Alba STB2 Review

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Alba STB2
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bannerman's Review of Alba STB2 Freeview Box

26th Feb 2009

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Features
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  • Time DVB Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Ease of Use
    0 stars
Good Points

Haven't found any yet.


Bad Points

Many ! Well, just about everything. Very poor functionality, incredibly frustrating to use, appears to be many design faults.


General Comments

My Alba STB2 repeatedly crashes, usually at least once a day, and has to be unplugged to reset it.
The symptoms are: picture jumping, and partial or total refusal to respond to the remote.
Even with good batteries, the remote has a very short range, three feet or sometimes only two, depending on whether the box is in a bad mood.
Do not ever use the timer function ! Mine does not change to the required channel, but only puts a reminder on the screen, which ruins your recording even if you left it tuned to the right channel.
Once set, a timer is impossible to unset. Even when set to "Inactive", it resets itself to "Active" every day.
This product tells me never to buy anything from Alba ever again.

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