Typical price: £300
What is it: Portable hard drive recorder for video, audio and photo playback
What we think: Television recordings play back fine, but viewing purchased and downloaded video is harder
Compare the Thomson Lyra PDP2860
Thomson Lyra PDP2860 compared to other hard drive recorders
 Thomson Lyra PDP2860 |
 Thomson DHD4000 |
 Humax Foxsat-HDR |
 Panasonic DMR-BS750 |
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| Review date | 14 May 05 | 14 May 05 | 3 Feb 09 | 19 May 09 |
| Editor's rating |
7.3
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9.0
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9.0
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9.0
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| Price range | £300 |
£239.99 - £287.98
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£515.30 - £786.78
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| Review summary | Television recordings play back fine, but viewing purchased and downloaded video is harder Read full review |
FreeView's service might pale in comparison next to Sky's, but if you're plumping for the free-to-air service, you might as well invest in the Thomson DHD4000. Its only fault is the relatively small hard drive (which can be replaced if you wish), but the ease-of-use, advanced features and classic styling add up to the best device of its kind on the market Read full review |
As the first freesat PVR on the market, the Humax Foxsat-HDR would have sold even if it was utter rubbish. Luckily, it's brilliant and anyone who buys one will have a sturdy, easy-to-use machine that looks fantastic under their TV and boasts impressive picture quality Read full review |
We've given this excellent machine a score of 9, but it comes with the obvious 'but', which is simply that it's far too expensive. £900 is more than enough to buy a £300 freesat PVR and a £200 Blu-ray player and still have pots of cash left over. Sure, the Blu-ray recording is unique, but is it really that valuable to you? Read full review |
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| Full specification | Full specification | Full specification | Full specification |
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