More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review. Read up on the Manhattans vs the Humax model and performance of them. Sluggish UI on some Humax cf the Manhattans.

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I've just bought a Manhattan T2-R PVR and I'm really impressed with it. I couldn't see any posts about it on here, so thought I'd pass on my initial thoughts. The next step after looking at products in the same category, was to look at products from the same brand, Manhattan.

Digital TV tuners:** three | **Processor:** quad-core CPU | **Resolution output:** 720p/1080i/1080p/2160p | **Smart features:** Record, pause and rewind live TV (2 hrs), EPG with 7-day catch-up | **Storage:** 500GB (300 hours) or 1TB (600 hours) | **Ports:** HDMI 2.0b, optical audio, Ethernet LAN, aerial in, loop out, USB (software updates only) | **Dimensions:** 265x207x53mm | **Weight:** 678g Design and features I'm reasonably sure you can watch one recording whilst two others are taking place, but don't hold me to that. As you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it.

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That EPG may well be cached, I'm sure it has to be, but it is displayed at lightning speed on the screen when requested. My DigitalStream was significantly slower in operation as was the Goodmans that (temporarily) replaced that, any of the multitude of Humax boxes prior to the DigitalStream too. You could often see the programs being updated one by one as the data loaded, jumping to a different day caused another visible rebuild. Jumping two or three days ahead and you could be in for some thumb twiddling while you waited. With the Manhattan there is no waiting. You can jump from today to seven days hence and not see any delays, at any time. It really is fast. It's really strange that you cannot watch a third while recording two. I think Manhattan have made a bad mistake seeing as most other PVR's have this function.As it is a Freeview PVR the watch an extra channel facility is irrelevant as almost all viewers will have it connected to a Freeview TV probably with HD. You can record two programs but you cannot watch a live third at the same time. For the money it is a very good straight forward no nonsense PVR. Very responsive remote no delay button pushes. Nice user interface. Two year warrantee.