RE: [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 2004 21:07
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo
>
>
> Mine crashes regularly (2-3 time a week), but it's not got
> anything plugged into it's USB port yet, so they must just be
> inherently unstable.  Takes me back to the early days of Sky
> and my crappy Amstrad box.  When I get around to it I'll just
> stick an appliance module on to it and cycle the power during
> the wee hours; I don't mind doing that, but trying to explain
> this to my parents (who I recommended the NetGem box to) is hard work!
>
> "Why does it crash?"....."The TV never
crashes"....."and the
> video's been going for years"...etc etc. They now hardly ever
> watch Freeview :-/

Yeah - bloody annoying - my inlaws ended up with my Pace Twin Tuner HD
Recorder which (for me) had been *COMPLETELY* stable for ages but
"someone"
decided to feck about with it and update it to the latest firmware and
since
then it's been as flaky as a flaky thing with a flake in it and they no
longer use it.

Of course they didn't tell me about it as they didn't want to bother me so
the first I know about it what when I went round last week and saw a big
gap
where it used to be and a "borrowed" Sony Freeview tuner in its
place ...

... I wish more of these firmware authors would realise that whereas a
grownup will (or at least *SHOULD*) exercise caution when presented with
the
message "Are you sure you want to replace your current firmware with
this
new one?" an eight year old playing about with the sets menus whilst
he's in
the room on his own does not have the same misgivings and of course that's
what they want to do. :-(

Phil