Goodmans GHD1621F2 PVR reviews: HDR with HDMI

Goodmans GHD1621F2 PVR reviews: HDR with HDMI reviews

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8.4 out of 10 based on 42 reviews.

Also known as: Goodmans GHD1621F2 HDD, Goodmans GHD1621F2 HDR See full product description

Ease of use	8.5
Image quality	8.7
Battery life	8.6
Weight	8.6
Value for money	9.1
Overall rating	8.4

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Confirmed purchaser

Score 2.0/10

Good points:: Nice design, easy to use, farily cheap
Bad points:: Go into the EPG, look around at programs and then go back to watching channell and the sound is out of sync with the picture. Watch a recorded program and every now and again, sound drops out for a second or two. When a recording starts on another channell, it disrupts the one you are watching, frames skipped, long pauses etc. EPG is INCREDIBLY slow, you think its locked, press the button a few more times, then it bursts inot liife, and scrolls down several pages.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	7.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	2.0

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Confirmed purchase: 29 Jan 2008

Anne, Beckenham

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: ease of navigation around the channels; being able to record one channel and watch another at the same time; being able to pause live tv
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Feb 2008

Fiona, Livingston.

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Very simple to use, clear onscreen menus and instructions. Small in size, neat and compact. Nearly all channels very good reception.
Happy with purchase, even with minor problem (see bad points). Would definitely recommend.
Bad points:: Pixelates very badly on Channel 5 (not a reception/aerial problem as other Digital receiver and analogue TV no pixellation, just with PVR).
Doesn't seem to want to "talk" to my other Digital receiver : I wanted to record from my Telewest Digibox (more channels available through subscription) - even after talking to both Goodmans and Virgin helplines, still can't get PVR to recognise my other DTR.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	6.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 25 Feb 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Very easy installation, easy to use menu's
Bad points:: Froze constantly and didn't record the whole of the programme.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	7.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 22 Jan 2008

jh, Doncaster

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: It was easy to set up and use - I have never set up anything like this before - but I just followed the instructions and it worked straight away
Bad points:: In bad weather the image is sometimes distorted and it makes a funny noise

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	7.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	7.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Feb 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Solid performance for money
Bad points:: menu system and remote not intuitive and recordings can suffer from glitches without good reception

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Feb 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: I'd heard that some PVRs can be quite noisy - this one is silent. The picture quality is excellent and the initial set up was very easy - the Goodmans automatically searching for all available channels. It has an excellent program guide and it is very easy to set it up to record a single event or a series. It also continues to play what you are watching, in a small picture, whilst you are in the program guide - something I believe a lot of other machines don't do.
Bad points:: Accessing your recordings means going through a couple of menus via the remote - instead of having a dedicated button which takes you to them. Some of the instructions are a little vague. These are minor quibbles however as I bought the machine for my mum, who is in her 70s, and she loves it.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 04 Feb 2008

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Product Features

Extra functions	Electronic Program Guide

Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	160
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Energy Savings Trust feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!

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