Comments on: Goodmans To Launch Freesat+ PVR

By: RoZo

RoZo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:04:14 +0000

Admin
This subject has dropped off the home page so most people do not seem to see it. Is there any mews when the Goodmans recorder will be available, it was due in August I think? Where can we find out about its non-freesat and diseqc features?

By: RoZo

RoZo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:43:30 +0000

Does anyone know whether the new Goodmans recorders are likely to have decent non-freesat abilities such as timer recording and diseq control?

By: john smith

john smith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:07:14 +0000

trust me it will be worth the wait I have seen it, much better than the last version HD / SD boxes

By: darnall 42

darnall 42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:07:11 +0000

if i was goodmans (or havard or whoever),i’d sack the designer of this box.i cant imagine me having a box as ugly as that under my tv

By: Nigel Whitfield

Nigel Whitfield — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:25:50 +0000

Freeview PVRs are much cheaper because they use much, much older technology. The SoC (system on a chip) designs at their cores are in many cases several years old, and so much much cheaper. The software designs have had most of their costs recovered over years, too.

If you buy a PC with a processor that’s years out of date, and stick Windows XP on it, it’s going to cost you a lot less than the the very latest Intel or AMD chip and a copy of Vista Premium.

The HD PVR chipsets are very new – the one in the Humax, for example, was only released last year; the software is new, and with things like iPlayer on the roadmap for Freeview, makers have to commit to at least some ongoing updates.

All of those things help put Freesat PVRs in a very different class to commodity Freeview units.

HD satellite PVRs are not cheap bits of kit.

By: CuriousDevil

CuriousDevil — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:02:11 +0000

Slightly off topic but…. If Freeview launches ITV HD, 4HD and Five HD (i think its those 3) this December, then it would be great if Freesat could launch ITV HD, 4HD and Five HD ….to give you (aswell as BBC HD) a great range of PSB’s in HD.

What are the chances of this happening on Freesat in the next year or so? What have Channel 4 and Channel 5 said in terms of HD coming to Freesat?

Thanks

By: admin

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:18:50 +0000

@mjv

What a very odd response!

By: mjv

mjv — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:46:28 +0000

Typical Goodmans….say no more……stick to humax Thank You!!

PLEASE UP THE ANTI…..BOX, CHANNELS, HD.

I am more than happy with Freesat..but when will reality kick in here guys ???, the honeymoon is over !!….Freesat has done it’s job in respect to switchover (the only reason it exists !!!) …a bit more tweeking of course…but stop expecting miracles everyone….that’s called SKY!.

THE NEXT BIG THING FOR HD IN THE UK IS, FREEVIEW, NOT FREESAT…sadly, but it is true.

A committed Freesat supporter (who hasn’t viewed Freeview in 12 months)

Why have posts saying (no news but..) or polls about hypothetical ‘what if’s’

This site, which I do admire for what it has done for Freesat, is like viewers, scratching around for titbits. Give up.

By: Costa del Dave

Costa del Dave — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:55:44 +0000

“At last! We badly need some realistically priced competition to the poor effort that is the Humax HDR.”

What? It’s 55 quid more than the beautiful HDR and as monkeymaniac quite rightly points out, it “Looks more like one of those blow heaters”.

What were they using as a benchmark when they designed it? It certainly can’t have been the Humax.

By: Tony Hales

Tony Hales — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:44:19 +0000

Another over priced ugly box. Why are Freesat PVR’s twice the price of Freeview PVR’s? I know its HD but even though.