Sagem Freeview Box - £20!!!

Lord_Chris

sagem freeview boxes are really crap, and im pretty sure my one is dangerous. When i plug in the power cable you often see a bright blue spark.

With Sagem you really get what you pay for

avoid at all costs

twe

argos have the sagem ITD58 model for £19.99 code is: 5320390

urban_spirit

Lord_chris - thats not my experience of these boxes as you can see by this thread. "Pretty crap" clearly DOESNT apply to all. Nice positive post though :rolleyes:

twe - I was in Argos yesterday and these were definitely £27.99 as per my previous post- even a big display in the window advertising this. Is there extra discount attached to the code in your post???

--Tony--

urban_spirit wrote:

Lord_chris - thats not my experience of these boxes as you can see by this thread. "Pretty crap" clearly DOESNT apply to all. Nice positive post though :rolleyes:

twe - I was in Argos yesterday and these were definitely £27.99 as per my previous post- even a big display in the window advertising this. Is there extra discount attached to the code in your post???

I agree they are good boxes and I have also not had the experience of Lord_chris, here is the argos link:http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5320390.htm

gromituk

Lord_Chris wrote:

im pretty sure my one is dangerous. When i plug in the power cable you often see a bright blue spark.

That's the same for any device with a switch mode power supply - most things these days. If you can't see the spark it's simply because the way the connector is physically arranged blocks your view of it. If you must use a connector as a switch (none of these devices are actually switched off when in standby) then use the 13A plug, not the measly figure-of-eight connector on the other end.

twe

urban_spirit wrote:

Lord_chris - thats not my experience of these boxes as you can see by this thread. "Pretty crap" clearly DOESNT apply to all. Nice positive post though :rolleyes:

twe - I was in Argos yesterday and these were definitely £27.99 as per my previous post- even a big display in the window advertising this. Is there extra discount attached to the code in your post???

if u go online and type the code that i posted then it comes out as £19.99... just collect at store after that.....

--Tony--

gromituk wrote:

That's the same for any device with a switch mode power supply - most things these days. If you can't see the spark it's simply because the way the connector is physically arranged blocks your view of it. If you must use a connector as a switch (none of these devices are actually switched off when in standby) then use the 13A plug, not the measly figure-of-eight connector on the other end.

But they are low voltage with the transformer plugging directly into the 13amp plug like a mobile phone charger so I don't see how you can get this kind of problem or is it a different model than being talked about here.

urban_spirit

twe wrote:

if u go online and type the code that i posted then it comes out as £19.99... just collect at store after that.....

Hi twe

You beat me by 1p!!!! The Sagem box I started this thread with is £20 in TJ Hughes!

twe

urban_spirit wrote:

Hi twe

You beat me by 1p!!!! The Sagem box I started this thread with is £20 in TJ Hughes!

wow so do i get something for it?

urban_spirit

A penny, obviously!