Chadford
Distinguished Member
I have.
After fixing the PSU and fitting a 1TB drive my Thomson box has been rock solid - no problems for a long, long while now.
Since the new EPG...
1) Occasional failed recordings.
2) Occasional cancelled recordings ??????what????
4) Occasional failed 'technical fault xx' recordings.
5) Occasional crashes whilst watching a program (requires power cycle).
6) Occasional fails to come out of standby the following day (requires power cycle).
7) Always painfully sluggish.
8) The misses now wont use it, she doesn't have the patience to wait whilst the thing buggers about after a key press.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
...and reading other posts I'm certainly not the only one with these problems.
It's time for it to go, and thats in the bin I wouldn't want to sell it on eBay and give someone else the problem.
I'm not going to leave Sky. I will grudgingly pay £49 for a *NEW* Samsung or Pace - but that's it. I'm confident Sky will not agree to giving me a new box as they will tell me my box is faulty (nothing to do with the new EPG). I don't want a Thomson refurb, so since me and the misses are not married then I think I'll get her to take out a new account and I'll close mine.
Being a longterm loyal customer of Sky is of no benefit, shame really.
After fixing the PSU and fitting a 1TB drive my Thomson box has been rock solid - no problems for a long, long while now.
Since the new EPG...
1) Occasional failed recordings.
2) Occasional cancelled recordings ??????what????
4) Occasional failed 'technical fault xx' recordings.
5) Occasional crashes whilst watching a program (requires power cycle).
6) Occasional fails to come out of standby the following day (requires power cycle).
7) Always painfully sluggish.
8) The misses now wont use it, she doesn't have the patience to wait whilst the thing buggers about after a key press.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
...and reading other posts I'm certainly not the only one with these problems.
It's time for it to go, and thats in the bin I wouldn't want to sell it on eBay and give someone else the problem.
I'm not going to leave Sky. I will grudgingly pay £49 for a *NEW* Samsung or Pace - but that's it. I'm confident Sky will not agree to giving me a new box as they will tell me my box is faulty (nothing to do with the new EPG). I don't want a Thomson refurb, so since me and the misses are not married then I think I'll get her to take out a new account and I'll close mine.
Being a longterm loyal customer of Sky is of no benefit, shame really.