BT Vision - wonderful!!

Advantages: On Demand
Disadvantages: Noisy fan

...BT Vision is a fantastic concept and supposedly the future of TV. With the Digital changeover we're all going to have to have Digital TV of some sort so BT Vision seemed the perfect product for me since I already have my telephone and internet with BT. BT Vision is essentially a freeview box with an 80GB hard drive and a recording feature which allows you to watch one programme and record another or record two programmes at the same time. You can also pause live TV, record at the touch of a button and record a whole series simply by selecting the programme from the programme guide and then pressing record twice. The beauty of BT Vision is the On Demand service where you can choose films, sport, music videos, comedies, pretty much anything and watch it whenever you want. The prices for On Demand vary from 29p to £2.99 depending...

kimbolaydee 24.10.2007 (10.06.2009) · Read review
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BT Vision

Advantages: Freeview with a bit on the side
Disadvantages: LOUD BOX & CUSTOMER SERVICES

...As most people have said already, this is a brillent concept. The fact that you get all the freeview channels, and you can if you want to subscribe to pay to view TV. You can also as I do, pay for what you watch on top of the FREEVIEW. Set up was easy, it came with two booklets that told you about it, and the useful guide that tells you more about the facilities of the BT Vision, has to be downloaded and pinted off the internet. With easy to use menus, you can choose a film, documentry, drama, kids programme, also BBC iPlayer. You do have to pay for the on demand items, but that can cost as little as a pound or so upto three or four pounds. The system is easy to use, with the facility to programme the remote to work the sound etc on your tele. But it is slow, we oftne miss the end of programmes we record, and the machine has...

dwprices 31.10.2008 (06.12.2008) · Read review
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BT VISION

Advantages: FANTASTIC HARD DRIVE BRILLIANT SERVICE (ON DEMAND RECORD ETC)
Disadvantages: SLOW SLOW SLOW

...BT Vision is a set top box that allows you to watch the on demand service via a internet connection it also allows you to record proggrames and also fasy forward and rewind live TV( well if it allowed use to fast forward live TV we would all be rich)..... when i first recived this box i had to plug in a internet connection well that took for ever 25 minutes be for i even got to see what channels i had....... when i got my channels on i thought i would check how to record a programe so i hit record on the first programe i saw it took for ever just to start recording also when i set up my series links it sometimes cuts out the end of the programe ....... but the good things about this product are that yes you can watch on demand programes all the latest films that are out, watch all of a series of a soap such as scrubs but most...

mjsnowdon 14.10.2008 · Read review
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Norman Wisdom, You Can't Beat it

Advantages: Very Funny
Disadvantages: None

...ON THE BEAT. = ~Introduction~ ***************** The irrepressible Norman is back in arguably his funniest film. ~Synopsis~ *********** Norman is sick of being a parking attendant and dreams of following in his fathers footprints and become a police man. Unfortunately he fails the height test, not that that would be a problem today. Dejected he starts going through his dad's old chest and guess what he finds? His fathers old police uniform, oh no. He puts it on and goes for a stroll down the street, which as you can probably guess leads to huge mayhem, farcical whimsy and general madness. Eventually after being caught impersonating a policeman some bright spark notices that he bears a striking resemblance to a nasty criminal that the police have been after for quite a while, Giulio Napolitani. Now Norman must...

Maximus-Qualitus 24.11.2008 · Read review
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Looking To The Future With Clear Vision. (Vision Express)

Advantages: Make you feel special and ensure you are happy with your eyewear.
Disadvantages: More expensive than some other high street opticians.

...I have been a customer with Vision Express for many years now, probably more than 10, and I think I know a fair amount about their service and their standards. I am a contact lens wearer which means I visit regularly both for sight tests every 2 years and for contact lens check ups annually. The store where I live in Chelmsford is bright and airy, and every time I have been there I have found it to be welcoming and friendly, and also extremely professional. They had a refit in the last 2 years and so it has a plush seating area for customers to wait for their sight tests and pre checks. With an up to date computer system there is no form filling in now, it is all stored and so takes all that initial work out of the equation. The eye test is thorough and they have a full range of new and up to date equipment to check...

