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Digital Terrestial Receiver with 250gb Hard Drive. Black finish
2 Integral Digital Tuners
Simultaneously play and record. Record 2 channels
USB2.0 support for fast PC interface
2 years warranty included

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Product Description
# Topfield TF5800 PVR # Digital Terrestial Receiver with Hard Drive # Choice of 2 hard drive sizes # MPEG-2 digital and fully DVB compliant # 2 Digtial Tuners # Simultaneously play and record. Record 2 channels # Dual Decoding - Picture in Picture # USB2.0 support for fast PC interface # Time shift feature # Digital audio or Dolby AC-3 output via S/PDIF # Electronic Programme Guide # Smart card capable-card or cam not included # RGB and S-video output via scart. Composite out, S-video # Modulated RF output # Approx. 88 hours record time (160Gb) # WHD:340 x 60 x 265mm

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent PVR / Digibox, 3 Oct 2007

By	Bob Monkhouse (London) - See all my reviews

The Topfield TF5800 is a great little box, ideal for recording digital TV programmes such as those broadcast as Freeview in the UK. In many ways it acts much like an "old fashioned" video recorder - you can set a timer to record programmes and it records programmes (to internal disk instead of tape cassette) that you can watch later at your leisure.

But it also does much more - for example: you can pause live television (handy if you want to put the kettle on and don't want to miss anything crucial on Eastenders); you can record one channel whilst watching another; you can record two different channels simultaneously whilst watching a third (with some restrictions); you can record two different channels simultaneously whilst watching something that you have previously recorded; you can view programme schedules via an Electronic Programme Guide (so no need for the Radio Times any more!) and set repeating timers; you can upgrade the software that is bundled with the box with customized modules (called TAPS) that are downloadable from the Internet; and 250GB is sufficient disk space to keep you and the rest of your family clued to this box for months on end. The TF5800 is also very quiet - there is no annoying fan inside the box, so it runs almost as quietly as an iPod.

The only minor irritation is that this model does not have a native Ethernet interface - which is a pain if you want to connect it up to a home (computer) network. If you want to do that easily, consider buying the TF6000 model instead, or you will have to make do by using the USB port on the back of the TF5800 and plugging it directly into you home computer (but note: this is only necessary if you want to install new software from the Internet, or copy media files such as recorded movies off of the box and onto a computer).

On the whole this is a great box, packed with features and easy to operate. If you don't subscribe to a satellite or cable TV service, but want to record Freeview television programmes, the Topfield TF5800 represents a very sound investment.

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5.0 out of 5 stars VCR meets the 21st Century, 15 Nov 2007

By	Torkijo (UK) - See all my reviews

We have had this for 18 months now and its fantastic. Out of the box it isnt small, but its not huge. The remote is good (But have since moved to a logitech 525 universal thats excellent).

The 2 tuners mean you can record 2 programms and still watch a number of 3rd channels (as long as on same band as one of the ones recording), and if you cant watch the 3rd channel, you can always watch direct through the TV.

The best thing about this PVR is its as complicated as you want it to be. I'm a bit of a gadget man so i love the programmable nature of the Toppy as you can change the way it looks and works on screen through 3rd party programms -TAPs that can be downloaded legally from numerous free websites - google Toppy and you get the main ones. These sites also have a lot of help and advice on and if the answers not their someone on the Forums usually gets back to you within 24 hours!

At the other end of the gadget spectrum is my wife, who absolutley loves the machine and knows how to record, set timers and flick between channels and get the guide up - thats all she wants to do and she was able to do it all straight out of the box - its that easy to do.

Overall fantastic machine that has given us 18 months of reliable use so far.

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4.0 out of 5 stars If you can work a PC, this is the best PVR on the market, 21 Dec 2008

By	sarev_of_aona (UK) - See all my reviews

Out of the box, this probably isn't a PVR to compete with the best of the rest because the UI and feature set is decidedly below par. BUT (and that's a big but) you can replace the UI, replace the firmware and add all sorts of features - just by connecting it to your PC and downloading stuff.

If you're still reading, then you clearly already understand the concept of downloading firmware updates for your consumer electronics. The Topfield (or Toppy) box has an open API for people to write not only new user interfaces for it, but they can write custom add-ons (called TAPs) which give you every feature you could ever dream of.

Because of this, the Toppy has a cult following of enthusiastic developers and a huge selection of user interfaces and cool features which no other PVR on the market can hope to emulate.

The only reasons I don't give this five stars are:

1. unless you can also work a PC with a little confidence, this isn't the best
2. there are still times when this box will crash

However, having designed and built digital set-top boxes and PVRs for years myself, I can safely say there isn't a single box on the market which doesn't crash occasionally or have the odd bug.

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4.0 out of 5 stars What it does it does well
I bought this Topfield TF5800 PVR 250GB - Black finish to replace a Sony DVD/HD recorder that only has an analogue tuner. Read more

Published 7 days ago by C. Owen

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as it could be
I recommended this PVR to a friend after reading the reviews on Amazon. I agree that it's a neat machine with a lot of features and so far has worked well without a problem... Read more

Published 3 months ago by H. B. Moran

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We have had this unit since mid November 08 and the whole family love it!
It must have one of the best tuners inside as we have never had good reception on freeview up to... Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Electricity
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Published 5 months ago by Steven Bain

1.0 out of 5 stars Not with a bargepole
Although it has a reputation as a box which 'can be as complicated as you want', frankly it's just complicated. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Conan Doyle

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor software
The Topfield has a bug which wipes and/or corrupts program recordings at random. This bug has been reported by other users since at least March 2005 but so far Topfield have done... Read more

Published 6 months ago by Daniel

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Rolls Royce of PVR
What can I say? Well, it's very expensive (come on man, it is). But you get what you pay for in this world. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Carol A. Tutton

4.0 out of 5 stars Well I did like it
I have owned my topfield for about 2 years. Read all the reviews and liked the idea of being able to record 2 programmes while watching a third. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Cod

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I already owned a Humax 9200 and was pleased with it. When the time came to buy a second PVR, I read all the glowing reports about Topfield and bought one. Read more

Published 19 months ago by S. Huddart

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