Keith I see you've had some good suggestions so far. Martin's email on the PVR or DVR was great - I want one those but preferably a Tivo.
However, if you're just in the market for the digital STB and are worried about firmware upgrades, you can spend a little more and opt for a model with the ability to upgrade "through the air". When I was looking around over a year ago Panasonic had one available - I didn't do much investigation but it sounds like a solution. Not sure how it works though. Generally I highly recommend the digital boxes to anyone. Digital TV has to be the most undersold innovation in the past 50 years. The picture quality is sensational as is the sound. Most networks have dedicated guide channels and access to limited electronic program guides. I live in Freo in the lee of the hill and our reception was atrocious. Ships going in and out of the harbour affected the picture badly and we had ghosting and snow on all channels - SBS was next to useless. With the STB reception is perfect on all channels - the best $220 I ever spent although you can buy them for under $140 now. Even my luddite dad bought one after seeing mine. Now I just need the widescreen TV to take advantage of the widescreen feature so I can stop using the letter box mode. Cheers Greg > From: Keith Feltham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:47:25 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Set Top Box updates > > Our family are considering purchasing a Set Top Box in an attempt to > improve the fringe-signal ghosting and snow that currently > constitutes our TV picture. > > Most models advertise that they can be firmware updated for increased > functionality, and they all say the same thing: "Just download the > .exe file, connect the RS232 to your computer's COM 1 port ..." > [Sigh] > > The joys of 2% market share. So how is everyone else dealing with this? > > Thanks. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
