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Daewoo DSD9503T - Freeview Set top Box With 160gb Hard Drive Twin Digital Tuner | 
| Brand: Daewoo
Category: CE
Buy New: £129.99
New (10) from £129.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 13508
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5511.5
Dimensions (in): 17.5 x 13.5 x 4.7
MPN: DSD9503TFP
Model: DSD9503TFP
EAN: 5031117212029
ASIN: B000J365PC
Release Date: November 10, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: ***Daewoo Dealer***Full Manufacturers Warranty****
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Product Description
Daewoo DSD9503TFPB twin tune personal video recorder with 160GB hard drive capacity. Features: Freeview playback approved, series link, -pause live TV, subtitle recording & playback and electronic programme guide.-
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 The worst product and service ever October 1, 2008
I bought this piece of garbage last year:it never worked properly,the hard drive continually initializing,switching channels on its own,the case buzzing like a wasps nest and so on.Daewoo's contracted service
people took it away for a second time in April of this year with the same faults it had on their first attempt to repair it and luckily I haven't seen it since!!!No contact from either Daewoo or their service guys in all this time. On top of that Amazon aren't interested in my problem,after all they only sold it to me!So no stars at all.
 Daewoo DSD9503T with the latest Firmware version ' 3.2 ' September 28, 2008
You may be puzzled why some people in the review area ' love it ' while others ' hate it '
I am a retired University Lecturer in Computer Science and I repair all my friends Computers so I know exactly how these machines work.
Its all down to the Firmware and many people who hate it I suspect have the older Firmware .
I bought a Daewoo DSD9503T and it has the latest version which is ' 3.2 '
I live in London and have a strong signal from Crystal Palace.
Its a far thinner unit than I was expecting - which allows me to give it enough airspace without having to rearrange all my other machines.
Note a lot of problems can be traced back to units not having enough airspace - the DSD9503T does not have a Fan on the Hard Drive and with the correct airspace it does not need it and it runs cool and very very quiet.
The picture quality is ' Outstanding ' and it was so easy to use that I bought a second one.
Believe me you cant tell if its a recording or a direct Broadcast { its that Good }
The biggest advantage is being able to record a whole Channel { or two } and then delete what you don't want. While playing its possible to speed it up to * 24 times so you can whiz though a lot in a short period of time.
Pro's and Con's
It does have a few quirks -
{ quirk 1 } the remote control is very cramped so its not a R/C that you can use in the dark .
{ quirk 2 } With PIP on it cant handle widescreen Auto but switching to nonauto widescreen sorts it out.
{ quirk 3 } if you are recording One Freeview source PIP does not work when in fact there is no reason for PIP not to work.
Good Points
{ 1 } So far the Hard disk is silent { and running very Cool } - it does not spin up until I record or play back something { and even then you cant hear it } and the Recording quality is excellent.{ you could never tell it was a Recording { its equivalent to 15 MB's to 20 MB's per second so very high quality }
To give you a Comparison if you buy a DVD lets say the new WALL-E DVD the average will be around 7 MB's { it may vary between 5 and 10 MB's } so the Daewoo is double the quality of a DVD - no wonder they have such a great picture.
{ 2 } now as far as I am aware only the BBC and Channel Four has this function - its a digital PDC { Programme Delivery Control } so lets say something should start at 8 pm it can detect if the program is running late or early so you never miss anything - also it has a ' offset ' so on the other channels it will start early and end late by a few minuets { unless two program times clash of course }
{ 3 } its possible to move the PIP area ' left-right-top-bottom '
{ 4 } The front panel displays the Channel number its tuned to - very handy when you have as many Freeview sources as I do .
{ 5 } Timer and Record very easy to set - its all just clicking on the EPG so there is no actual times being typed in.
{ 6 } When playing a Recording PIP still works { not all units allow this }
{ 7 } when you are recording two Freeview Channels its possible to play a past recording ' at the same time '
{ 8 } It uses ' Chase play ' - lets say you have set newsnight to be recorded but you arrive back before it ends - While its still being record you can press play and watch the start { but it will still keep on recording the whole program }
{ 9 } A very big Plus point - the Recording store lists recordings by Program name { and time/date } and they are easy to play or delete + it stores the EPG info as well so even if its something you recorded a year ago - there is still the EPG entry to view.
{ 10 } it does appear that it can accept a larger Hard Drive as it has the software on a chip so bang in a bigger drive and it will format correctly { note only consider doing this ' if you know exactly what you are doing ' + you will invalidate your guarantee so don't try if you are not 100 % confident }
 Unreliable at best. September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this Freeview recorder for my boyfriend's birthday but was quickly embarrassed at how many faults it has.
Within half an hour it was emitting a high-pitched tone that only stopped when we switched the unit off and on again. This has happened intermittently since.
Next problem was the remote control. For no apparent reason it stopped responding and again it could only be fixed by turning the unit off and on.
The third issue is that it always jams on recorded programs and again you have to turn the unit off to rectify.
This is turn means that if you're recording anything at the time you will inevitably miss a chunk of it as the Freeview box has been out of action.
The problems seem to occur less over time but I can't say I'm very impressed with this product at all.
Inconsistent and not reliable August 19, 2008
I'm sorry to be writing this, but I think it is fair you should know: I've had this since December and it has already been at a Daewoo specialist 3 times, including a hard-drive replacement.
When it works, The receiver/tuner quality is not consistent - it's not particualrly good, which often goes even worse if the weather isn't just right (we live less than 10 miles from a major antenna, so it's not a signal problem). On top of that, with no apparent reason, the machine freezes every once in a while -- not triggered by anything in particular -- just stops responding to any button you press on the remote or on the machine itself. The cure for this is disconnecting from mains for up to 24 hours to allow the box to reset itself.
I am extremely disappointed with it as I thought - at the time - is was good value for money. Unlike other reviewers - I have no quibble with Daewoo, I wonder if the story will remain the same when I ask for my money back which I intent to do as soon as I catch up on a couple of hours recorded on the machine...
 Great buy but excentric August 4, 2008
I love this freeview recorder and it is extremely easy to use.
great being able to record 2 channels at once.
it can be a bit quirky in that it will record a program it thinks you will like. i have had many Dr Who episodes recorded for me.
it has a list of timers which even after you have cleared them after it has recorded them for you, reappear but with no times against them which means you have to clear them again. i put this down to excentricity.
all in all a great product, with high quality recording
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