Sagem/Manhattan FreeSat+ boxes any good?

SaucySammy1964

18-01-2011

I was reading the post below about the Sagem FreeSat HD boxes and I need some information for my cousin.
She is eligable under the Switchover Scheme and she plans on getting the FreeSat DTR, I have been emailing the Switchover people on her behalf (she is not on the web) and they have told me it would be either a SAGEM or a Manhattan DTR (HD) As I have not heard of Manhattan and have very little knowledge of SAGEM, can anyone tell me if they are any good or are they very cheap and nasty boxes, its just that she is disabled (wheelchair user) and I just want to prepare her for any problems that may arise thank a lot SS1964

Or has anyone got one of these DTRs and can tell me any good/bad points they may have?

derekb1

25-02-2011

I've got the Sagem.

I've been very pleased with it. Great picture and some good features like prompting you to record in HD if the program you selcted to record is also broadcast on HD. It rarely misses a recording and rarely needs a hard reset (but they all do now and then).

Minor bad point - no ability to search the guide for a particular program but they offer this on their Freeview boxes so I guess it will come with a future firmware update...

REPASSAC

25-02-2011

Originally Posted by derekb1:
“I've got the Sagem.

I've been very pleased with it. Great picture and some good features like prompting you to record in HD if the program you selcted to record is also broadcast on HD. It rarely misses a recording and rarely needs a hard reset (but they all do now and then).

Minor bad point - no ability to search the guide for a particular program but they offer this on their Freeview boxes so I guess it will come with a future firmware update...”

You think they will give her a PVR?

Jepson

25-02-2011

Originally Posted by REPASSAC:
“You think they will give her a PVR?”

Give who a PVR?

finbaar

25-02-2011

Originally Posted by Jepson:
“ Give who a PVR?”

The queen? Madonna? The OPs cousin? Hey, read the thread.

REPASSAC

26-02-2011

Originally Posted by Jepson:
“ Give who a PVR?”

The OP's cousin - I think the switchover people supply cheap Non PVR boxes. I quoted derekb1 who clearly thinks they will.

russellelly

26-02-2011

Originally Posted by REPASSAC:
“The OP's cousin - I think the switchover people supply cheap Non PVR boxes. I quoted derekb1 who clearly thinks they will.”

You can get a basic box for free or pay towards a PVR on the Help Scheme.

Jepson

26-02-2011

Originally Posted by finbaar:
“Hey, read the thread.”

The object of the quote system is that you quote just what needs to be quoted to make sense of your reply.

The post to which I responded did exactly the opposite and as I don't re-read the entire thread every time a new post is added it didn't seem to make any sense.

bobg144

26-02-2011

Have had a Sagem dtr94500 for a while now and am also pleased with it. It's very easy to use, very reliable and since we use it in England and in Spain, find its very quick set up to be a bonus. Incidentally, it has a better tuner than the Sky boxes we have. It also has a much faster teletext access than the Sky boxes, so there!