Daewoo DSD9503T

when i first bought this item it was fine,but after about a month the screen would go blue and the hard drive would need initialising. this problem got worse and worse and because it is out of warranty i could not send it back so i opened it up and disconnected the hard drive, it now works fine but without the record and playback function which obviously defeats the purpose but i now use it in the spare room just as a receiver.

as a retailer selling this product over 200 sold every single one has now been returned unrepairable fault on machine i can't belive some places are selling this product still try humax pvr 9150 as an alternative seems excellent so far touch wood

Daewoo DSD9503T If your having problems with looping on and off keeps resetting. This works for me try this unplug box and remove the aerial from the back power on the box again now go to menu down to setup click OK down to configuration click OK go down to receiver upgrade click OK click right arrow change to disable now press menu and press menue again to come out next play a recording that runs for one hour at the end reconnect your aerial again if you still have the problem unplug the aerial again and keep playing old recording for another two hours until it behaves is self again my box is still working and I did this over a year ago few weeks after buying it, my brother box had the same problem and the above idea was tried a year ago too and we never had this problem ever again so get them old Daewoo DSD9503T out of the loft and have a go.

Both of our box's are still working I was watching loads of stuff tonight and my brother he was using his too.

Disk initialised numerous times per night.

Screen suddenly went blue

Didn't record as programmed.

When playing what it did record, on a couple of occasions, the screen pixelated and repeated the same scene for about two minutes.

Daewoo help desk was good in arranging to have the first unit exchanged, unfortunalely the replacement was far worse!

My Daewoo DSD9503T keeps locking up and has a high pitched hum some times

changes channel randomly

If it works reliably its a good product - but mine seems to have a software fault

If Daewoo fixed these problems it would be great. I have now returned mine and await a refund.

was working fine for 1st eleven months, now in hard drive initilisation loop (seems to be lots of people with same issues) daewoo sent local engineer who says cannot be fixed, awaiting return and refund.

Very good value - have had this in use for 7 months.

This is my second Daewoo product - had a video recorder prior to this - again good value.

I have never had a problem with mine, but bought one for my parents which goes into the 'hard disk needs initialising' never-ending loop which disables all recording functions and means it is little more than a very expensive freeview box. Has been replaced twice so now 'm giving up and going with another manufacturer

We have had this machine for just over a month, and it has broken down already. The only message we have on the screen is that the hard drive is being initialised. This has taken all evening so far! Daewoo customer service is closed, presumably for the whole of the Bank holiday weekend, so we will be without a recorder for several days.