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. Manhattan sent us two boxes to test the Wi-Fi performance after our original review encountered issues with it.

No idea yet what will happen if and when I need to retune, the old one would lose my list of planned re ordings whenever it needed to retune.IIRC it just allowed you to start recording from some point in the buffer you'd gone back to, then stop either by pressing stop or setting a multiple of 15 minutes to continue recording for.

They say the installation was easy, setting a recording is simple, and the handset is easy to operate.The remote is easy to use and easy to hold – though it’s a bit long, so handling it with one hand means you’ll have to keep sliding back and forth. When you do get around to using it, not sure why you have posted without doing so, let us know if it still cuts the end off outgoing programmes, rather than the start of incoming ones, in the event of an overrun, which is the reason I bought the Humax 5000 instead despite its many faults highlighted on here.

The same goes for the internet-based streaming shows (which we’ll touch upon in a second) – those have nothing to do with the Freeview signal, and they look excellent on the T3-R.

I've had this box since last Thursday and it replaces me having to use the Youview app that came pre-installed with my Sony Bravia. I see no point in having channel favourites if it reverts back to the full channel list after going into standby or using the P+ button, I have deleted many unused channels to get a usable channel list. The machine looks nice, states that it can record 2 channels, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW A THIRD. The T3-R comes with a number of TV apps pre-installed: all the major TV catch-up apps – BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4 and more, as well as a YouTube app.