The negatives of the recording function compared to its competitor the CGV Etimo 1T:
- Ability to 8 timers against 16 of the Terms Etimo 1T.
- No possibility of markers in the records.
- Few recording mode in timers that 3 modes (once, daily and monthly). On the CGV there are 5 (once, daily, working days, weekly and monthly)
- No possibility of a recording during playback to make quick jumps configurable in 30 sec, 1-5-10-30 min.
- The unit does not always goes to sleep after recording.
If not here in detail the positive and negative points of the device:
Positives:
- While lon recorded a string, you can view other channels of the same multiplex.
- For SD channels, we can choose the size denregistrement (either MPEG or TS)
- The unit passes the antenna signal when it is in standby
- Classification of channels in order with TF1 HD first.
- Compatible with NTFS and FAT32 HDD.
- Playback of various video formats: AVI, DIVX, XVID, VOB, MKV, MPEG1 MPEG2 TS, M2TS ... but let's be clear on a product sold 39 so do not expect to have the same decoding capabilities a product sold more expensive. The main purpose of this is to record TNT HD cheaply
- Low power consumption, less than one watt in standby and 7 watt operation with a connected USB HDD above.
- Recordings readable on pc.
- Supports self-powered hard drives and power of those good one.
- The records are sorted chronologically in the order (oldest to newest)
- When you have a HDD with multiple partitions, you can choose which we will use for recording.
- No fan, silent product.
Negative points:
- No dafficheur front
- For programming, must specify an end time instead dune end time
- Files denregistrement bucked all 1GB, bucking is clean (no cut during the passage of a file to the other) can merge TS files with the free RecTVEdit software (choosing as recorder CGV Etimo 2T)
- No decoding of DTS Stereo or by bitstream.
- No function goto
- It is not possible to adjust the transparency of the menus.
- No dinterrupteur on / off, only a standby
