No more gimmick, but alternative

I have more than half a dozen Receiver with USB port tried until I ended up at the Comag SL50. And it was worth it. The housing and the somewhat clumsy LED display look more as at a hardware store bargain and it is not just beneficial for my purpose that the USB port located on the front under a flap. So I have also been enumerated all negative qualities, with the frontal USB port for flash drive users is sure to be seen more positively.

The functions in conjunction with my Trekstor DataStation nu 160 GB are a dream. While it takes after a cold start (in my case all the devices are switched off) a little while, so about 20 seconds, can be accessed up to the hard drive, but if it is firstonce ready, both devices work perfectly together.
Important to me was the function that I can take the same time while I look at an older recording from the hard disk. The Comag SL50 no problem without stuttering or dropouts. You can even record a program and watch another channel while the same transponder. Actually, such features are only available in Twin devices.
It scales even for the HDMI input, the image as well as it goes up, so that the image quality is sufficient for a 42 inch LCD TV.
The picture and sound of the recordings are in the same quality.
With the currently latest firmware I tested the unit with a Trekstor DataStation nu and mu 160GB and the type gu 500GB. The first two external hard disks are working properly, the latter not. There are supposed to be the type of drive Trekstor DataStation mu with 250 and 320GB also work, but that I myself can not test.

For the not very chic case I would actually pull off a point, but the excellent functionality of the Comag SL50 compensates this shortcoming in, so I can not give a 100 percent buy recommendation.