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Thomson Top Up TV - 160GB Freeview Digital TV Recorder - With Free Top Up TV Trial

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Technical Details

  • Twin Tuner
  • Up to 120 hours of recording space
  • Ability to fast forward and rewind (up to 64 speed)
  • Includes: bespoke Top Up TV+ remote control and Scart Lead
  • Free 30 Day trial for Top Up TV

Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 3.6 Kg
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  • Item model number: TUTV+ DTI6300-16
  • ASIN: B000TVHZLC
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 18 Jul 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (169 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,869 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Award Winning Thomson Top Up TV+ Digital TV Recorder
Watch all freeview channels
Pause and rewind live TV
Record without disks or tapes
Twin tuner - Record two channels at once
Computer Shopper 2007 Awards - Best Hard Disk Recorder Thompson Top Up Tv
Thompson 160GB Digital TV Recorder
Freeview+   Digital TV

Thomson Top Up TV+ 160GB Digital TV Recorder – With Freeview

As well as being able to watch all the Freeview channels through your aerial with this Thomson Top Up TV+ Digital TV Recorder ( DTR) you can pause and rewind whatever you’re watching so you never need to miss any of the action.

With its 160GB hard disk, you can record up to 120 hours of TV without tapes including recording 2 channels at once. Plus you can record a whole series at the touch of a button. But that's not all...

Top Up TV Anytime and PictureBox Included Free for One Month
When you buy a Thomson Top Up TV+ Digital TV Recorder, you’ll get an extra 600 hand-picked programmes through Top Up TV Anytime and 30 Hollywood films thanks to PictureBox included free for a month on top of your Freeview Channels.

Top Up TV Anytime
Top Up TV Anytime brings you extra entertainment from channels like LIVING, Paramount Comedy, Discovery and UKTV Gold. Whether you love comedy, drama, music or documentaries, you’ll be spoilt for choice, and you can watch it all when you want because programmes are automatically saved for you.
Anytime TV

Picture Box
Film fans will love PictureBox with its choice of 30 Hollywood films each month – from blockbusters like King Kong and Lost in Translation to classics like Bridget Jones and Gladiator. They all start when you say so and you can watch them like a DVD.
Picture Box

You’ll get these two extra services for one month at absolutely no extra cost. And there’s no annual contract if you choose to stay with us.

Setanta Sports
Barclays Premier League and much more
You can upgrade to Setanta Sports and watch some of the best sporting action on TV (and the only premium Sport on Freeview), including exclusively live England Internationals as well as the other Home Nations 2010 World Cup away qualifiers. Barclays and Clydesdale Bank Premier League matches all season long, the Community Shield, the FA Cup, the US PGA golf tour, Magners League rugby and the Indian Premier League cricket to name but a few. You can pause and rewind to enjoy the action again and again – and all with no annual contract.
Setanta Sports
Technical Details
  • 160GB hard disk drive
  • Manufactured by Thomson
  • Digital Tuner/Freeview
  • Freeview+
  • Record up to 120 hours of programmes
  • Pause and rewind Live TV
  • 14 day TV Guide
  • Simple Installation
  • 2 x scart socket
  • 1 x remote control


Product Description
THOMSON DTI6300 TOPUPTV ANYTIME PVR The Top Up TV+ box is one of the best Freeview* Digital TV Recorders (DTRs) available. In addition to the Freeview* channels, its simple to use with features that will change the way you watch TV. With the 14 day TV guide you can see whats on at the touch of a button, recording programmes couldnt be easier without tapes or disks and you can even pause live TV. Top Up TV+ offers a new way of watching TV. Not only can you can watch, pause, rewind and record all the standard Freeview* channels like BBC ONE and Film4, Top Up TV+ gives you access to more TV choice with Top Up TV Anytime. In addition to Freeview*, Top Up TV Anytime brings you over 600 programmes a month from Pay-TV channels to watch when you want to. Programmes appear automatically on your box every day to start and stop at your say-so. *Freeview is a separate free digital TV service which does not require a monthly subscription. Freeview is not operated by Top Up TV Europe Limited.

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Simple, cheap, easy to use but slightly noisy, 26 Nov 2007
I had been thinking about buying one of these for a while. To be honest, I had read so many poor reviews of this item that I was slightly put off. But the area where I live does not have cable, and I didn't want a satellite dish on my wall so Top-Up TV plus seemed the only choice.

The unit does make a noise. It reminds me of the noise that the old VHS video players used to make- except it's there all the time of course. The noise is not as much as you'd get from a desktop PC, but it's a similar type of noise. We got used to it- well, you have no choice really. My friend has an identical unit which he keeps in a glass fronted cabinet. The glass stops the noise completely.
As for the unit itself, it is very easy - "intuitive" to set up and it is remarkably easy to use. We do have had a couple of problems with "skipping" ( where the picture jumps) but nothing too serious. In the main things have been OK. Let's face it- It was made by Thompson,, it only cost 79 quid so what do you expect? I'd say it is a very easy piece of equipment to get the hang of, and it does change the way you watch TV. It is delightful being able to "fast forward" through the adverts.

We have had to "re-boot" this recorder on occasion, because it freezes up. Strangely, I don't get annoyed by this- I just think that the machine is "quirky". It's actually quite a fun item to own.

And now for our new friends, "Top up TV Plus". The call centre is in Scotland and I phoned them a couple of times when I was setting up the account. They are very helpful indeed. As for their program content, well it is pretty poor but you can usually find SOMETHING you'd want to watch. There are no children in our house so we didn't activate the childrens TV- thus reducing the program content by about 25% right away. Not having a mental age of 8 or nine puts you at a disadvantage too, as the comedy channel consists of old American re-runs which don't seem particularly funny. I would say that Top-up TV plus' programme content is of marginal value, and I have recently cancelled the subscription.

In particular, I'd say that the "picture box" channel- (which downloads 1 movie a day, for a price of 5 pounds per month) - just simply is NOT worth the money. All the movies are 10 or 15 years old. In fact they're the type of movie you'd find in a cancer research charity shop for 50 pence each.

So what are you left with? - A slightly noisy 160 GB hard disc recorder which is very easy to set up. HOWEVER TODAY ( 17TH MARCH 2008)I NEED TO AMEND THIS REVIEW. THE MACHINE HAS FROZEN UP OVER 20 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 DAYS AND WE CAN NOT ACCESS ANY OF OUR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED PROGRAMS. I WILL BE RETURNING THIS AS "UNFIT FOR PURPOSE". I CAN NO LONGER RECOMMEND THIS HEAP OF ATROCIOUS TATTY JUNK. SORRY BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT.




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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Do not touch this with a barge pole!, 18 Mar 2008
By John (London) - See all my reviews
This has to be the biggest heap of junk I have ever had the misfortune to use! Firstly it will make your living room sound like there is a jumbo jet taking off in it! This I could just about deal with but the most annoying thing is it doesn't record! Out of the 10 recorings I tried to make 9 of them became corrupted and were automatically deleted (which you only find out once you check your messages). Dont be fooled by all the fixes available, I spent a week trying to get the thing to work but gave up and got my money back. This is a cheap, tacky piece of junk and the only reason I gave it one star was because that was the lowest it could go!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars There are better, 6 Dec 2007
By Rob Smith "robandjaynes" (North Wales) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this to upgrade my older Thomson model DHD4000, this one had twice as much Hard Drive space so thought It was worth the upgrade.

I have since purchased a Sony RDR-HXD870 which is basically the same thing but also includes a built In DVD.
What the Sony has done is shown how poor the Thomson box is.

The Thomson box signal was always hit and miss with the picture breaking up, this is not the case with the Sony, I had always assumed I would need a new aerial, It was obviously the Thomson that had a poor tuner.
It was also slow in erasing the previous recording, and on one occasion it would not erase a previous recording its still on the hard drive.

The box is very plastic, the remote is good and looks a lot like the Sky remote.

I never had a problem with the older Thomson, my mother still has one, would I buy another one of these models, No I won't, I'm happy with the Sony I have and have also reinstalled the older Thomson in another room, I have put this one in cupboard ready for the skip.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Technical Problems Galore
I bought one of these units as an alternative to Sky or Cable. The unit itself was easy to set up and I was initially very pleased with the flexibility it allowed with recording... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Jay

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this product
The box suffers software crashes which at best will lose you your recorded programmes at worst will mean you have to replace it. The Electronic Programme Guide is very poor. Read more
Published 21 days ago by A. M. Jackson

1.0 out of 5 stars Showed promise but failed on the long term
This box was purchased around a year ago. At first it was great: pausing tv, series link etc but I'm sorry, this just isn't a good long term purchase. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ADAM BROADHEAD

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy - no matter how tempted you are
I've finally given in. We've had this machine for just over a year - and it's been a slow road to frustration. Read more
Published 1 month ago by JD in London

1.0 out of 5 stars frustrating!
I have had this Thompson box for 6 months now and i have had enough! i am tired of phoning the help line to be told pull the cabel out wait 20 seconds etc. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. G. S. Breese

1.0 out of 5 stars No Good
I had this for 3 months it it was the worst bit of kit I have ever had. Slow, kept sticking and finnaly stoped working. 0 out of 10
Published 1 month ago by By The Sea

1.0 out of 5 stars JUNK!!! No other word for it!
Whatever you do, however tempted you may be, please DO NOT buy this piece of cheap plastic RUBBISH! Please! Please! Please! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ian Shaw

1.0 out of 5 stars Ceases to work at around one year old
Luckily this product failed to work a few days before the quarantee ran out, so we contacted Thompsons. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dissatisfied

1.0 out of 5 stars too many problems
worked ok for a few months then became a nightmare..would not record most of the time exchanged it at comet twice but never did work properly..NOT a reccomended buy
Published 2 months ago by baeworker

1.0 out of 5 stars brian wales
This site did not allow me to give this product NO stars, like most of the reviewrs this product should not be on the market, its like dealing with something from the dark ages... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Brian Wales

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