Recently i had to replace my digital freeview box … prices on PVR’s (personal video recorder) were good, so i thought … spend a little more and kill two birds with one stone. Being able to record two digital channels and watch a third at the same time was clearly an advantage and of course like most PVR owners i could now fast forward through the ad breaks … sweet!

The Thompson (topuptv) box performs ok, but the biggest let down was the on screen menu. A little clunky and missing some obvious features it needed an update. The good news was like a lot of these units the firmware or operating system can be updated in the same way the device recieves digital tv.

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