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? >>> >>> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >>> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> ** and in the Subject line type >>> ** unsubscribe >>> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >>> ** immediately-following link:- >>> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >>> ** or send a message, to >>> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >>> >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq