Manhattan T3-R Freeview Play 4K Smart Recorder 500GB

Product Information

Variety, for one thing – provided you’re not too fussed about watching standard definition channels. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). At least it guarantees that the Manhattan T3-R is future-proof for when Freeview Play steps up a gear and embraces 4K broadcasts. That’s going to be an instant deal-breaker for anyone who was looking for the ultimate all-in-one model to do battle against the big-name subscription TV set-top boxes.

I am not sure there is a way to make the HDMI input that you have connected the Manhatten to be the default but have you got the AV button on the Manhatten remote to learn the TVs AV select button?The Humax box was previously able to do this until the Youview app was discontinued earlier in the year and I had thought that a more modern box would provide such a feature. The T3-R will never clip the end of a programme before its scheduled end time, even if another programme starts early and the tuner is needed. It’s even categorised separately into tabs of ‘Series’ (where you can see all the episodes of a specific series you recorded) and ‘Movies’.

I’ve not recorded any programmes “in anger” yet so I haven’t come across any problems with clashes etc, but I’ll be wary of them and see how it goes. Getting something totally free is likely to get a true MoneySaver's heart pumping faster than any cardio workout ever could. Being a FreeviewPlay device, the T3-R has a number of TV catch-up apps that let you stream content via the internet. The device is rather small (265x53x207mm) and light (678g), and while it won’t exactly be the centrepiece of your living room, its shiny all-black design will fit nicely on your TV cabinet. What I liked was that Humax had taken the technical decision to use Android (now Google) TV as the base OS platform which has a long support life and makes application development and releases very flexible.Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. It's all in the title: you won't get these key streaming apps on the Manhattan T3-R, though of course you can get around this with a separate streaming stick for your TV if needed. Well, no such problems with the T3-R – it’s blazingly fast, even when running full apps like BBC iPlayer.