Goodmans GHD2521F2 Freeview PVR

For what is a ‘budget’ Freeview Playback PVR, the GHD2521F2 looks surprisingly upmarket, with its mirror-finish, sensible array of front-panel controls and green LED channel display.

It’s dual-tuner, so you can record one channel while viewing another; a generous 250GB of hard-drive capacity, meanwhile, accommodates up to 120 hours of your favourite TV and radio shows. As an affordable solution, the GHD2521F2 stops short of HDMI; however, an RGB Scart output gives you the next best thing. A second (composite-only) Scart has been provided for a VCR – remember those.

AV performance surpasses expectations, with RGB pictures that are sharp, clean and vivid in colour. Sound quality, through both the analogue and coaxial-digital outputs, does full justice to what the broadcasters can deliver.

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