written by Horace. on 22/06/2003
Good Points
2 scart sockets
Good Performance
Bad Points
Dated look
Cluttered Remote Control
General Comments
The Goodmans GDB 2 is an excellent all round set top box.
The price on average from most retailers is £89.99 but those who are keen on a bargin should look to empiredirect.co.uk to pick this box up for £78
The Downside with this box is the dated look, it reminds me of an ice cream box, not very eye catching, maybe that was the designers intention but it's not that easy on the eye.
Secondly the remote control, although it's comfortable to use the amount of buttons to control your video/dvd/tv/digi box is slightly over the top as these functions only work on Thomson products. So when the lights are low your probably find your tapping the pause button instead of BBC1.
The Goodside is it changes channels incredible well and the picture quality is very good. The out of box UHF setting seemed to pick up all the channels with an excellent signal as well.
You also get the added beauty of 2 scart sockets so you will always have one scart socket free. Most of the mini boxes don't offer this the only other one I have found was the Goodmans GDB2.
Overall a good piece of kit, some good features, excellent performace and picture quality, let down by a over the top remote and a dated 70s look.