[access-uk] Re: freeview box impressions

  • From: Chris Moore <moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:22:07 +0100

Well if they brought out a premium version, especially with built in Freeview+ 
and Internet Catch Up I would buy it for sure and pay anywhere up to £300 if it 
was of good quality.  But we are talking about Goodmans here so let's not hold 
our breath.
On 11 Apr 2011, at 21:14, john coley wrote:

> Hi Chris, that's pretty much what I said when I got mine. They've made the 
> mistake of using a bottom of the range model in order to keep profits up at 
> the same time as keeping it at a price point people would go for. Had they 
> used a decent box God alone knows what they'd be charging for it.
>                   John.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Moore" <moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:08 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: freeview box impressions
> 
> 
>> Although the Goodmans box is very accessible, it is of very low quality. It 
>> feels cheap, the sound and picture quality feels of something you would have 
>> bought by Dixons own brand 10 years ago, and sadly the processor used is far 
>> too under powered to drive the TTS without stutter, you will have to turn 
>> the speech rate down to help prevent this.  If anyone is thinking of buying 
>> this then don't, wait until the next version.  I sent mine back.
>> On 11 Apr 2011, at 20:30, william lomas wrote:
>> 
>>> hi all
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I don't know if it is just my hearing but when I turn the volume up on my 
>>> TV set I hear a constant buzz over the program is this how it is supposed 
>>> to be?
>>> I do like the goodmans though it is great but I notice 2 problems
>>> 
>>> 1. no info available is given for many of the channels on the EPG is that 
>>> because my region does not finish switchover until 20th of this month, so 
>>> next week?
>>> 2. the speech stammers really bad, why has this not been addressed?
>>> 
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