[access-uk] Re: Freeview set top boxes
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:41:14 -0000
Hi David
Thanks very much for the useful update. I don't need another box at the
moment because I use Sky which has AD turned on, and the Netgem which is
still functioning well. I've also got another ordinary box that I picked up
in a sale before our Dixons closed down some years ago. It doesn't have AD,
but is useful for occasions like last night, when I needed to have the
Champions League on every format I could find. So I had Sky showing the
Roma versus Real Madrid game, the Netgem on Scottish TV showing the
Liverpool game (still smiling for that one,) and the spare Freeview box on
ITV 4 for the Olympiarkos versus Chelsea game. Better not forget Five Live
on the radio either ... yeah I know, I'm hopeless (smile.)
You say you have a TV with Freeview carrying AD built-in? I know there are
a lot of TVs now with the AD facility incorporated, but we haven't got that
far yet as I'm hoping our current Sony continues to plod for a while.
Thanks for that though.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access-Uk@Freelists. Org" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:22 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Freeview set top boxes
Hi all,
Continuing the set top box saga, I now have my Logik Freeview box which I
ordered from Currys on sunday and it is fitted and working well. You can
set the box to beep every time a key is pressed, but I don't think it
beeps
when it finds a channel broadcasting audio description. I would not have
thought that was worth another twenty pounds.
I purchased the Logik for my upstairs tv which only has the basic five
channels. Downstairs I now have a Panasonic Viera 26 inch set and this
one
has a freeview box built in, which does have audio description unlike most
set top boxes. also, you can set this one to have the AD on speakers or
headphones or both or neither. this is a good idea if someone in the room
does not want to listen to the AD track.
David
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