I bought this little box to watch the world cup matches in HD on my older 40 inch TV in the kitchen. I have to say installation was quick and easy and the quality of the HD pictures were excellent. The box is very small, only a little larger and fatter than an apple TV so I have it sat on top of my set (which is wall mounted). It shipped with the latest firmware (3.7) so no issues with lip sync. Also changing channels is snappy.I briefly tried out the time shift feature after plugging in a usb dongle, so I could pause and rewind live TV which works fine but there is a progress bar along the bottom of the screen while in this mode. I have not fully tested the record mode as yet
This item was ordered Friday and I requested Sunday delivery and it arrived on Sunday, so great service.
I recommend this item if you want to get HD free view pictures. Some previous reviewers have mentioned the remote, which although is small it is perfectly functional. I have ordered a One For All Essence 3 remote so I only have one remote for my three devices (TV,August and Roku LT)
At £34 this is great value and I highly recommend
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Ok so I have now tested the record feature. I set up to record the football on BBC1 HD for two hours and then record the news on BBC1 HD directly following. This worked perfectly, but my observation was that between recordings there is about a 10 sec gap while it ends the first recording and then counts down to start up the next. I have to say the recording quality is excellent and when played back on my TV and then on my iMac the image is superb. I should point out I used a usb hard drive for this test. I then put in a usb dongle and did test recordings with similar results, although over a shorter period of time due to the capacity on the usb dongle. To give you an idea of how much storage is used in HD recordings, the 2 hour 5 min recording came to 7.59 gigs. It was recorded as a single file with the file name BBC_ONE_HD-06182014-1959.mts. I should also point out that when recording has started you cannot adjust or add further recordings without stopping the current one. Considering this device is around £30 I think it is an outstanding piece of kit, all you need is a usb dongle or usb drive and you have a fully featured PVR, but for me I am happy to just use it for the excellent HD channels
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Product Description
August DVB400 Freeview Boxes that Record HD TV
The August DVB400 is a Set Top tuner, recorder and multimedia player. Using the EPG you can look ahead, schedule, set reminders and allocate recordings. The recording event menu can hold 16 + scheduled events! Never miss an episode and even schedule beyond a week in advance by setting time manually. Set all your recordings for the week up at once and leave it to record them all.
Note: this is a single tuner Freeview box, it does not support watching one and recording another one. if you need the dual tuner freeview box, please see the August DVB482 or August DVB502.
1080P Freeview HD TV
Enjoy a collection of over 100 Freeview and Freeview HD Channels right out of the box. HDMI Out provides full HD playback and stunning visuals / audio with no extra costs
7 Day EPG
Explore the next 7 days of programming and revel in the options! Record what you can’t afford to miss and set reminders for what you’ll be home for. Never miss your favourites with this intuitive EPG and enjoy your TV, your way
Pause and Rewind Live TV
Timeshift features allow you to pause, rewind, resume and catch-up Live TV all in real time. The USB stick inserted also allows your own multimedia playback. Watch your own recordings, videos, photo albums and listen to your own music all through one central entertainment box
Everyday Quality-of-Life Settings
Use the Auto-Off Timer setting to fall asleep with ambience without wasting electricity or risking waking yourself up later in the night. Change auto-channel settings to automatically change to set channels when activated. Format your USB stick from the Set Top Box to clear space for more recordings.
Adaptable TV Settings
Set aspect ratios to suit the screen, from cinematic 16:9 Wide Screen all the way to supporting 4:3 (Letterbox and Pan / Scan). Support your older devices with modern TV! Additionally, change resolutions to suit portable TVs / monitors from full 1080p HD down to as low as 576p. Get the best settings for whatever screen you own.
Parental Controls Settings
Set and adjust parental locks to keep certain channels Pin-Protected. You can also set an age limit which will filter programs which have designated an age range for their program. Please note that not all shows have been set an age rating and will not be restricted automatically
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| 7 Days EPG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HDMI, SCART & Coaxial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Shift | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Record Function | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB PVR/DVR TV Recorder with Timeshift | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multimedia Player | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Record & Watch Simultaneously | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Remote Control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internal 256GB SSD Included | ✓ |
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August International is a UK based company with leading research and development activities in consumer electronic products with the latest technology, advanced features and selling its products in worldwide markets.
The Set-Top Receiver Boxes is one product our engineers have contributed much effort to research to ensure that the product has high performance like good signal reception and is easy to use.
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