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- Freeview+ Compliant Record, Playback and Copy to USB
- 8 Day EPG Recordings: 30 minutes = 1GB memory
- Interactive Services (Red Button) Digital Text
- Watch recorded content on a TV, PC or Mac EPG
- Schedule Recording on to the USB device of your choice 2 x Scart Sockets
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Product Description
Receives all freeview channels
Record, playback and copy to any USB memory device
2GB memory gives you 1 hour recording time
Watch recorded content on your PC
3 USB ports allow you to watch one recording while making another
Assign each port to a separate person or copy from stick to stick
8 day programme guide allows you to set recordings to any of the 3 ports
Supplied with remote control, scart and RF cables
Size H4.3 x W27 x D20cm (1¾ x 10½ x 7¾")
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
I bought two of these for my mum who never wants to delete anything she records.
It will work with an external USB Hard disk so long as it has its own power and doesn't have a 'power saver' sleep mode. (ie most Western Digital HDs won't work). A hard disk with sleep mode will be fine to record things if you're there to press the button. But if you leave it to record something more than 15 mins in the future it will go into sleep mode and it will fail to record.
I used the Verbatim 47513 1.5Tb drive which works fine and gives about 850 hours of storage for £90 (Dec 2009). I am a little bit worried about how long it will last being switched on 24 hours a day though.
Downsides:
It only has a single tuner, so to get the effect of a twin tuner I bought two and have one switched on and one switched off. Press the power button on the remote to switch between the two. All the cables you need to do this are included. It's not ideal but it just about works.
Every now and again it fails to recognise the drives and needs to have the power cable removed and replaced to reset it. My Sagem PVR also locks up like this occasionally - I don't think it's that uncommon.
It only has one week of programmes in the guide, not two.
It does not have the 'series link' function.
You can pause live TV and then rewind it, but you cannot rewind a channel you are just watching. Given the virtually unlimited recording space, you can just press record every time you change channel, but it's a pain if you like channel surfing.
There is no way of sorting the recorded programmes into folders, so I imagine once it is up to 850 hours it will be difficult to find the programme you want, although you can sort them either alphabetically or chronologically.
Hopefully they (or others) will one day build a proper twin-tuner Freeview+ PVR in this style. Until then, this is the best approximation.
It will work with an external USB Hard disk so long as it has its own power and doesn't have a 'power saver' sleep mode. (ie most Western Digital HDs won't work). A hard disk with sleep mode will be fine to record things if you're there to press the button. But if you leave it to record something more than 15 mins in the future it will go into sleep mode and it will fail to record.
I used the Verbatim 47513 1.5Tb drive which works fine and gives about 850 hours of storage for £90 (Dec 2009). I am a little bit worried about how long it will last being switched on 24 hours a day though.
Downsides:
It only has a single tuner, so to get the effect of a twin tuner I bought two and have one switched on and one switched off. Press the power button on the remote to switch between the two. All the cables you need to do this are included. It's not ideal but it just about works.
Every now and again it fails to recognise the drives and needs to have the power cable removed and replaced to reset it. My Sagem PVR also locks up like this occasionally - I don't think it's that uncommon.
It only has one week of programmes in the guide, not two.
It does not have the 'series link' function.
You can pause live TV and then rewind it, but you cannot rewind a channel you are just watching. Given the virtually unlimited recording space, you can just press record every time you change channel, but it's a pain if you like channel surfing.
There is no way of sorting the recorded programmes into folders, so I imagine once it is up to 850 hours it will be difficult to find the programme you want, although you can sort them either alphabetically or chronologically.
Hopefully they (or others) will one day build a proper twin-tuner Freeview+ PVR in this style. Until then, this is the best approximation.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I've had this splendid device for just over a week now. It is excellent and neat. Programmes are recorded onto USB flash drives at a rate of 2gb per hour. Be careful about the flash drives you buy - see my comments on the 16gb Sandisk Cruzer. This came with some software called U3 that prevented the drives being recognised by the Grundig. Fortunately I found out how to remove the offending software application and clear the drives and they work perfectly. You can copy between drives to swap programmes. The only disadvantage of sorts if your TV isn't already digital is that it only has a single tuner so you either have to watch what is being recorded real time or you go back to analogue or very usefully you can record while watchiing another programme. You can also pause live TV and watch by catch up facility. The USB sticks can be read by the latest TVs with a USB port or on your PC and via your pc to any portable hard drive. Fantastic portability. Beats a hard disk recorder hands down. Now the device is down to sub £60 its not that much more than a standard set top box. Get one!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Potentially a very good piece of equipment let down by very poor software. It is very easy to cause the unit to lock up. One effect of this is that it will not recognise any device plugged in (so it will not record/playback anything). The only way to rectify the problem is to actually remove power then restore, putting it into standby is useless.
When working it works extemely well, but for a company of grundig's reputation? the software is 3rd rate.
(p.s If you want to transfer/convert/edit recorded programs they are recorded in MPEG2-TS format)
When working it works extemely well, but for a company of grundig's reputation? the software is 3rd rate.
(p.s If you want to transfer/convert/edit recorded programs they are recorded in MPEG2-TS format)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I had a thomson box, which actually did many of the things this box doesn't. The thomson was quite loud,
which i only realised when i turned it off. Read more
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Published 2 months ago by customer.
It does what it says on the box
Ok, never done this before so bear with me.
I bought the Grundig GUDB20USB3 from Tesco UK a nunber of months ago. Read more
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Published 4 months ago by Pencoys
For recorded viewing on TV, PC, Mac
Well, i've been using this little number for about 2 years now and i'm happy to say, it's almost a perfect little box. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ed
Nice bit of kit
We bought this when our old pace box was retired by the fact that all our digital broadcasts went to 8K.
We chose it from previous experience. Read more
We chose it from previous experience. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sir Tainley Barking
gigo box
good item as described , it works well but this item is getting hard to find, i dont know why as it is a brilliant product.
Published 7 months ago by billcar
Useful little recorder but tempermental
I purchased this recorder so I can easily watch programmes on my laptop without having to be on line. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Brian A. Randall
Great buy
I bought the Gigo a couple of days ago, and also bought a Iomega 1.5 TB USB HD drive to go with it. Everything worked straight out of the box, although the hard disk took 30... Read more
Published 22 months ago by D Potter
Good value for money
I bought this unit 4 months ago after much deliberation. My main criteria was ability to record to an external hard drive / USB drive, i.e. Read more
Published on 12 May 2010 by Azraai
Great value. In a class alone, but flawed...
Terrific value tuner with multi free channel TV capability and some unique record features at this price point, but flawed! Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Richard A. McCleery
Great for recording radio
Grundig GUDB20USB3 Freeview Set Top Box with 3 USB Ports
I have been looking for a neat way of recording BBC Radio 4 so that I could play on my MP3 or in the car on... Read more
I have been looking for a neat way of recording BBC Radio 4 so that I could play on my MP3 or in the car on... Read more
Published on 12 April 2010 by Simply Simon
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