[access-uk] Re: Portset.
- From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 13:39:33 -0000
Ray
I think the price I paid was about right too.
I do realise that not wanting to pay the licence fee is a bit mean, but TV
sets are not cheap either, so I decided to go for the sound only bargain.
I agree with you about the BBC, and what we would do without Radio 4 I don't
know. Years ago we used to pay a small radio licence fee, and I for one
wouldn't mind forking out a bit to the BBC for the privilege of all their
radio access, not just national, but regional and local too. Since going
online I have been able to enjoy listening to BBC radio when I have missed
interesting programmes, and the work they do on their website is fantastic.
I get loads of news and other information from them, and as far as I am
concerned they are second to none.
Your reference to the well-known stinginess of the blind is the only point
where I would take issue with you. I think it is often more a question of
lack of funds than actually being stingy. I was lucky enough to have worked
full time for over 40 years, so I managed to build up a bit of company
pension as well as the one from the state. This means that if I want to buy
a new PC, talking product, etc, I don't have to worry about the cost half so
much as I would if I had never found a job and had to live on benefits.
Given the appalling statistics regarding employment of blind people, it's a
wonder to me that products specially designed for us sell as well as they
do.
Wendy
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ray's Home
Sent: 02 December 2007 13:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
Wendy, and anyone interested, what you paid is more or less what I
think it would be worth new if a large number of people were to buy
into this sort of stand-alone piece of equipment, so good on you that
you found it at the right price.
Afraid though that I've always been of the mind that what the Beeb
does suits me admirably, though I know in this world of mass
dumned-down culture - which the Beeb isn't slow to cater to - its a
case of knowing the price but not the value of such a valuable asset
as the Beeb is. Unpopular I know, but given the mass hatred of the
licence fee, and then couple that with the well known stinginess of
the blind, and you have a sure formula for shreaks of can't pay, won't
pay!
I'm oh so glad I've been able to enjoy a variety and quality that
would be denied me if I'd been born almost anywhere else. I could
quite honestly see me going no TV at all if commercial offerings were
all that were on offer.
A happy to be unpopular,
From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
Wendy Sharpe
Ray
I would certainly never have bought one at full price, and the only
thing I
lack is a DVD player, but I have now sussed out how to play DVD's on
the PC
using Power DVD.
I have always thought that Portset's prices were way over the top.
The
media centre does also have the facility to record programmes, but
there is
no way to transfer recordings from its internal disk or whatever it
uses to
another hard drive, on the PC for example.
Frankly, I was seriously thinking about giving up TV altogether when
we
finally switch over, as I refuse to have a TV and pay a licence for
something I can't see. I'm a mean person, I know, but there is nobody
else
here who wants to watch telly.
I got my media centre for £300, which I thought was a bargain, and it
is a
very nice piece of kit, but the original price is far too high, and
even
with competition from anything else which can talk, Portset never seem
to
drop their prices.
Wendy
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
Ray's Home
Sent: 02 December 2007 12:51
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
Sorry, but I don't feel obliged to be overly-polite on this one. The
price ranging up to near a thousand quid has to be one of the all-time
rip-offs, even considering the realities of access tech. I really
don't know why anyone with a PC would even consider it, and that by
definition, is pretty well everyone on a list such as this one.
You can hardly blame the guy for wanting to hold on to the miche
market he had with the original teletext reciever, but times have
moved on since then, I'm glad to say.
Still, as I've said to the original enquirer off-list, I can hardly
criticise you if you really want to spend money in this way, but
frankly, many wouldn't.
Cheers,
From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
Gordon Keen
Strange, safari went straight to it and I've just browsed through the
models available.
World wide weirdness!
Cheers
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 2 Dec 2007, at 12:26, David W Wood wrote:
> Hi Gordon - this link gives:
>
> This page is not available
>
> David
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Gordon Keen
> Sent: 02 December 2007 12:16
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Gordon Keen
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
>
> Hi
> For alternatives check out:
> http://www.tvhelp.org.uk/audes/equipment.index.html
> Hopefully competition will force down prices in the not too distant
> future.
>
> Cheers
> G
> From glorious Devon, England.
>
> On 2 Dec 2007, at 11:03, Jackie Cairns wrote:
>
>
>
> My only comment, and please feel free to jump on me if you want
> folks (though not literally) (smile), is that it's a rip-off for
> £620 or
> whatever it costs. I know it speaks, but £620 for that? Phew!
>
> I loved their Talking Teletext unit when I had mine, but that was
> when there wasn't so much information available elsewhere. Certain
> Freeview
> boxes, while they don't provide speech navigation, do offer Audio
> Description, and there are also lots of DAISY players on the market
> to tap
> into. I just think it's well OTT.
>
> Jackie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sue morgan <mailto:sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:35 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Portset.
>
> Hi list.
>
> I've been reading about the Portset Accessible Freeview
> Receiver and I'm quite interested in it. I'm wondering if anyone on
> this
> list has one, or knows anything about them. I've listened to the
> audio demo
> on the Portset website and it seems very accessible.
>
> Any feedback would be grate as I'd love to have an
> accessible freeview receiver.
>
> Sue.
> e-mail sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> mobile 07968825286
> msn sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> skype suemorgan1006
>
>
> Gordon Keen
> gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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