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- Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 9 Aug 2008
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,869 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
I got one of these a while back, just after upgrading the aerial, and would not recommend this to anyone.
What's right? Good feature set, easy setup and good program guide along with user settable auto channel switching to programs to watch along with picture in picture channel swapping.
What wrong? Reception. A good box is measurable by it's reception and this box is very poor.
It suffers badly from electrical spikes - even just turning off a TV in it's proximity makes the picture 'glitch'.
It resets itself occassionaly for no apparent reason even when there are no power spikes or drops and, worst of all, it will do it's own random "freeze frame" effect! The picture will suddenly freeze for several seconds then resume even thought the sound is still present. It might not be so bad if it only happened on viewing but it also affects recording and is infuriation when trying to watch a recorded program. Indeed, it was so bad that I even got an engineer to check our signal and connections thinking the aerial installation must have been botched!
One has to ask what good a box is if it's packed with every last feature but gives unreliable reception? Better to have a basic box that receives well.
It seems a shame that a company that normally delivers the goods could let something this poor out of the factory gates.
If you have to replace your box, avoid this one - and think carefully about any other they sell.
I notice that the advertising shows this as "Wharfedale/Bush" - you might want to think twice if considering a Bush as well then.
Check out the Sagem boxes instead.
What's right? Good feature set, easy setup and good program guide along with user settable auto channel switching to programs to watch along with picture in picture channel swapping.
What wrong? Reception. A good box is measurable by it's reception and this box is very poor.
It suffers badly from electrical spikes - even just turning off a TV in it's proximity makes the picture 'glitch'.
It resets itself occassionaly for no apparent reason even when there are no power spikes or drops and, worst of all, it will do it's own random "freeze frame" effect! The picture will suddenly freeze for several seconds then resume even thought the sound is still present. It might not be so bad if it only happened on viewing but it also affects recording and is infuriation when trying to watch a recorded program. Indeed, it was so bad that I even got an engineer to check our signal and connections thinking the aerial installation must have been botched!
One has to ask what good a box is if it's packed with every last feature but gives unreliable reception? Better to have a basic box that receives well.
It seems a shame that a company that normally delivers the goods could let something this poor out of the factory gates.
If you have to replace your box, avoid this one - and think carefully about any other they sell.
I notice that the advertising shows this as "Wharfedale/Bush" - you might want to think twice if considering a Bush as well then.
Check out the Sagem boxes instead.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
i think this product is great for the money. i had the same type of product (not the same make)which unfortunately broke down and for which i had paid considerably more (not purchased from amazon) and this is every bit as good
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I too bought one of these machines and like another reviewer mine packed up after two weeks, no display whatsoever, up to that point it did its job really well.
It does however state that its a MONO recorder.
It does however state that its a MONO recorder.
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