Freeview boxes sub £20 - Can you beat it?

vishal_2

Beko Digifusion Digital Set Top Box FRT103 £19.99

Product code — 140790

Robert Dyers via the really useful store link...

Also £4.95 del.

MINCER_2

http://www.luzerntech.com/Items/LTS-STB2-001?sck=18237389

Alba STB2 refurb. - £16.99

Can't find out the P&P without registering (and can't be bothered) but they are doing the google checkout offer if you want 2 of them.

Other ones here.

http://www.luzerntech.com/Other/

Edit - P&P is a hefty £10.75 so don't bother unless you want 2 and use Google Checkout option to make them £17.37 each.

ChemicalBrother_2

For what it's worth: SCART cables used to always come with set-top-boxes (or at least nearly always) but these days, especially with the £20 Freeview boxes at supermarkets they usually don't. Unless you're replacing a set-top, you need to budget for the cable too! I guess it's one way of keeping the price of the box low! It's only a matter of time before they don't include batteries...

veronarona

OK_Sauce wrote: »

Dabs value twin-tuner with 80GB HD for £59.99
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4DDP&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=freeview&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

Dabs are quite careless about actually refurbishing these boxes, some buyers have discovered programmes still on the hard drive. However you do get a 6-month guarantee.

eBayer newcloudroom also sells them, sometimes normal auction, sometimes Buy It Now £55 incl P&P for the 80gb, £75 for the 160gb.

NOTE:
The Digihome is a twin-tuner PVR that allows you to watch either live TV or a recording whilst recording another channel. It does not record 2 programmes at the same time. However, it can very easily be modified to record 2 programmes and is fully functional (with amended features) as long as you delete the channels you never watch, as many as possible, and then the EPG doesn't fall down as a result of the meagre 32mb RAM in the box.

See http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=492057.

veronarona

Crafty_Mum_2

I've got the Asda one - brilliant lilttle box, great remote and a great price. Even got my Mum one!

vishal_2

ChemicalBrother wrote: »

For what it's worth: SCART cables used to always come with set-top-boxes (or at least nearly always) but these days, especially with the £20 Freeview boxes at supermarkets they usually don't. Unless you're replacing a set-top, you need to budget for the cable too! I guess it's one way of keeping the price of the box low! It's only a matter of time before they don't include batteries...

Poundland or The 99p Shop do scart cables, normally not too bad.

LGDNUFC

i bought the asda one and is has been nothing but trouble.it has a mind of its own.if you press a channel number on the remote it selects a channel no where near your choice!!!!!i think the remote is possessed!!!!as it does everything opposite.thinking of getting a new one, not sure which one though.

L.S.D.

LGDNUFC wrote: »

i bought the asda one and is has been nothing but trouble.it has a mind of its own.if you press a channel number on the remote it selects a channel no where near your choice!!!!!i think the remote is possessed!!!!as it does everything opposite.thinking of getting a new one, not sure which one though.

Yes that's one of the problems I had.

veronarona

LGDNUFC wrote: »

thinking of getting a new one, not sure which one though.

Why don't you go to Digital Spy forums and see if anyone's had the same problem and if there's a fix?

I honestly don't think you'll find such a good PVR for anything like the same price - I reckon you and LSD got yours from a faulty batch, either the box or the remote. Blinking shame.

veronarona

spook

Check the company's procedures for returning faulty products before you buy, especially if buying online. I've had to return 4 faulty boxes to Asda and Argos in the past two years (that will be 5 in a few days because the current one is also on the blink!)

(Incidentally I've found both Asda and Argos have always been happy to refund/replace the boxes).