI1000.

    I was lucky to buy it During the Argos Special offer - £72 On Sale until Monday 26 May.

    It has everything anyone would require - Note Software is the 2.1 version.

    A Ten Event Timer which even allows you to Record Subtitles if Desired.

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  • Hirsty. Rank: Lance Corporal 2nd Feb 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I just got this Thomson DTI1000 receiver from Comet for the kind sum of £99.95, Very nice and well made, the first thing that strikes me is the lack of a scart cable or a aerial cable - this is tight in my opinion as most other manufacturers seem to supply them.

    Connectivity.

    This is very good, there is:

    () Mains (8) Input
    () Stereo Phono Outputs
    () VCR Scart
    () TV Scart
    () Mouse Connector (optional)
    () RF Loop-through
    () Aerial In

    On initial power up the auto setup doesn ...