Best Set Top Boxes / PVRs / DVRs

The 955 panasonic will not allow copying of AVCHD recordings off built in hard drive to external hard drive .

Good product, easy to use. We haven't missed any of our favourite shows since we purchased this. Excellent value, would definitely recommend. Show details

Unusable Rubbish – "State accurate facts and be objective". Accurate fact: This is the worst piece of tech so far launched. It's what happens when you outsource to the… Read more

lowest bidder. If Telstra wants Its customers to pay for any content, then they better get an Aussie company to make a product that actually works. Fetch is simply unusable. Nothing works. It plays random movies and won't let you out. Takes far too long to load anything. It's a joke. Get you act together or lose customers.

I personally love the Knowledge Pack for my David Attenborough fix on BBC Earth. It’s basically wall-to-wall nature docs that you just can't find on the other big streaming apps. Show details

UNMITIGATED DISASTER Had the iq4 for a couple of weeks. Reset at leat 20 times. Collapsed every time replay of recorded content is attempted. Just horrendous. Surely I can get better than this from expensive FOXTEL Show details

Really good product. I bought it for my family and it works great. No buffering, and all channels are in HD. I’m happy with it. Show details

Not a bad little unit – Interface is quite good, as intuitive as any that one may expect in the genre. Too early to evaluate storage space or recording quality. At the… Read more

initial installation the Apps key on the remote would not navigate to the Apps screen, but instead brought up a pop-up displaying network properties. The issue was solved by downloading the latest firmware update. The most reliable way was found to be to use a pc or laptop to navigate to the aerial box website and choose the option to download the update to a usb drive. The usb stick will need to be inserted in the usb socket in the rear of the device, then it pretty much takes care of itself. There is no response from putting the usb stick in the front socket - this seems to be reserved for recording only.

IQ3/IQ2 – Well said, I posted in May 2016 re the IQ3,-went back to IQ2 works ok. Now have an IQ5 very good. Had to change my review as they would not publish… Read more

it, there was no abusive language used it was an honest review. Don't ask for a review if you are not going to publish it, you cannot sit on the fence it is a product review platform or not.

Bad service – I bought this channel since couples of weeks..remote very strange and battery finish quickly.. I have to unplug then plug the box charger everytime I have to switch on to HDMI..not convenient at all Show details

My previous IQ box had so many more features. On to my 4th replacement and this one continues to play up. Can’t connect to internal HD, forever having to recycle power. Absolute junk technology. Show details

I’ve been using the Fetch Mini for a while now and it’s honestly a good bridge between old-school TV and streaming. If you’re like me and sick of… Read more

jumping between five different apps just to find something to watch, the Universal Search is a must-have!

Not happy after about 2 years .. it worked totally fine and then out of the blue it stopped recording with the pcr. I unplugged & reseted it but nothing worked. Not sure if I buy the same brand. Had a TEAC before & worked for years.

Hardware aka TV box supplied not good. The interface is not very user friendly. Programs uploaded are mostly CAM version. Irritable ads everytime you… Read more

turn on the tv. I use both real and Cruze and Cruze is far more user-friendly without irritable ads then real TV. Do not waste your hard earned money on real TV.

Can't Stream ABC and SBS – I purchased DMR-UBT1 from Videopro earlier this year . After unsuccessfully trying to set up free to air streaming the Panasonic support site for… Read more

this machine informs that we streaming of ABC and SBS (our Australian national broadcasters!) is no longer supported due to unspecified updates by the content providers. There is no firmware update mentioned to fix the issue with the machine and they mention incompatible hardware which means it is now just a very expensive and hard to operate DVD player. I have a a number of connected display devices around my hone and the limitation makes this device no longer fit for my purposes as a centralised home network media player/recorder. So now I have do some sort of messy reverse DLNA setup from a far more capable device (A USB streaming stick - about $29 at Amazon, Ebay, etc). I have purchased Panasonic projectors,audio equipment and cameras in the past however thats not likely in the future due to concerns of premature obscelesnce like this device.

This is the latest upgraded model for worldmax with 6k capabilities to upscale. Software needs to be upgraded if had more than 6 months as to solve… Read more

most issues, including wifi. We need to contact our authrismzed supplier if major issues with the box. Customer Service lines may be busy so good idea to drop a msg or send email to them. First contact should be our suppliers as any other product does. If issues with channels or VOD you can report directly from the box. Agree some channels have issues but there are multiple links. Before buying an IPTV , good idea to understand how it works. All IPTV boxes working same way and have similar issues. My wifi issue was resolved once upgraded software vis the resellers assistance.

Works good when it does – My UEC DSD4921RV decided to stop working. It would not boot, no spash screen. After talking with techie at UEC I was assured just a firmware upgrade… Read more

via USB was required, with instructions on how to perform such action. Well it did not work and I eventually sent the unit off to Sciteq who simply used thier "special" software to install the firmware upgrade which fixed the problem. Will UEC please explain why I need "special" software to perform a basic function? This idiotic simple repair cost me $45 Review is dragged down from a higher rating due to this flaw.

DO NOT BUY THIS RUBBISH !!! – I have never in my 60+ years had so much displeasure with a product as I have had with this absolute piece of rubbish tip refuse. I wasted my money, don't waste yours. DO NOT BUY !!!

Just bought one of these set top boxes and we can't get sbs. We had another one in the house to compare and confirmed the set top box is useless,… Read more

cheap and nasty. It will be going back when we get a chance to go back to the store, as we live in a rural area.Our aerial was replaced 12 mths ago so we know that's all good, and we bought new cableling.

You get what you pay for and pay for what you get – Glitchy from day one. Big issues are failure to record entire program, audio/video out of sync and skipping dramatically on playback making some… Read more

recordings unwatchable, weak remote reception (have to be less than 3 meters away), freezing on timeshift requiring turning off/on at the POWERPOINT to reset, epg failing to list programs requiring hard button reboot, and some smaller issues. It's a cheaper brand but not cheap, and I expected better for the price. Go the extra mile if you can afford it and get a good Japanese brand.

Worked perfectly for years, now gives me the message "system has new version" with no indication of how to obtain it and no opt out option. Very disappointing!

STB-9000 - No Thanks – Very disappointing performance: ~ substandard TV tuner - cannot get SBS, nor others (NSW Central Coast) ~ sub-titles did not work ~ media player… Read more

plays back only MP4 (not .ts, or other formats) ~ cannot reformat the USB drive directly on the device ~ runs very hot (both main unit and plug pack) ~ remote control and navigation OK In a word, rubbish. Straight back to retailer for refund...