[access-uk] Re: RNIB's Freeview Set Top Boxes
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:21:53 -0000
James, but I don't think the Netgem box, which we also have and call the
carpet-sweeper, is available any longer.
And you got it spot on, I am a legend!! (smile).
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: James Scholes
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB's Freeview Set Top Boxes
Can I just chip in here to say that if the RNIB boxes don't read channel
names when you switch from one station to another, then the Netgem IPlayer is
much more worth the money at £90, well at least that's what it cost when I
bought one.
Legend has it that on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Jackie Cairns
wrote:
Hi Gang
A few weeks ago, some members of this list were discussing a Logik Freeview
box supporting Audio Description that they could purchase from Currys for
£59.99. Then, more recently, I thought I read here that RNIB were selling this
same box for a bit more than that, around £70 I thought I saw.
Well, in the latest issue of RNIB's Access IT mag, they are advertising two
Freeview boxes, both supporting AD. One is the TV-Onics MFR300 (product number
TV02), costing £70.49. The other is the TV-Onics MDR300 (product number TV01),
costing £82.24). The difference is that the more expensive of the two gives an
audible bleep when you change channels, and a double audible bleep when AD is
available.
Now for my question. Is the Logik Freeview box also being sold by RNIB, or
did I get it wrong, and the above devices from TV-Onics are additional Freeview
products to their range? I would happily ring Customer Services, but they
don't always know the latest information, as they are often quick to point out.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
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