Super price / performance - but only with Beta Firmware

The decor is very simple 'connect and go. The transmitter for Astra are already pre-programmed and also sorted useful. Also various favorites lists already exist (eg HD, sports, news, etc). The connection therefore takes less than 5 minutes. The receiver outputs 1080i clean the TV on, the quality of the projected image is good, but not comparable to hochgerechnetem DVD material a PS3. As far as the TV picture is then seemingly ago. With HD channels (of which but not many are), you watch but the difference. Here it is waiting for a wider range of HD TV channels.

The connection of USB media is functioning properly, with me hanging a 500GB Maxtor USB drive to it (NTFS) and thus work shift and TV recordings without any major problems. The recorded files can be by means of a Comag tools then convert the PC into TS files and edit or archive on the PC. USB sticks also can withstand the unit without complaint.

But there are also drawbacks: First of all, the software is not mature. The current official version 138 has a lot of mistakes (Timer Programming does not always work, no EPG preview, EPG slowly). One can find on the net current betas, which are already much better. Why Comag so long waiting here with the release is a mystery.

The USB connector is behind the front cover, the front cover must always remain open, if you turn a hard drive. That does not look very chic.

Nevertheless, a good receiver, especially for the price. But you should not shy away from new firmware aufzuspielen because the software is not yet fully developed itself.