Thomson DTI 2300 Freeview (TOPUP-TV) £16.11 Delivered [CLOSED]

bingsy

http://www.tribaluk.com/thomson-dti-2300-freeview-62804029.htm

Features:

Electronic Programme Guide: Yes
Number of scart sockets: 2
Hard drive built in: No
Auto set up: Yes
Number of tuners: 1
RF loop: Yes
Remote control: Yes
Top Up TV Compatible: Yes

http://www.24electric.com/detail.php?ProdID=37195970&category=VI&subcategory=DG

Also available from 24Electric for 16p more.

miketrim

good spot!

Browntoa

mixed review of this here

http://www.idtv.co.uk/ShowReview.php?ReviewID=17

Conclusion: For the price, this box is ostensibly good value, and boasts impressive connectivity. But my overall impression is that it’s a bit of a curate’s egg – i.e. good in parts (which perhaps is not that surprising given that it’s the first made-for-Top Up TV receiver). On the one hand, the DTI 2300 certainly does what it says it can do: tune in Top Up TV’s 10 pay-TV channels. Thomson also needs to be commended for backing the extended EPG, and cracking the software engineering required. On the other hand, the EPG doesn’t exploit the new data-sets particularly well, the picture quality is adequate at best, and the box appears to be somewhat slow and unreliable, even leaving the Teletext issue to one side. One certainly wouldn’t expect ordinary users to have to negotiate the series of problems I was faced with before I could get the thing running properly. Certainly, I’d want to see the Teletext issue sorted out (whoever’s fault it happens to be) before I feel I could recommend purchasing it. At the moment, it feels rather as if Thomson has released version 0.9 rather than version 1.

thepearce

The everso important 44p from quidco brings this down to less than £16. Bargain.

thommo

Great spot,just ordered 2!!

brad

I was tempted to order one but then read the following reviews on amazon:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0006GAS8W/026-2331491-2534836

Jefft_2

Browntoa wrote:

Conclusion: For the price, this box is ostensibly good value, and boasts impressive connectivity.

The price being £70 now it is £16.11 it must be very good value.

Jeff

cam8

Just tried to order one. They won't deliver to Northern Ireland. Descrimination or what?

GoofyGAT

It received a very good review at Digital Home Mag in Nov 2004 when it was 5 times the price.

Wonder how they are at returning items that don't work properly - if it was Amazon, I'd surely have gone for one. G

JCL

Anyone know if the EPG is now and next or 7 day?? Thanks.

mrme

thanks - really can't go wrong @ that price :beer: