Top Up TV DTI6021-25 Thomson 250GB Digital TV Recorder |  | Brand: Thomson
Buy New: £99.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.7
Dimensions (in): 19.1 x 11.7 x 4.7
MPN: DTI6021-25
Model: DTI6021-25
EAN: 3244480265635
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| Features:
| • | HDD Capacity - 250GB | | • | Twin Tuner - Yes, Remote Control Included - Yes | | • | Remote Control Included - Yes, LNB Loop Through - Yes | | • | No. Of S-Video Outputs - 1 | | • | No. Of Scart Connectors - 2 |
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Product Description
Top Up TV Freeview+ offers a new way of watching TV. Now you can access all Freeview channels, pause and live TV, record 2 channels at the same time and more with a Top Up TV Freeview+ DTR. It's like a Sky + box for Freeview. You can also top up your TV choice with programmes from great Pay-TV channels with Top Up TV Favorites, enjoy great from ESPN or receive a different movie everyday with Picture Box plus, the great news is your first month of all these packagesTop Up TV Favorites and Picture Box is now included in the price*.
* No long term contracts
* No phone or broadband tie ins
* No dish or cable
* Gives you the flexibility to add on TV packages in the future
* It's the best value 250GB DTR on the market
*(£20 connection fee and terms and conditions apply)
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 12
Don't bother, poor company, poor product March 29, 2010
J. Rotheram (Bolton, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had two of Thomson's freeview digital recorders, I took the first one back because it was rubbish, I'm going to take this one back because it's rubbish, and I'm never going to buy another. I'd suggest anyone buying a digital tv recorder go for ANY OTHER box except this one.
Unless that is, you enjoy a box that freezes constantly, needs resetting at every turn and never records the whole program you set it to record.
Maybe they'd be better utilised gutted and distributed around the countryside for mice to live in.
Actually, no, they definitely would be.
thomson dti 6021 March 15, 2010
drew shrigley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
worst piece of hardware I have ever purchased .want turn off after you record some thing. you have to turn power off on to reset it as it stops working it isint 5 months old and I have phoned their help desk 3 times .do not buy this product.
More freezes than the weather February 7, 2010
Mark007 (Warrington)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The box has nothing but problem after problem
It freezes when recording
It freezes when playing back
It freezes when deleting programs
You constantly have to unplug the machine everytime you use it, so it would be wise to invest in a remote controled switch so you don't have to go behind the TV like I do, or better still DON'T BUY THIS BOX
 Dodgy box January 1, 2010
Pat Short (Herts., England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Last night, with much anticipation, I settled down with the whole family to watch Part 1 of the Christmas Doctor Who special, which I recorded on the Thomson on Christmas night (it's been a busy week!). We had all been looking forward to this but, about 5 minutes in, the picture froze and the dreaded permanent red light appeared on the front.
After much pressing of buttons on the Remote and the box itself, without any noticeable effect, the only way forward was to switch off and on at the wall socket and, although I didn't perform a deliberate 'reboot' (the manual warns this will delete all recordings), after several minutes of flashing red lights the menu came back with all programmes deleted! This is the third time since I bought the box 4 months ago that this has happened. As usual, a peek at the Messages menu informed me that the deletions had occurred because the programmes had 'become corrupt'. The Thomson will now be making a quick return to the shop, where I will be asking for a refund.
When I researched which model to go for, this box seemed one of the best for features and value and I didn't see many negative reviews, certainly none that indicated this sort of problem. Now though, there are plenty of them. Previously, I had one of the first generation Thomson Top-Up TV units (non-recording), and this worked fine for several years, until it suddenly died without warning. After last night's disappointment and the earlier failures, I won't be going for this brand again though. (Thankfully, BBC iPlayer saved the day yesterday, and we're all looking forward to watching Part Two tonight - this time as it's broadcast, I think!)
Avoid: you will experience all stages of grief if you buy this machine October 5, 2009
M. P. Revell (Wolverhampton, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
At first, it seems to work okay: wow, it records two channels at once, it records a whole series with just a couple of clicks. Even the minor quibbles, such as not being able to start watching a recording a specific point, are forgivable.
Then, things start to go wrong but, y'know, it was so cool before that you deny it.
Then, when you notice that it has failed to record a few episodes of your favourite programme -- and it only tells you that by displaying a message in an obscure menu somewhere -- you get angry. "Why? It was going so well! Why are you doing this to me, box?"
Then, you find yourself bargaining with it: "Come on, I don't mind if you miss Deep Space 9, just make sure you record Wallander."
When you realise that, despite it offering to automatically record the second half of the film that's shown after the news, it hasn't done anything of the sort, then you enter depression.
Finally, you accept that this is actually one of the buggiest, least reliable consumer electronics items you've ever come across and you take the heap of junk back to the shop.
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