Amstrad CKO 70RMW Manual

Advantages: Good Picture and sound - See review!
Disadvantages: Remote control

...::::INTRODUCTION:::: Sky gave me this box when i signed up to sky multi-room. The box cost £49 with installation, but its free if your a first time subscriber and not getting multi-room! ::::CONNECTIONS:::: There are plenty of connections on this box by Amstrad... You can connect it up to surround sound, share the aerial feed and connect to a vcr or dvd recorder (standard stuff really). There slots to put your sky viewing card and interactive card (like a sky credit card) are stored away under a cover, which adds a nice style to the box. ::::Sound & Picture Quality:::: The sound and picture quality is just like my other sky (grundig) box, but sound and picture are slightly better as the Amstrad box has all the improved data chips and DVB certified stuff etc. The picture is nice on a SD Television, the detail is vibrant... Read review

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Advantages: Look's Nice
Disadvantages: Slow pick up.

...and am either going to get it through Sky or buy a better brand more modern box. The Amstrad DRX300 is very easy to set up and operate with any standard Sky Remote control and the instruction manual for manual set up is very detailed and easy to follow. Everything about this product look's great right up until you turn it on and that's when you find out you have made a big mistake especially if you have paid the shop price of £89.00. I hope this review has been of some interest and should you require any further information please don't hesitate to leave a comment in my box and I will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.(That's normally quite quick lol seem to spend my life on Ciao lately )... Read review

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Advantages: Watch One Programme While Recording Another | 5.1 Sound Compatible
Disadvantages: Freezes up Occasionally | Forgets The Time

...When we decided to upgrade our Sky subscription to the vastly superior Sky+, we weren't really given a choice of which "box" we were going to get, but after reading around on several forums, I was secretly hoping that we'd get the Amstrad version. I therefore found myself grinning with glee, when I had a look at the box that the "engineer" brought with him, as it stated in big letters that we were having an Amstrad DRX180 in the place of our old Pace box. ---Why Sky+ ?--- Before I start going into any detail about this particular set-top box, it might be a good idea to explain a little bit about the differences between freeview, cable, standard Sky and Sky+ and why we went for Sky+. At current there are three different ways of receiving digital television, the first of which is freeview. Freeview can only be received... Read review

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