Manhattan S4-R Freesat recorder
Put the dish on the wall to work, subscription-free.
- BBC iPlayer
- ITVX
- Records live TV
- No aerial needed
From £259.99 RRPDetailsSee it on Amazon
Manhattan T4-R Freeview Play recorder
Record free TV, with no monthly bill.
Households with a rooftop aerial who record a lot and want to stop paying for it.
- Records two programmes while you watch a third
- 500GB, 1TB or 2TB versions; the 2TB holds up to 1,200 hours
- Pause and rewind live TV for up to two hours
- BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4 and 5 apps built in; no subscription
But: Needs a rooftop aerial for live channels (Manhattan advises against indoor aerials), and channels streamed over the internet can't be recorded. No Sky channels.
From £239.99 RRPSee it on Amazon
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Manhattan T4-R Freeview Play recorderFrom £239.99 RRP
See it on AmazonWorks with
- Freely (live TV over broadband): No
- Freeview Play: Yes
- BBC iPlayer: Yes
- ITVX: Yes
- Records live TV: Yes
- Needs an aerial: Yes
In our buying guides
Consider instead: Have a satellite dish instead? The S4-R does the same job with Freesat.
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Checked 4th November 2026 against Manhattan official information. Desk research; we haven’t tested this ourselves. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.