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Sagem DTR 94320S
by philkent
Having had a Sky package for some time, and then Virgin too, we realised that for the monthly fee we were paying it was not worth keeping either package. It was on looking around after this that we came across Freesat.
After looking at a few models, we decided on the Sagemcom DTR94320S 320 GB. This was partly due to the price, and ... also that it provided the features we were Interested in the most, this being the ability to pause, record and rewind TV, as well as being able to set up and record an entire series.
Installtion was fast and simple, done so by plugging in to the former Sky dish / cable, then literally letting it search for and store channels.
It provides a good HD picture, and generally works ok.
The main problems we find is that it does literally have a mind of its own. It can sometimes record entirely different programs that you set it up to do, and has even lost recordings entirely.
Overall its resonably priced and saves you money on any monthlt TV package, but can be unreliable sometimes with programming and recording.
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Sagem DTR 94320S
by chrisheels
I bought this box from Currys when buying a load of things to furnish a new house. It was the cheapest available in the shop at the time that incorporated free sat and a recording function.
---The Box---
The box is slimline and stylish enough for my needs. It's made from a dark grey plastic and looks fine where it is ... positioned in my living room (on a fairly prominent shelf on top of the aplifier for my surround sound system.
---Functions---
The box plugs into a satellite dish connection. I chose to go for this as I don;t watch a lot of television and therefore didn;t want to commit to a sky package, however had a pre-existing sattellite connection in the house I bought and fancied a few extra channels. The box gives access to aver 150 channels (most of which don't have much worth watching on them). Some of the included channels that I do make occasional use of include: BBC 3, Scuzz music channel (and some other mostly pop channels), E4 and film four. There are several shopping channels, a few music and news channels, loads of radio stations and quite a bit more that I don't really use.
The box is easy to set up and once plugged into the back of the TV very easy to activate and search for channels using the on sceen guide.
The box is quite slow to load up after turning on and it takes a while for the channel menu to become usable. It is also quite slow to navigate around the menu as the box seems to take a long time 'thinking' and loading up the program list.
A remote is included which is very similar to an old digital set top box I had and I woul imagine is similar to most others. The layout is intuitive and easy to figure out.
The recording function was the main reason I chose this box and it works well and is easy to operate. It even allows you to pause live television and resume so that you don;t miss anything during a toilet break. I now like to start a film, press record, pause and make some tea, then resume and be able to fast forward through the adverts.
---Price---
The box is £160 pounds at amazon at the moment. This is about what I paid in Febuary so it doesn;t appear to have dropped. It appears from a quick web search that other brands are available for about £140 with a similar spec.
---Summary----
The cheaper end of freesat recorders. Due to the slow response of the menu I would advise trying something else.
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Sagem ITD58 Digital Freeview TV Receiver
by thedarkfighter
This was the digibox I was running before I got a TV with freeview inbuilt. Firstly, these boxes are a nice compact size and actually quite pretty for a digibox. We had this set up between a pair of cupboards because it was so small which was absolutely great. The build quality is reasonable but nothing particularly life changing but for ... the price, what does anyone expect? The interface is simple to use and understand and even the most anti-technology person could make it work. The remote is a nice size and the labeling on the buttons is adequate although the buttons are quite small. Without a signal booster the box wasn't too much use to us here as some of the channels refused to work but when a signal booster was added to the chain it was fine. There were some problems however. The box did have incidents of cutting off on itself and turning back on again at odd times. Also, we found sometimes channels would just disappear and have to be retuned. Overall, this box is pretty average but its so cheap that most complaints aren't too bothersome.
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