I've had the box for a few days and more and more niggles and annoyances keep appearing. With no response from their tech support I'm left with no choice but to return it.
Issues:
Inability to the firmware to realise back to back recordings on the same channel don't overlap, therefore system detects them as 2 recordings and prevents another channel being recorded which crosses the 'overlap' time. (it thinks there are 3 concurrent recordings!) This issue alone means the device does not work as advertised.
Regular loss of sound over HDMI requiring reboots. I've read A few others having this issue and that tech support suggested it was their Sharp TVs and as it works fine on the test Sony Bravia it must be the TV's fault. I have a Sony Bravia. Definitely a 2000T fault. Switching both the TV and PVR off and on solves the issue but it's a PITA.
Regular loss of network connectivity over LAN - no 'network' option in 'storage' from media. The PVR is LAN connected but regularly doesn't show the 'Network' option when in the 'Media' section and 'storage' is selected. I can't work out a sure fire fix for this. Switching the PVR off, rebooting the router then switching it back on sometimes gets a connection back.
No RF pass through in standby mode. Known issue. This shouldn't take this long to fix. Get an interim version of the firmware out whilst you fix everything else
DLNA server implementation very poor. If device is recording the server doesn't appear on the network. If it does appear on the network by simply connecting to the server the box no longer works for the 'local' user. There really is no excuse for such a poor implementation of the DLNA.
So its going back.
I'm open to suggestions for an alternative freeview HD PVR. Ideally at least 1TB of space. It needs to correctly handle recording 2 multiplexs and allow viewing of a third channel on one of the plexs being recorded. Ideally I'd like the TV portal functionality and the ability to play directly from my media server.
Basically I want a 2000T that's been programmed properly! Any suggestions?