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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
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Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p

Overpriced !

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"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
wrote:

Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p

Overpriced !

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Sold for £20.

Thanks to all the smart-arses with their unfunny and puerile comments - get
back to your colouring books boys!

Something's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:31:26 +0100, "mikes"
wrote:


"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
wrote:

Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p

Overpriced !

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Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Sold for £20.

Something's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

If you add onto that the cost of shipping, the buyer
gets a pretty poor deal compared to buying a modern
receiver from a real manufacturer.

You have done well, but there is one born every minute
Amstrad digiboxes are not the most desirable to anyone
who understands technology.


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Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

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mikes wrote:
"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
wrote:

Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p
Overpriced !

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Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Sold for £20.

Thanks to all the smart-arses with their unfunny and puerile comments - get
back to your colouring books boys!

Something's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

That's the power of advertising for you.

Mike

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

That's the power of advertising for you.

Mike

Well Mike, we all *could* xpost adverts to lots of newsgroups whose
Charters forbid them, but most of us chose *not* to do so.
The reason?
Nothing to do with being Killfiled or ISP sanctions,
its this.

http://snipurl.com/xpyp

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Graham.
%Profound_observation%

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"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:31:26 +0100, "mikes"
wrote:


"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
wrote:

Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p

Overpriced !

--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Sold for £20.

Something's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

If you add onto that the cost of shipping, the buyer
gets a pretty poor deal compared to buying a modern
receiver from a real manufacturer.

You have done well, but there is one born every minute
Amstrad digiboxes are not the most desirable to anyone
who understands technology.



Don't knock 'em - the 400 was one of Amstrads better products, more
sensitive than most Pace and Grundig Sky boxes, and good audio
quality.

I picked up a refurbished one complete with Sky dish and LNB for £40
at an amateur radio rally last year and installed it for my
father-in-law (who lives in a particularly poor TV signal part of
Sheffield.) Superb picture, stable, and no pixelation no matter what
the weather.


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Woody

harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:56:17 GMT, "harrogate3"
wrote:


"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:31:26 +0100, "mikes"
wrote:


"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:38:54 GMT, "Johnnie Scott"
wrote:

Is this what people think of Amstrad 99p

Overpriced !

--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Sold for £20.

Something's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

If you add onto that the cost of shipping, the buyer
gets a pretty poor deal compared to buying a modern
receiver from a real manufacturer.

You have done well, but there is one born every minute
Amstrad digiboxes are not the most desirable to anyone
who understands technology.



Don't knock 'em - the 400 was one of Amstrads better products, more
sensitive than most Pace and Grundig Sky boxes, and good audio
quality.

I picked up a refurbished one complete with Sky dish and LNB for £40
at an amateur radio rally last year and installed it for my
father-in-law (who lives in a particularly poor TV signal part of
Sheffield.) Superb picture, stable, and no pixelation no matter what
the weather.

And so it should be as the signal is optimised for the UK
- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio
however pace boxes are well made and some models work
very well in more marginal areas than Sheffield.

I would not dream of knocking anything made by Amstrad in
case it fell to bits, and there was nobody to repair it.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

Jim Watt wrote:

- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio

You've never owned a Grundig GDS200, then?

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:20:41 +0100, Anton Gijsen
wrote:

Jim Watt wrote:

- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio

You've never owned a Grundig GDS200, then?

are they the ones woth the rubber fetish buttons ?

I think I have a couple and they are OK except the
PSU's have capacitor issues.

The audio was OK
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Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

I think I have a couple and they are OK except the
PSU's have capacitor issues.

The audio was OK

Apart from when C13 in the PSU drys up.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/infoweb/psu.htm

--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

Jim Watt wrote:
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:20:41 +0100, Anton Gijsen
wrote:

Jim Watt wrote:

- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio
You've never owned a Grundig GDS200, then?

are they the ones woth the rubber fetish buttons ?

Yep.

The audio was OK

You must be joking, the sound quality is atrocious.
Ironically, the Digibox I've found to have the best sound quality is an
Amstrad (yes, that's *AMSTRAD*!) DRX100, which I have in use at the
moment for that reason (that reason only, mind you).

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"Anton Gijsen" wrote in
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Jim Watt wrote:
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:20:41 +0100, Anton Gijsen
wrote:

Jim Watt wrote:

- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio
You've never owned a Grundig GDS200, then?

are they the ones woth the rubber fetish buttons ?

Yep.

The audio was OK

You must be joking, the sound quality is atrocious.
Ironically, the Digibox I've found to have the best sound quality is an
Amstrad (yes, that's *AMSTRAD*!) DRX100, which I have in use at the moment
for that reason (that reason only, mind you).

There, I told you the punter who bought my Amstrad for £20 got a good deal!

It was on for over 3 years, 24/7 and never missed a beat. Couldn't
recommened highly enough!

Amstrad DRX400 Digibox
 

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:56:50 +0100, "mikes"
wrote:


"Anton Gijsen" wrote in
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Jim Watt wrote:
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:20:41 +0100, Anton Gijsen
wrote:

Jim Watt wrote:

- I don't think any of the digiboxes suffer from bad audio
You've never owned a Grundig GDS200, then?

are they the ones woth the rubber fetish buttons ?

Yep.

The audio was OK

You must be joking, the sound quality is atrocious.
Ironically, the Digibox I've found to have the best sound quality is an
Amstrad (yes, that's *AMSTRAD*!) DRX100, which I have in use at the moment
for that reason (that reason only, mind you).

There, I told you the punter who bought my Amstrad for £20 got a good deal!

It was on for over 3 years, 24/7 and never missed a beat. Couldn't
recommened highly enough!

For a little bit more he could have bought a Pace box which
is backed by a manufacturer. Having checked out a number the
audio quality is excellent.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com