[access-uk] Re: freeview box impressions
- From: Chris Moore <moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:32:42 +0100
I wish Virgin would just add it to their boxes and be done with it. Guess we
will just have to live and hope that Apple bring out an actual TV or add UK
content to their Apple TV box and oh audio description for their iTunes video
content would be nice too.
On 11 Apr 2011, at 21:28, john coley wrote:
> So would I, but I can't see them doing it. I'd be surprised if they don't see
> it as done and dusted now. They'd probably figure that the higher the price
> the lower the take up.
> John.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Moore" <moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:22 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: freeview box impressions
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>
>> 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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