Typical price: £240
What is it: Freeview PVR with twin tuners and an 80GB hard drive
What we think: The most expensive Freeview PVR on the market, but undoubtedly the best
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 24 August 2005
Tags: panasonic, length, channels, hard drive
We like:
Physical design; menu system; twin tuners; dubbing system
We don't like:
Hard drive should be bigger
You might also need:
Aerial
CNET.co.uk judgement:
Panasonic's hard-drive Freeview recorder is the first of its kind from the major manufacturers, resulting in a solidly built machine that's slightly too expensive when compared to the competition. It's still the reference Freeview box, with features such as simple DVD dubbing, but we'd like a larger hard drive
Panasonic TUCTH100 History
25 Jan 2006 in Reviews
When Freeview PVRs arrived, it was easy to see how the ability to pause live TV and record to a hard drive would revolutionise the way we watch TV. The first-generation devices only had one tuner though, and hence the ability to only record and watch one channel. When dual tuner devices arrived, the dream was finally realised -- you could record one channel to the hard drive while watching another
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Panasonic TUCTH100: Bad name, nice box
You're not telling us you STILL don't have Freeview hard drive recorder, are you? Well, let's take a look at Panasonic's first entry into the market -- a dual tuner PVR with an internal 80GB hard drive. That's enough for two series of 24!
Latest user reviews
February 7, 2007
Posted by: Jide Sobo
"It does the job, just, but not brilliantly"
October 30, 2006
Posted by: Andrew Merchant
"Disappointing and wish I had bought something else"
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