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Freeview price level
Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox.
Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. |
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Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) The Sagem box is piled high and sold at £59.99 in my local Safeway. I bought one, and it's much better than my old Philips OnDigital box. Channel changes are now reasonably quick, even when switching between muxes. (The Philips was very slow at this.) Comet have the Evoke-1 at 89.99. Instead, I bought a Roberts Gemini-3 for £139.99 instead. (It has FM as well as DAB.) I'm fairly disappointed with its horrendous lower-mid cabinet resonance, which seems to renders speech unintelligible in the presence of moderate ambient noise. -- Richard Lamont OpenPGP Key ID: 5ABEC9C3 http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/key.txt Fingerprint: 9DEE 7113 DF02 A516 404C 22AC 1FF6 185D 5ABE C9C3 |
"David" wrote in message ... Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Just been reading the latest Electronics Weekly. Seems there are two DAB chip sets around. One made by Texas Instruments - in partnership with Radioscape who make the receiver - is used by Roberts Radio, Morphy Richards, Hitachi, and Cambridge Audio (as in Richer Sounds,) the other by Frontier is used by Bush, Grundig, Goodmans, and Pure. Will be interesting to see how the golden-earred brigade manage to make differences of the manufacturers using the same chip set! -- Woody |
"David" wrote in message ... Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Just been reading the latest Electronics Weekly. Seems there are two DAB chip sets around. One made by Texas Instruments - in partnership with Radioscape who make the receiver - is used by Roberts Radio, Morphy Richards, Hitachi, and Cambridge Audio (as in Richer Sounds,) the other by Frontier is used by Bush, Grundig, Goodmans, and Pure. Will be interesting to see how the golden-earred brigade manage to make differences of the manufacturers using the same chip set! -- Woody |
"Richard Lamont" wrote in message .. . Instead, I bought a Roberts Gemini-3 for £139.99 instead. (It has FM as well as DAB.) I'm fairly disappointed with its horrendous lower-mid cabinet resonance, which seems to renders speech unintelligible in the presence of moderate ambient noise. I noticed that with mine, but I'm not sure it's *all* resonance. It does seem to have a mid-range hump in speaker amp's response, that isn't there in the phone or line outputs. The treble and bass controls are nice to have, but can't compensate. As soon as the guarantee has worn off I'll be inside it to see if it can be improved. It is extremely well made though, compared with the Evoke with its nasty sharp corners. - Arthur |
"Richard Lamont" wrote in message .. . Instead, I bought a Roberts Gemini-3 for £139.99 instead. (It has FM as well as DAB.) I'm fairly disappointed with its horrendous lower-mid cabinet resonance, which seems to renders speech unintelligible in the presence of moderate ambient noise. I noticed that with mine, but I'm not sure it's *all* resonance. It does seem to have a mid-range hump in speaker amp's response, that isn't there in the phone or line outputs. The treble and bass controls are nice to have, but can't compensate. As soon as the guarantee has worn off I'll be inside it to see if it can be improved. It is extremely well made though, compared with the Evoke with its nasty sharp corners. - Arthur |
"David" wrote in message
... Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. You appear to be talking about DAB digital radio receivers, not Freeview Set Top Boxes. What's the best deal for a SetPal (Daewoo or Labgear) box? Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.544 / Virus Database: 338 - Release Date: 25-Nov-2003 |
"David" wrote in message
... Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. You appear to be talking about DAB digital radio receivers, not Freeview Set Top Boxes. What's the best deal for a SetPal (Daewoo or Labgear) box? Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.544 / Virus Database: 338 - Release Date: 25-Nov-2003 |
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... "David" wrote in message ... Just got our weekly junk mail through the letterbox. Big W leaflet has Sagem at £59-99 Argos has the Bush at £59-99 So to me looks as if this price level could be general. (Argos have the Pure Evoke-1 DAB at £89-99, Goodmans GR80 DAB/FM at £89-99 and Intempo PG-01 DAB/FM at £119-99. Anyone seen or heard the Goodmans? Is it truely portable, ie does it use batteries?) -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. You appear to be talking about DAB digital radio receivers, not Freeview Set Top Boxes. What's the best deal for a SetPal (Daewoo or Labgear) box? No I know the difference. Thanks for your interest, I will clarify for you, the leaflets only list the Sagem and Bush Freeview set top boxes, so I can't comment on other makes of Freeview box. In my humble view the major shops/supermarkets will all have one of thier models/makes at £59-99 to equal Argos and Big W. So if you require a particular make I sugest you look around, I got my Daewoo at Safeway and I've seen them at Tesco, maybe you could check them out first. I then went OT with further comment on the leaflets onto the DAB recievers, please note I did put this within brackets. I rather like the idea of the addition of FM and the price of the Goodmans one at £80 is of interest hence my question on it. -- Regards, David Please reply to News Group. |
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