Fully DVB-T compliant
Digital Terrestrial Receiver with CI and 250GB Hard Disk Drive
Twin Tuners - Dual Recording
USB2.0 Connectivity for fast data transfers to your PC/Mac
Powerful trick mode supported (One Touch Recording, Timed Recording, Time Shift)
Playback of the selected region repeatedly
Picture-in-Picture (View Two Channels at Once)
Record 2 Channels and Playback Simultaneusly
Capable of time-shifting & dual recoding
Play MP3 music files
USB2.0 supported for fast PC interface
2000 TV & radio services programmable
Service switching time less than 1 second
Service list editing( for Europe Only )
Favorite Service list editing
True-color On-Screen Display (OSD)
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Fully DVB-T compliant
Digital Terrestrial Receiver with CI and 250GB Hard Disk Drive
Twin Tuners - Dual Recording
USB2.0 Connectivity for fast data transfers to your PC/Mac
Pros:
I love my topfield. I hardly watch any "live TV" only the news. But I would like to know how to download photos from the computer and leave running on the TV. Jane
Cons:
I can't work out how to download photos. Sometimes it zooms through a program and does not record properly.
Overall:
A great addition for our family. I can watch the shows I like when I have time and when I want!!
Pros:
Menu are user friendly and set-up / use is easy. Good guides and it is just awesome to be able to record 2 channels, watch a third, rewind live tv, plenty of storage space.
Cons:
Nothing wrong with the functions but our unit has had to have repairs under the warranty x 3. Hard drive failures. Repair service takes FOREVER! They should at least provide a replacement while you are waiting for it to be fixed if it is going to take so long.
Overall:
We love this machine, it's functions and userability is famtastic. However, luckily we purchased an extended warranty as we have had to have it repaired x 3 now. Mostly due to the hard drive failing- very annoying when you lose all your recordings...but even more annoying to have to wait 3 months to have it fixed.
Pros:
It is the best present I have ever bought myself. I read about the then unavailable Tivo, and this sounded like the next best thing. It was! All the details have been written by others, but if you read their Forum and install some of the TAPs (small programs written by users) it has no faults. Any problem is solved by a TAP. I have been using it for 3 years and no longer remember what is "vanilla" Toppy and what is an improvement by a TAP. For instance, if there is a power surge, one of my TAPs resets the clock for me, so that I don't miss any recordings.
Cons:
I wish it had Ethernet and a DVD recorder. It would then be perfect
Overall:
I believe Topfield Korea has given rights in Australia to another company. That could account for the warranty problems some people experienced. Seems who ever sold it is the person responsible for warranties. I wouldn't be surprised if the original supplier would have trouble getting parts. Thankfully, I bought mine way before that happened. I am in Melbourne, so sending it back to them would have been problematic. However, except for a few phone calls early on (when they were very helpful) I got all the help I needed through the Forum (including finding helpful Melbourne users who helped me put a larger hard drive in once the warranty had run out and new capacitors later on) From what I gather most problems are software/firmware related and the Forum is very helpful. I don't even want to upgrade to the HD version - I believe the newer models won't allow TAPS to be installed, which are what makes the Toppy so good. Anything that bugs you, you can bet that it has also bugged someone else, who wrote a fix for it. From what I hear, the TIVO is more user friendly (idiot proof) but has to have a permanent Internet connection, can't even be put on standby and certainly can't be "improved upon". Installing a bigger hard drive is also more difficult.
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