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Perfect Vision

Advantages: Very fast efficient service.
Disadvantages: none so far

...Every Christmas it happens, something gets broken. This time it was my glasses, not a little bit either, big time broken, beyond repair. They were only reading glasses, but put anything within 18 inches of my eyes and I am blind. Never mind off to the opticians I go, only to find a notice on the door saying Happy Christmas we reopen in January. Now I panic, I cant wait that long, so off I go in search of another optician. Walking into Gateshead Metro Centre from the car park I see a number of opticians but find only the Vision Express shop open. Entering the brightly illuminated shop I am greeted by a young lady who on enquiring what I require, takes me through the shop to another young lady who asks me to complete a form. Now I have to tell her that I cannot see to fill in the form. No problem says she, come with me and I will...

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  The Apple Of My i

Advantages: Full Internet, Massive storage, Great design, Superb battery life.
Disadvantages: The Megapixel of the camera is put to shame by other phones available.

...I had been waiting for this day for some time. My 18 month contract with T-Mobile is coming up for renewal next week, however having had problems gaining reception in my area I'd opted to look elsewhere for a new contract. A few weeks back my problems were solved when I was shopping around to try and find the best mobile contract, and discovered that O2 would be stocking the Apple iPhone as of November the 9th. Not only was I looking for a new mobile contract, but also a replacement MP3 player so the Apple iPhone seemed ideal. I made plans to purchase the iPhone and on the evening of release made my way down to the nearest O2 store upon finishing work, bagging myself my very own iPhone at a price of £269. Although the price did seem a little steep, especially considering that I would be paying out a further £35 a month for the contract...

RazzaLazza 11.11.2007 · Read review
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Bt Vision: Seeing past Sky

Advantages: Choice, price
Disadvantages: Less channels than Sky

...I won't go into a long winded review about pricing and technical details regarding BT Vision as prices change and technical details bore me to death. So what I will do is explain why I chose BT Vision over the other main competitor, Sky. With Sky you will get all the main digital channels, you will also get a lot of channels which you wonder how many viewers these actually get. Admittedly, with Sky you will get a lot more for your money, but as we all know with TV, do we want to watch it all? Sky employs the "Overkill" syndrome. Similar to going hunting with a machine gun, you fire endlessly into the forest hoping you hit something good. Bt Vision is more of a rifle, one shot, one kill. With BT Vision you can choose what you watch, when you watch it. So although you may not get all the channels that you would with Sky, you can...

kilmurray 27.12.2008 · Read review
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BT Vision

Advantages: Excellent on demand service, recording of digital TV is a nice feature
Disadvantages: Can't turn off at the mains as long wait at start up. Fan constantly on

...BT Vision is alledgedly the future of TV. At first glance the 'V-Box' you get for Vision is quite a hefty piece of equipment. Its a lot bigger than your average Freeview box but it houses some nice features. There is an 80GB hard-drive to record from the in-built Freeview reciever. Its a dual-reciever, meaning that you can watch one channel and record another at the same time. Alternatively, if your not in, you can record 2 different channels at once. However, the main selling point of Vision is the On Demand service available. This basically means you can select a program from the menu an watch it there and then, no adverts or waiting for it to come on. On to the box itself, it takes a long time to start up when turning on from the wall. I believe BT want you to leave it on stand by all of the time, however I find this annoying as...

firebeermetal 31.05.2007 · Read review
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Visions

Advantages: Involving, I think it's Stratovarius best album.
Disadvantages: You have to like the genre

...Introduction : I must say I didn't listened a lot of rock music 5 or 6 years ago, and the genre is so complex and full of artists that I can't have a full vision of it. However a friend of mine made me listen to Stratovarius music when I was 17 years old, and I liked them since the first time, liking them more and more while I listened them. Since them I tried to listen all of their album and I can say that in my opinion Visions is the best. The other had one or more tracks that I liked, while in Visions I simply can't find a track that doesn't meet my agreement. It was published in 1997. Then, let's see what the album has to offer. Track Listing : 1. The Kiss Of Judas (5.49) 2. Black Diamond (5.39) 3. Forever Free (6.00) 4. Before The Winter (6.07) 5. Legions (5.43) 6. Abyss Of Your Eyes (5.38) 7. Holy Lights (5.45) 8...

katychan 06.01.2006 · Read review
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