Total crap.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...SH+FREESAT.htm

It's put me off the Freesat platform a little as well to be honest. I
found the picture worse than Freeview (maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable
versus the built in freeview of my samsung 42 inch plasma).

The menus were horrible, the EPG was god awful.... the remote control
had sharp plastic edging. A horrid experience!

If I went for a recondtioned Humax box would my faith be restored?

On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?

--
Aujourd'hui, c'est la Fête du Canada.

On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:

Aujourd'hui, c'est la Fête du Canada.

No, today - June 31st, is Weasel Stomping Day.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7866388017148#


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_Stomping_Day

--
Adrian C

On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?



I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:42:05 +0100, Adrian C wrote:

On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:

Aujourd'hui, c'est la Fête du Canada.

No, today - June 31st, is Weasel Stomping Day.

Good day to stock up on Garden Weasels (tm).


http://www.gardenweasel.COM/

http://www.youtube.COM/watch?v=mrTubyoHsvc



Will Boris be there? http://www.canadadaylondon.COM/

"Lucky13" wrote in message
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On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?



I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?



would a cheap usb cable make your printer produce bad prints?
it's a data cable - either the data makes it through or it doesn't - and if
it doesn't you dont get a rubbish picture - you get a big splodge of breakup




--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....
http://dsbdsb.mybrute.com
you fight better when you have a bear!

On 01/07/2010 17:39, The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Lucky13" wrote in message
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On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?



I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?



would a cheap usb cable make your printer produce bad prints?
it's a data cable - either the data makes it through or it doesn't - and
if it doesn't you dont get a rubbish picture - you get a big splodge of
breakup





Sorry I had no idea, I figured it was like a poor quality RF or Scart? I
stand corrected! All HDMI cables are equal.

PS. I never questioned it on price - cheap or expensive.

On 01/07/2010 17:39, The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Lucky13" wrote in message
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On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?



I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?



would a cheap usb cable make your printer produce bad prints?
it's a data cable - either the data makes it through or it doesn't - and
if it doesn't you dont get a rubbish picture - you get a big splodge of
breakup





Oh yeah I did call it cheap! I meant like the noise a bird makes
rather than price

On 01/07/2010 17:39, The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Lucky13" wrote in message
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On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?



I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?



would a cheap usb cable make your printer produce bad prints?
it's a data cable - either the data makes it through or it doesn't - and
if it doesn't you dont get a rubbish picture - you get a big splodge of
breakup





I didn't realise it was a data cable, I thought it was like an RF cable
but fancy. I've learnt something there, thank you. Maybe cheap was the
"wrong" word to use - I should have said "Bush Quality HDMI lead".

Does this mean all HDMI cables are equal?

On 1 July, 19:38, Lucky13 wrote:
On 01/07/2010 17:39, The dog from that film you saw wrote:





"Lucky13" wrote in message
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On 01/07/2010 16:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 15:55:33 +0100, Lucky13 pondered:

maybe it was the cheap HDMI cable

What difference would an expensive HDMI cable made?

I thought that maybe the bundled HDMI cable that came with the Bush
freesat box might be resulting in a poor picture?

would a cheap usb cable make your printer produce bad prints?
it's a data cable - either the data makes it through or it doesn't - and
if it doesn't you dont get a rubbish picture - you get a big splodge of
breakup

I didn't realise it was a data cable, I thought it was like an RF cable
but fancy. I've learnt something there, thank you. Maybe cheap was the
"wrong" word to use - I sto makhould have said "Bush Quality HDMI lead".

Does this mean all HDMI cables are equal?

Nope, it is possible to make an HDMI cable so poorly that it can't
handle the fast pulse transitions and minimal error correction of an
HDMI signal; but as pointed out any degradation is going to be obvious
not subtle.