dynamic turtle
Prominent Member
Hi there,
Just wondering, its been a few years since I purchased my first freeview box (the Pioneer DBR-TF100GB) and was wondering why it had not been supercedeed by something with more advanced video dacs, faster channel switching and improved features etc. The other highly regarded freeview box, the Sony D800U (or something) has also been around for a while now and hasn't been superceeded either (afaik).
So I'm just wondering why this level of "stagnation" is the case. Why aren't they being updated every year like dvd players, with faster processors and more ram and better PQ?
Is it becasue the manufacturers at this end of the market are more interested in providing higher feature count (ie hdd, twin tuners) than developing something that does freeview only, but to a higher standard?
I mean, this sort of thing happened to dvd players. In five years my £300 Sony NS300 with its non-PS, 10-bit 27mhz dac looks extremely crusty compared to a £50 argos jobby. Why aren't Freeview boxes subject to this rampant evolution?
I wouldn't mind paying £200-£250 for a high quality freeview unit, engineered and optimised for that purpose only - not interested in hdd recording or twin tuners etc. Any ideas?
Cheers,
DT
Just wondering, its been a few years since I purchased my first freeview box (the Pioneer DBR-TF100GB) and was wondering why it had not been supercedeed by something with more advanced video dacs, faster channel switching and improved features etc. The other highly regarded freeview box, the Sony D800U (or something) has also been around for a while now and hasn't been superceeded either (afaik).
So I'm just wondering why this level of "stagnation" is the case. Why aren't they being updated every year like dvd players, with faster processors and more ram and better PQ?
Is it becasue the manufacturers at this end of the market are more interested in providing higher feature count (ie hdd, twin tuners) than developing something that does freeview only, but to a higher standard?
I mean, this sort of thing happened to dvd players. In five years my £300 Sony NS300 with its non-PS, 10-bit 27mhz dac looks extremely crusty compared to a £50 argos jobby. Why aren't Freeview boxes subject to this rampant evolution?
I wouldn't mind paying £200-£250 for a high quality freeview unit, engineered and optimised for that purpose only - not interested in hdd recording or twin tuners etc. Any ideas?
Cheers,
DT