Re: What Freeview box would you buy?

[Mark Mahabir <mark.mahabir@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are there any combined Freeview/DAB boxes out there currently?

IIRC there used to be a Goodmans a few years back that did the job.

Mark

2009/10/9 Nick Austin <nick.w.austin@xxxxxxx>

>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Wayne
<Wayne@xxxxxxx<Wayne%40plan=
etwayne.com>>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Subject says it all really, if you were to buy a new freeview box
(not
> > one with a pvr) - what would you be buying - from a good quality
point
> > of view (built well , no flimsy remote)?
>
> I've owned well over 10 freeview boxes ranging in price from =A317 to
=A3=
200.
>
> I can't say I've noticed much difference in performance or
> reliability. A =A360 box was the only one to fill the room with smoke
> when it died. Most of the boxes were junked because they couldn't
> handle the 'improvements' to the freeview system. (Increased number of
> channels, different modulation schemes, etc.). Only one box
> (Echostar) got an over-the-air-software-download to fix a channel
> numbering problem and actually made the box usable again.
>
> I've bought two already this year, both chosen for having two SCARTS
> and an absence of a TV/RADIO button. The cheapest didn't have a SCART
> cable (I use my own cables anyway so that's not a problem).
>
> Nick.
>=20=20
>


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