Goodmans GDB3 Freeview STB
5t3v3
March) this Goodmans STB is only £39.99 from Richer Sounds:
http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=GOOD-GDB3-FREEVIEW
Anyone have any experience with this STB, as it seems very good value for
money to me? Or should I get him the Sagem ITD58 which is £10 less?
Steve
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Max Demian
I haven't had any problems with the GDB3 (apart from the peculiarity that it
gets the right and left channels the wrong way round).
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André Coutanche
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I'm very pleased with my GDB3. I hadn't seen this colour scheme
before - I don't know if it indicates any difference from the 'normal'
silver one. If you get one, check what software version it has, and,
if necessary, download v.4.1 from http://gdb.freddys-utilities.co.uk/.
André Coutanche
andy
"André Coutanche" <and...@andrec.plus.com> wrote in message
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> I'm very pleased with my GDB3. I hadn't seen this colour scheme before - I
> don't know if it indicates any difference from the 'normal' silver one. If
> you get one, check what software version it has, and, if necessary,
> download v.4.1 from http://gdb.freddys-utilities.co.uk/.
>
Picture is of a GDB4 that's why you've not seen it before ;-)
André Coutanche
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Ah ...
Then all bets are off. But GDB*3*s are, IMHO, a good thing, once
updated to v.4.1.
André Coutanche
Max Demian
> Then all bets are off. But GDB*3*s are, IMHO, a good thing, once updated
> to v.4.1.
What is in V.4.1 that isn't in V.4.0?
When is V.4.1 likely to be available through over air download?
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André Coutanche
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Sorry - "Don't know" to both. But what's the problem about updating
from a website? That's not a rhetorical question - I can imagine a
number of possible answers, but none of them seems to me to be
insurmountable.
André Coutanche
Max Demian
> "Max Demian" <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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>> "André Coutanche" <and...@andrec.plus.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>> Then all bets are off. But GDB*3*s are, IMHO, a good thing, once updated
>>> to v.4.1.
>>
>> What is in V.4.1 that isn't in V.4.0?
>>
>> When is V.4.1 likely to be available through over air download?
> Sorry - "Don't know" to both. But what's the problem about updating from a
> website? That's not a rhetorical question - I can imagine a number of
> possible answers, but none of them seems to me to be insurmountable.
Whatever they are, I wouldn't bother to surmount them unless I could see a
clear advantage in the upgrade and it wasn't going to be available over air
(for example if I had missed the OAD).
I get the impression that the website only versions are (effectively) beta
test versions for enthusiasts.
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Mike Parkes
>if necessary, download v.4.1 from http://gdb.freddys-utilities.co.uk/.
>
I assume a RS232 cable is a modem cable ?
How long should the wait be for the auto-detect occur ?
Mike Parkes
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John W
>>>
>>> What is in V.4.1 that isn't in V.4.0?
>>>
>>> When is V.4.1 likely to be available through over air download?
V4.1 gives a 7 day epg instead of just now and next. I have two GDB3s which
I am very pleased with, but I have reverted to V4.0 (actually 3.11 as no V4
appears to be available for download) as there are a few minor niggles in
V4.1 which to me means I would rather not have the 7 day EPG.
I will wait for the over the air download before I update again. This was
rumoured to have a slot in March, but these things change.
John
André Coutanche
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> ... but I have reverted to V4.0 (actually 3.11 as no V4 appears to
> be available for download) as there are a few minor niggles in V4.1
> which to me means I would rather not have the 7 day EPG.
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What are the niggles for you, John? I haven't found any problems.
André Coutanche
André Coutanche
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> "André Coutanche" <and...@andrec.plus.com> wrote:
>
>>if necessary, download v.4.1 from
>>http://gdb.freddys-utilities.co.uk/.
>>
> I assume a RS232 cable is a modem cable ?
> How long should the wait be for the auto-detect occur ?
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Depends on what you mean! It's a straight-through cable (i.e. *not* a
"null-modem" cable) with a 9-pin male D-connector at one end to plug
into the GDB3 and whatever is needed at the other end to plug into the
RS232 on your computer.
No wait to speak of at all. Press the reset button on the back of the
GDB3 when the cable is connected and hyperterminal is running and the
hyperterminal box shows some characters (which I can't remember) which
show that connection has been established. It's all in the
instructions on the website.
André Coutanche
Iain Archer
>> March) this Goodmans STB is only £39.99 from Richer Sounds:
>
>going to get the Goodmans, till I saw this baby.
>
>
Not to detract from your appreciation of the Asda machine, and I'm not
an expert, but AFAICS the GDB3 has all the features you mention, plus at
least a couple - channel lock and favourites - which you don't. I'm
happy with mine.
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John W
"André Coutanche" <and...@andrec.plus.com> wrote
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> What are the niggles for you, John? I haven't found any problems.
>
> André Coutanche
>
off auto update which was alleged to fix it).
The sound gives a glitch around every half hour, usually when the BBC1 are
playing their idents.
These together are only niggles, but enough to make me downgrade, as I
wasn't using the 7 day EPG as much as I thought I would.
André Coutanche
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Thanks. I keep mine on all the time, so I haven't noticed your first
problem (though I have auto-update off as well; I reckon I will know
when updates are due and look for them manually, so keeping
auto-update off avoids the possibility of recordings in the wee small
hours being interrupted).
Your second problem is interesting. I regularly notice sound drop-outs
during BBC4 idents, but they are not like the 'normal' audio/video
break-ups. I had assumed they were a BBC switching problem, and, as
far as I can remember, they have been present throughout all software
versions. Are you saying they go away with v.3.11?
André Coutanche
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I had a hunch about the sound drop-outs during BBC idents, and it seems
to be correct.
While the idents are playing, the Now and Next updates, and interrupts
the audio.
Is that feasible?
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Iain Archer
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>I had two (now got one and a GDB3), and I can tell you that it does have
>both of these features.
See above.
MisterChiversRegal
> > See above.
Am I missing something here?
The line (I will highlight the main points); "I'm not an expert, but AFAIC
the GDB3 has all the features you mention, *plus at least a couple - channel
lock and favourites* - *which you don't*".
Is this not saying that I, or rather the Asda Pacific, does *not* have a
channel lock function and the ability to set favourites??? [which it does].
It reads that way to me. I apologise if I've missed some underlying meaning,
and would ask you to make it clearer to me if I have. Thanks.
Regards.