Are the scart freeview adaptors any good.
Many Thanks, Matthew.
2007-10-31 08:49:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Quality, supposedly. My £20 one from Asda works perfectly well.
2007-10-31 08:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Phil McCracken 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking of replacing my Pioneer FreeView Set Top Box. It's got a really awkward way of changing channels, if I want to jump straight to channel 14 by using the remote's numbers instead of flicking up or down through the channels it takes several goes for the box to understand I want 14 and not 1 or 4. The menus and EPG are incredibly slow and pretty much unusable. The picture output is prone to artifacts and the box seems to affected by other electronics which is probably a problem with the box's shielding.
So it's these issues that hopefully differ between boxes. I'd get a cheap unit next, Pioneer isn't a cheap make but I've got an Alba DVD player which is cheap but it's brilliant... I've lost faith with the so called premium brands.
2007-10-31 16:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Whats the difference between cars that are on offer? Some are only £17,000 whilst others are £50,000".
Do you really think there is no difference between a £17,000 car and a £50,000 car?
Do you really think there is no difference between a £17 Freeview box and a £50 Freeview box?
(By they way, Samsung DON'T 'hold the patents' to the chips and circuit boards.
How on earth could could they, since Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, etc were making all that stuff long before Samsung even existed, for crying out loud?
Who the cluck dreams up that sort of rubbish?
And why??)
2007-10-31 17:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well Matthew, its probably nothing more than the name on the box, what it actually does, ie decode the signal, will be done in the same way with probably exactly the same circuitry, so ya pays ya money, ya get robbed as I like to say.
2007-10-31 15:55:20 · answer #4 · answered by Muzikman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
your paying extra for the names...
they all contain samsung chips and circuit boards as they hold the patents...
so a £9 tesco one will be as good as a £60 sony one, only difference will be in quality of the remote control.....
2007-10-31 16:53:13 · answer #5 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
some of the more expensive ones may have more features .but if all you want is to change channels.the cheaper one will be ok
2007-10-31 15:57:54 · answer #6 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only diff is that the cheaper 1s get a better picture and of course the price
2007-10-31 15:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by cinderella 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