Sagem ITD62

Keeps freezing when watching TV. You then have to go and switch it on then off at the plug. A load of rubbish. Don't buy. Very frustrating. Just bought new digi box, bosh, this works perfectly so obviously problem with the sagem one and not the TV.

I had thought Sagem was a good brand and when the freeview box started to go wrong in the 1st month we ignored it (though having bought it from Argos we didn't get a warranty anyway!). Since then I have been frequently frustrated in the fact that you record something...it gets half way through on playback then freezes. I have not seen the end of multiple films/series and have had enough!!! Not sure where to go next but it won't be a Sagem...

I bought 2 of these pieces of junk. Both ITD62's started off very favourably but after a while the pictures froze or pictulated. In the end I just replaced them with new £15 tesco ones that work off the same aerial that the Sagems would not.

They always work they are reliable I have had a different freeview box to this from sagem and I have to say sagem is the best for freeview boxes and all other things they make.

I always and only buy sagem freeview boxes I buy loads of other things from sagem and I have never had any problems..

My sagem idt 62 has now just started to want me to download new channels 3 or 4 times a night now , so I think somethings wrong , ? any ideas anyone ? its getting to be a pain in the you know what !! On the whole its pretty good , apart frrm this problem

We have used freeview boxes for a couple of years now. Originally, we bought two Goodmans freeview boxes, but both developed the same problem - kept switching off! Not impressed. The Sagem ITD62 freeview boxes are much neater, and easier to use.

The Sagem ITD62 is an attractive Freeview box and for the most part it does its job well considering its low price. The EPG is basic but works well and it turns on and off quite quickly as digiboxes go. It's also well constructed from toughened plastic, and comes with dual SCARTS.

However, the "update channel" function (whereby the box notices there are new channels to be added to the its master list) has a daft bug which the company should sort with a firmware update. Every time it detects new channels are available, it interrupts your TV watching and insists you download the new list. This feature can't be turned off or ignored - you have to download the list or it just keeps asking you. Furthermore, it overwrites you favourites list unless you exit after every update.

There should really be an option whereby you can manually enable a new channel list search every now and again rather than having the box demand you do things its way.

I'd still recommend the product because I believe this feature could probably be sorted by an on-air upgrade, though I'm still waiting after 5 months of owning it...

If you want to have a cheap Freeview box that just works with no frills at the smallest cost, the Sagem ITD62 will probably fit you.

If, however, you wanted to be able to record to video from your box and/or view Freeview from a TV in a different room, then this box is NOT for you.

This box has not got a RF modulator (a device that enables you to "See" the Freeview signal on any TV/Video by using your arieal not Scart), so unless you have one of the very few Videos that will record from Scart, you're out of luck. This is also why you will be unable to use this box to view Freeview on a different TV.

This box is also supposed to support one day of the 7 day EPG, to provide information on the next 24hours, unfortunately this information never showed up on any channel while I owned the unit.

Settings timers from the EPG is now pretty much standard in boxes that can read even a small amount of the 7 day EPG, most manufacturers came to this conclusion as it is the most intuitive method, just point and click. Unfortunately Sagem seems not to be one of those as this box lacks any ability to set timers from the program guide.

On the plus side it is a fast box, changing between channels is fast with little latency, the picture quality is better than some boxes I've seen and certainly far better than standard TV.

The box has a pass through scart connector and even has a feature to turn off the output from the box so you can see what is happening on the pass through.

Overall opinion (eg, would my mother be able to use it):

No, I wouldn't recommend because of the lack of ability to be able to record from it, also the interface and remote could be more intuitive. The lack of settings timers from the EPG is forgiven.