Digital TV Recorders - Up to £130

Alba ALDTR160

Guide price: £78

The Alba ALDTR160 is excellent value for money, with twin tuners, 160GB hard drive and up to 80 hours recording time. It is a simple and easy to install DTR and features include auto set up and auto scan for new channels, 7 day EPG with now & next function and 2 SCART sockets.

Buy at: Argos

Hitachi HDR163

Guide price: £124.99

The Hitachi HDR 163 is a very versatile DTR that has 160GB hard disc drive, auto set up and auto detection of new channels. Some of the extra features include series link and accurate recording time. With a well prompted TV Guide it is easy to set and select favourites and straightforward to record. The Hitachi is also very envirnmentally friendly, as it has a very low power consumption when on eco mode.

Buy at: Argos

Thomson DTI6300-25

Guide price: £100

The Thomson digital TV recorder is a top-up TV and a digital TV recorder. You can watch all Freeview channels as well as record, pause and rewind live TV. The twin tuner is capable of recording 2 channels at once, record 180 hours of programmes without the need for discs or tapes. So you can record a complete series to view at a later date. 14 day electronic programme guide included. It also features a large 250GB hard disk drive, twin tuner, two SCART sockets and a top-up TV viewing card slot.

Buy at: Tesco

Grundig GDB20USB3

Guide price: £70

This compact and user friendly digital TV recorder is the lowest priced DTR on the market. The 3 USB ports on the front panel allow you to record to a portable storage device, such as a USB stick or external hard drive. Every 2GB of memory gives you up to an hour of recording time.

Buy at: Play.com Tesco