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RE: Wharfedale WDTR160 DTR with 160GB HDD £74.99

I bought one of these boxes today in Argos and the blank screen was only one of the problems I had. When surfing through channels, some of the channels go blank and say `no signal` until I unplug and reconnect the box. This is very annoying and no good for timed recordings. I also missed one (timed) recording because although it had registered, the box did not record. Channel change is very sluggish compared to my old £15 `no name` Freeview box with which for more than a year I never had any problems picking up TV through my roof Arial. Another problem is that you cannot record 2 channels at the same time (although it is stated in the Argos catalo that you can). The box is also noisy and you can hear it when the room is quiet. You definitely don`t want it running throughout the night in your bedroom. When I fast forward through the ad breaks on replay, the sound and picture loose synchronicity every time (sound and picture don`t play together) until I stop and restart. This is a problem I have before only experienced on very cheap and nasty DVD player. There are too many things wrong with this box and this is why mine goes back tomorrow. Argos does not allow a return under the 30 day rule on these boxes (I wonder why? ;) but because it is misrepresented in their catalog (stating that you can do 2 recordings at the same time which is clearly not possible) I am returning mine as `not fit for the advertised purpose`. I want a more reliable solution and I am prepared to spend a little more to get that. I had a look at the specs of the Evesham £99 Freeview recorder. Looks good but I need to get some more info before I order.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 17th October 2007, 04:55