Topfield TF5800PVR

Description: MPEG-2 Digital and fully DVB compliant, MHEG5 Supported 2 Common Interfaces for CONAX, CRYPTOWORKS, IRDETO, ... more

Topfield TF5800PVR ... NAGRAVISION, SECA & VIACCESS, 2 tuners, 2000 services (TV and Radio) programmable, Multilingual audio support, Multilingual menu text support, Service switching time less than 1 second, Favorite service list editing, True-color On-Screen Display (OSD), Full Picture In Graphic (PIG) function, Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for on screen service information. Subtitle supported, Teletext supported by VBI insertion and software emulation, Parental lock facility by service and program event, Firmware and Data transfer from receiver to receiver, Exciting games embedded, S/PDIF for digital audio or Dolby AC-3 bitstream output, Recording capacity can be changed depends on HDD volume.(Ex. 80GB->40hours, 160GB->80hours, 200GB->100hours), Powerful trick mode supported, Dual Decoding(PIP), Dual Recording and Playback simultaneously, Dual Recording and Time-shifting simultaneously, USB 2.0 supported for fast PC interface, MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3) decoding

Newest Review: ... time although the members from the Toppy website have made this as easy as possible. The MyStuff TAP is an essential! But ... more

... then after about 2 years my box started freezing and eventually died taking with it hours of programmes i had recorded. This was upsetting to say the least. Thankfully my box had a 3 year guarantee from John Lewis so i replaced it with a Humax 9300T PVR (see my separate review of this). And it was then that i realised the Topfield was far superior and am now considering buying one again. So for me its 4 stars because it really is good but mine broke a bit quicker than i would have liked...more

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Topfield TF5800PVR: Good if you can invest the time but mine did breakdown after ... (245 words)
by - written on 06/12/09 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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I have had a hate, love, hate, love relationship with the Topfield TF5800 PVR. I got one about 3 years ago and out of the box it works but its not that great (the interface is not nice, things don't always do what you want) But then i discovered TAPs (software you can load to the box and make it work better) and the Toppy website (take a look on google). If you are willing to invest the time to look into this you will discover that you can make this PVR the most amazing gadget for your living room. You will not be able to find a PVR that works as well for you, simply because you can customize just about everything. It does take time although the members from ... Read the complete review

Excellent... once you replace the buggy software (294 words)
by S English - written on 21/01/09
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This is a great box. Nice and quiet running (no fan), with very crisp, clear pictures. One BIG proviso, though, which kept me from giving it the 5th star: Out of the box, the PVR was buggy, to say the least. In particular, it failed on our first 4 attempts to dual record (two programmes at once) and it wasn't reliable at starting a recording out of standby mode. Fortunately, there's Toppy.org, a users group who've written firmware patches and TAPs (customisations) which solve the problems. Their site isn't the easiest to navigate, but you should be able to find what you need, connect your PC to the Topfield and get it working ... Read the complete review

Express Review on Topfield TF5800PVR
by s eDDY - written on 21/06/07
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Apalling customer service. Received faulty, enormously noisy Topfield 5800, refused refund, wanted to charge £50 restocking fee. DO NOT BUY FROM PETER TYSON!

The Topfield Is Top Of Its Field, IMHO (3692 words)
by - written on 07/12/05 (Very useful, 5337 readings)
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CHAPTER TWO, WHY I SOLD MY FIRST PVR – In which our hero finally rids himself of Sky, having even taken the dish to the dump. I’ve owned a PVR – that’s a personal video recorder (a generic term for a device that can record digital TV programmes to a hard disk) for several months now, and it has proved a boon. I’m not one to make claims like ‘it’s changed my life’ or even that ‘it’s changed the way I watch TV’, but it comes close to the latter. The machine in question was the excellent Humax 8000PVRT, designed solely for Freeview digital terrestrial TV, but since buying it, two things have happened. (I hope to write about the Humax one as soon as the category ... Read the complete review

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