I can not really recommend this receiver because although the picture looks that this receiver provides, both in HD and SD "subjective", at first glance, really good, but if you take makes the effort and eg a few Burosch test images to a USB flash drive to copy (the picture "First check" actually enough already, of course, the image in the size "1980x1080p" should be present and the receiver, also be set to this value and the TV) and then times look the picture quality of this receiver, is one only once flabbergasted (in a negative sense), all image settings, both on my TV (although the TV is already set very good), and the enabling of the Receiver bring as well no improvement, the receiver has a rather poor contrast ratio and also the level of detail in dark areas is even worse than useless (I advise every owner / tester of this receiver, simply times to perform this test yourself!).
During the test picture "First-Check" can be clearly seen ,, that on both grayscale stairs (the one for the brightness setting and the other for the contrast setting), each a few gradations can not be realized (in contrast the 2-3 brightest fields in which brightness even 3-4 dunkeslten areas), this can also be not "tease out" from your receiver, even though the receiver also itself still has its own image adjustment option it seems almost as if you "installed" in this receiver an automatic contrast control which indeed are also at the TVs when they are activated, leading to a bad image ... (have one about 4 years old HD receiver "TT-micro S855", the equal right away an ideal test-image supplies and also in the TV picture is much more detailed, and another receiver from Xoro (HRS 8560), I had a few days to test here, some could better deal with the test patterns and the TV display, the same TV and the same settings.
Sadly, as much as he pleased me subjectively, because otherwise he has good sharpness (which unfortunately can be deceptive first time), I see now constantly only the "weakness" of this unit, which manifests itself so that dark areas too dark and lighter areas too bright, what the picture can be much detail poor, than in my 4-year-old receiver ...., of course plays the Ariva 103 in a different price category, as at the time of the TT-micro S855, but that it is equal to so much is "bad", I would not have thought, especially as a much cheaper receivers Xoro worked here even better and the TT-Micro also have today for less than 100 (apart from the "Big2Small" which is to beherschen the Ariva and the simple things in the S855 HbbTV and Internet rigmarole to lahmarschig, 4 years his senior receiver brings a much nicer, more detailed picture on the TV and was otherwise also a more comfortable PVR, EPG and TimeShift control) ... :(
Since the receiver for PVR, TimeShift (inclusive Permanet recording!), As well as "Sky-receiver" can be used and subjective! the picture quite like (as long as you no tests or comparisons makes) was there also determines many "fans" of this receiver, but I'm just a little "fussy" and even "pampered", thus / this is just not for me .. ,
