Manhattan TV Reviews 

I bought the Manhattan T4R recording box and problems were apparent very early on. It failed, intermittently, to record and gave reason as 'due to power loss'. There was no power loss and the machine had to be rebooted as it wasn't responding to the remote.
When I turned the machine on and it failed to respond, that's when I could see all the failed recordings.
I've spoken to the 'technical support' on two occasions & have been basically fobbed off. My second call ended when the 'technical support' guy hung up after I said he was being rude - which he most certainly was.
Based on this experience, I will never buy any of their products again.

product seems good, but the frustration of trying to register the product to get the additional year guarantee takes you to a totally unrelated group of websites. Not user friendly at all.

I just purchased this to replace Virgin Media and the set up was absolutely fine. It connected to my internet via ethernet straight away and am happy with the connectivity options. I'm watching my first recording right now. The guide and user interface are easy to navigate. I turned off menu transparency as I found it distracting I absolutely love that the remote has 5 learnable functions (2 are vol up down), which I easily programmed from 2 other different remotes - so I don't need to use the other remotes as much and have less sofa clutter, fabulous! The remote could be less 'clicky', but it's a small gripe. Pleased with the apps and easy to access, not bothered about Netflix, though YouTube would be a nice addition. The box size isn't huge so easy to find a home for it - it's about the same size as my Vigin box. Live fast foward and rewind are quick and responsive, good choice of levels and quicker than virgin. No complaints so far, I hope the T4-R continues to function as it is currently.

Edit: 4 days later and just found a useful tip. On my Virgin box, when you stop after fast forward it goes back a few seconds to account for reaction time (which I believe is a function trademarked by Tivo). As the T4-R doesn't have this there's a hand skip back 10 seconds function you can use if you've gone a tab too far forward, much aporeciated.

Edit 05/02/25 - Manhattan have released an update to upgrade the box to include YouTube, which I have completed successfully and is very welcome.

No recording features on a T2-R. Contacted Manhattan by email. Response was immediate. Received update software on USB memory stick. Back up an running now. Thanks Abdul for all your help.

Very happy with the general interface and many features incorporated in my recently purchased T4-R PVR, in my opinion much superior to my two previous Freeview/Freesat units from another very well known manufacturer.

Did experience an initial technical issue, remote controller intermittantly unresponsive and very sensitive to range & angle to the box, made reliable control & programming difficult.
Contacted Manhattan support by e-mail, Alex responded very quickly, was very knowledgable and we worked through the issue, initially supplied a replacement remote controller then replacing the complete PVR under warranty, very efficient service, really impressed with the level of support provided by Alex.
The original PVR was collected by courier from my home address, all very painless.

Overall, very happy with my new T4-R and confident that any future issues I might experience or support I may require within the 2 year warranty period will be efficiently addressed by Manhattan.

I bought a T4-r in the summer. A very easy machine to use but, sadly for me, every now and again, the apps wouldn’t load and would continually strobe.
I contacted Manhatten and, after several attempts, including them sending me usbs with debugging data, the problem has been solved. It appeared that I was the only one having this issue and it was actually my WiFi and internet that was at fault.
I cannot praise Alex at Manhatten highly enough. The customer service I received was above and beyond.
Exception service deserves recognition. I’m so pleased with the box that I recommended it to a family member and she’s delighted with it too
Thank you Alex

Just wanted to relax and watch a Campion I'd not seen before. The system died on me twice. I switched off. What a disaster Manhattan is. Tomorrow into the town to see Virgin. I sick of Manhattan

Absolute rubbish customer care service, Manhattan SX 1TB went wrong and eventually got a post free to send it back after supplying screen shots and trying their work arounds and a promise of a replacement. Now weeks on and no replacement, cannot talk to customer care on phone as not their initial contact, as contact was made by email at their request for screen shots etc and had to go back via email, all one gets is the run around, now looking at taking legal advice after trading standards appointmant.

