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RE: Freeview box quality




The BT box can display CallerID I believe, and I get the impression that
the
software updates for the BT box are somewhat fewer, and certainly tend to
run behind the NetGem.

Pete

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From: ho yin ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 November 2004 21:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Freeview box quality


Oh really?

Bugger ... any other differences between the BT and normal Netgem?

i.e. which one should I get?

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 November 2004 21:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Freeview box quality



AFAIU the standard NetGem ones do but the BT ones don't...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 November 2004 21:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Freeview box quality
>
>
> Do the NetGem boxes have a slot for a TopUpTv card? If not
> can anyone recommend a decent freeview player that does have
> the slot, my ancient ondigital box is getting very flaky now
> with weekly lock ups :(
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david.anumudu@xxxxxxx [mailto:david.anumudu@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 November 2004 20:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Freeview box quality
>
>
> try the Netgem Freeview adaptor
>
> there arent many of them left now (we have 1 or maybe 2 at most) and
> they
> offer component video and a bunch of other useful stuff as well.
> Definately
> worth going for component video out as the bigger the screen the more
> painfully obvious any picture quality issues!
>
> cheers
> David
> www.pluggedin.tv
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Noble" <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Freeview box quality
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> > Ho Yin Ng wrote:
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> >> Jim,
> >> Yes thanks .. just looked up the spec on the line doubler we
use ..
> >> and it is component and s-video connections that we need.
> >> Are there any freeview boxes with these outputs?
> >
> >
> > I think someone mentioned the setpal/novapal based freeview boxes
> > earlier - they seem to support component output. No idea
> where to buy
> > one though.
> >
> > I know someone who works for Novapal though, so I might be able
to
> find
> > out...
> >
> > Jim
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