Advantages: excellent reception, simple set-up, reliability Disadvantages: not gorgeous to look at
...Several months ago I got rid of my Sky family pack subscription after realising I was paying a ridiculous amount of money each month and only watching free-to-view channels anyway. Sky duly banished, off I went to get myself a freeview set top box. After a nasty experience with the cheapest I could find (a Mitsubishi that didn't work properly from day one and also interfered with my terrestrial channels and video), I got myself a Daewoo Setpal and haven't looked back.
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The Daewoo Setpal is about 3 inches high, 10 inches wide and 7 deep, and comes in a silver coloured plastic-type material. It isn't the most t beautiful or expensive looking piece of equipment, but then no set top boxes are, and it's not so ugly that you have to hide it away either. It's also very light, so if you've no room to sit it alongside something...
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Advantages: Great value for money Disadvantages: Lost signal now and again
...As someone who lives a busy life i feel that paying a monthly fee for Sky, NTL etc is not worth my while as i watch very little TV. As a result i decided a one of payment for Freeview to be my best option.
I bought my Daewoo freeview box in Tesco's for £49.95 about a year and a half ago now and have been very happy with my purchase. The box was incredibly easy to set up, via connection through a scart cable. Within ten minutes of opening the packaging my freeview box was up and running after following the on-screen instructions.
The selection of channels on the freeview service is enough for my needs. Amongst others you get BBC3 & 4, ITV2 & 3, three 24 hour news channels, 2 childrens channels, 2 music channels, several shopping channels and almost every radio station possible. There are also new channels being added...
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Advantages: High tech, loads of hours of recording, looks very stylish, and value for money Disadvantages: bit rubbish if you loose the remote
...A belated birthday present resulted in a new reciever/ recorder for our digital sky T.V. Swanky looking in silver and black it does more than just recieve and record our programmes, it adds a touch of class to our living room. Being at one of the top range appliances as regards digital viewing devices this little box of joy purches above (or below if you have a fance television rack) your T.V.
Price: £140 ish at the moment
Place of Purchase: Comet
Brand: daewoo
Colour: Silver
Recording facilities: Yep
It came boxed and wrapped in polystrene wrapping, complete with al the cables, wires and even a remote sealed in plastic clear bag packaging and secured with twisty wires. The manual also came sealed and also with a guantee you have to fill out and send back in to them. The people at daewoo really do make sure you get the product...
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This release from Daewoo that contains everything you need for modern viewing in one smart box!
The DRVT43 comes with a DVD player which is also a DVD-RW, a VCr, and comes with built in freeview... A lot of bit considering you can find them online for more
A good affordable dual channel Digital recorder, the 160 Gigabyte drive ensures that there is plenty of room for literally hundreds of programs, films, radio shows etc to record. The PP features (picture in picture) is particularily useful if you are... more
Bought from Amazon at £115
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Rather plain looks to this freeview box, you have the feeling there could have been slightly more effort as the lcd display only displays the channel or if in standy the time. Looks similar to an older silver... more
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23.05.2003
06.10.2005