After my previous review I got the TR2 back. Now there was no information on what repair had been done but I am sure it is a replacement. However it is not working after a week. If it is a replacement then the freezing, switching off and not recording must be endemic. If it was actually even looked at, then that's all the repairer did, had a squint at it. I am not amused at all. If I phone again I will likely get the same jobsworths as before. I will try again to ask what they are going to do for me but I don't hold out any hope at all.

After originally buying a Manhattan T3-R box, the hard drive failed to play any recordings after 3 months, and the Manhattan helpline advisor told me that the box had to be rebooted, meaning I lost all previous recordings. Other issues were that it sporadically failed to record series linked programme, and the remote control would, when clicking on to the recordings folder, the cursor used to go rapidly up and down the recorded programmes, making it virtually impossible to stop on a required recording to play. Also the remote on/off button would randomly light up blue by it's self. A replacement remote control was bought and sorted out the previous remote controls's issues, until that also became dysfunctional 9 months later. It also should be noted that Manhattan did not do many updates for the T3-R, which probably would have dealt with many of the issues raised. It is also worth noting that the T3-R box is now discontinued, so be careful if buying this box at a reduced price/stock clearance, ''Buyer be ware''. Personally, if I was forced to buy this T3-R box again?, I would use it only as a square frisbee. Best regards.

The equipment we bought is the best. The helpline was fantastic, he talked us through an upgrade on the equipment and it works perfectly. Very happy.

What can I say I had a problem with my freeview box and contacted Abdul via email had a swift response told him my problem he sent me a USB stick with a return payed for envelope I inserted the stick in the box an followed the simple instructions and 5 minutes later I was up and running again very very good customer support and before you ask no I'm not in any way anything to do with manhatten just a very happy customer thank you once again abdul

Do yourself a favour and purchase a tv with freesat built in, these boxes aren’t built to last. Box is just under 2 years old and has developed a fault. Only used in a spare room so minimal usage. Whilst customer service will reply, it’s anything but their products fault, they will blame faulty connections, your dish is too old etc. Box doesn’t work on either of the dishes lines, however my freesat tv does. Cheaply made in the Far East, will not last, avoid.

Brilliant Freeview recorder very reliable much better than other manufacturers very easy to operate long lasting

Hi I would like to thank all the Manhattan support staff for there help in getting my T3R box up and working again. I know there have been lots of problems with the software in these boxes and it can be very frustrating but there is always been help at Manhattan support just a phone call for help. My box had the extended 2year warranty and I have contacted them for help many times always helpful to resolve problems. Two weeks ago my box died contacted support they sent me details to return box to them I had to pay to return box but the service I received was excellent, box returned within 6 days now up and working as should. We as customers have to work together to make things better Thank You Abdul and Laila for your help Peter Smart

Contacted Manhattan direct for information on a product I wanted to buy. They were clueless and don't even know what they make or sell.
I even sent them their advert details, a photo and their own product code. They didn't know and told me to go ask a shop. Totally useless, so lost confidence in buying from them.

Fairly happy with TR3, but you can't resume a playback without trawling all through the library to find it. When doing this quickly the screens change faster than I can read them!
I've got 500gb so it must be a nightmare with 1000!
Very bad design fault.

Don't waste your money on their freeview boxes, they freeze they fail to record and the picture quality is terrible

Contacted Tech support on behalf of an 86 year old gentleman with memory issues and who had caused his box to breakdown. I am super impressed with the help that I received. The advisor was extremely patient and given that the 86 year old gentleman was constantly interrupting and pressing buttons on another remote as I was in conversation, he was so kind and understanding. He got the box working again and has made an old man very happy.

My T2-R gave me a message “hardware update and recording features update” wouldn’t go off screen . I called Manhattan Technical dept . They answered on the first ring. Really helpful and fixed my issue straight away. Excellent customer service and Abdul who I spoke to was professional - knowledgeable and friendly . Excellent freeview box, good price and easy to use. I am very impressed. Thank you Abdul. 👍