professorhat:
Be good to see what you think of this - from what I've read it's not something I've even considered, but for £179, it could well be worth a look instead of the Fetch / Technika HD box (which seems to really be quite awful in terms of reliability!).
I will post my thoughts once I get an hd tv!! I have had the go ahead from the lady of the house to seek out a 42" plasma preferably a panasonic so I jumped in with the pvr and now need to find the tv!
I have been looking at a few of the new hd pvrs and they all seem to be getting bad customer reviews, I was thinking of the Phillips until I saw reviews and your traumas with it. I remembered sagem getting a whfi award for a pvr a while back so I thought it would be worth a try.