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“well, the GOODMANS GDB-2 is outstanding value for...”

written by David. on 14/06/2003

Good Points
box is value for money
great sound/picture quality
User Friendly, Simple and No Frills
2 free music channels, exactly like those you pay for on sky/ntl, and it's good having sky news/sky sports news without a subscription

Bad Points
version 1.0 software has some minor problems with interactive and other services.
some of the channels are a bit dull, but no fault of the box.

General Comments
well, the GOODMANS GDB-2 is outstanding value for money, at under 80 pounds from most high street electrical retailers. It allows you to receive all the freeview broadcasts, and has excellent picture and sound quality. the box is also very small, so it will neatly sit on top of your tv or vcr. Included with the box is everything you need to be watching digital tv, obviously there is the receiver, but with this there are also scart and RF leads for connecting to tv/vcr, and a remote control (even has batteries!). The box itself is very user friendly, and you can be watching upto 30 new channels in less than 10 minutes of setting up. However, there are 1 or 2 minor bad points about this box, one of which are the bugs in the software version 1.0. this software has caused some problems such as missing tv listings, interactive services not working fully, and the occasional switch-off. also, we have no picture on BBC parliament, not that i watch it anyway. BUT and there is a but, i have re-scanned my box, and updated it to version 3.0 software, and so far so good, it's sorted out all the problems, well done Goodmans and many thanks for the software update!