The installation I managed without studying the clear operating instructions. The channel search was completed quickly. Amazingly on a mid-range device, the lightning-fast switching of programs. The quality of the image to the HDMI jack is spotless. Still have the Vantage 8000 and the Topfield 7700 HSCI and can not say that these devices are significantly better in the image.
Surprising to me was that he recognized uncomplaining all external hard drives immediately, FAT32 and NTFS is automatically detected. Even a 5 year old WD 80GB in Noname housing was immediately recognized. Unlike the Topfield 7700, where the external plates had to be formatted only by the Topfield in FAT32 format. The playback of HD material was carried out without visual or audio dropouts. Even that is not self-evident today in HD set-top boxes. One study only the relevant forums to various manufacturers.
The files can be edited with DVR-Studio of Haenlein software.
However, the software should be quickly revised. EPG is very sluggish. Unfortunately, no mini-image of the current program is displayed. The list is largely empty after the call and filled only by zapping.
Little information in the info line, eg no start and end times of the current and upcoming programs. I would think even more, but that would go beyond the content of this brief review. But Vantage 8000 and Topfield 7700 HSCI are still construction sites.
The program lists editor for the PC is handy. But it's also quite fast on the device. Especially since the list was edited by me transferred to the unit again. Allegedly, the file was too big.
So overall an excellent device with remarkable performance at an unbeatable price.