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Barry,
Yup I'm tempted but £75 was going to be my "jump in" price. £96 is just a wee bit too much - another twenty and I could have a TWIN tuner FVRT100 at Dixons. Course for another £20 on that I could have FVRT200.... Maybe I should just buy a £240 Toppy and be done with it? Cliff |
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Originally Posted by Pirro
Absolutely! It's just that some people really like the 14day EPG and avoiding the flakiness of the freeview EPG on the ITV MUX, so I reckon the Inverto looks the best of the 4TV boxes as it appears to be quieter than the others and doesn't have the aspect ratio bug or EPG download lockup bug of the (£20 cheaper) Fusion. However, the lack of bookmarks would stop me from getting one.
Invertos are currently £189.99 from www.boots.co.uk and I assume the delivery is approx £10. I think I'd still get a Topfield out of the 3 boxes though. i want to get my parents a Humax, but it doesn't look reliable enough yet... |
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Originally Posted by CJL
Barry,
Yup I'm tempted but £75 was going to be my "jump in" price. £96 is just a wee bit too much - another twenty and I could have a TWIN tuner FVRT100 at Dixons. Course for another £20 on that I could have FVRT200.... Maybe I should just buy a £240 Toppy and be done with it? Cliff Whilst I am tinkering around with the Humax, the Toppy is busy recording progs from jags epg set as searches, and also some downloaded via digiguide. Got another EPG to look into now as well, that someone posted to toppy.org yesterday. |
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Originally Posted by CJL
Maybe I should just buy a £240 Toppy and be done with it?
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Originally Posted by Beancounter
Trouble is that you can't actually order from Boots at the moment, looks like they won't accept orders until stock arrives. Thats a shame because with the triple advantage points promo just now you would effectively get £22 off the price of the box and if you order via a cashback site like Quidco another £8 cashback so total price would be £161
The Humax 8000 is so cheap now that I might have to research that for my parents, and I've just discovered that my friend has had one for a while, so I can check it out properly. Given the prices mentioned in this thread, I don't think I would consider an Inverto over a Fusion any more. I'm getting eager for this next Topfield update - it sounds like a sizeable change. I hope there are a good few bug fixes too... |
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Originally Posted by nwhitfield
There's no automatic resume, but it's trivial to set a bookmark before you stop, and then jump to it later.
You can add a variety of taps that will do it automatically for you, too. Nigel. |
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Originally Posted by Ang
I can't seem to figure out how to do add a bookmark. I've heard Improbox does it automatically, but how do you do it without TAPs?
Green to set a bookmark Yellow to jump between bookmarks To remove a bookmark, jump to it and press Green again. HTH |
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Empire Direct have got a lot of flak in the past, what's their service like now?
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I tried to buy a black PVRT5800 from Empire Direct on 10/11/05, which their website said was in stock. Got an email at the end of 11/11 saying that due to circumstances outside of their control, it wasn't in stock, and to give them a call in case they could source an alternative product (eg the silver model).
I would have been happy to go with the silver model, and so gave them a call. On phoning them, I was told it had never been in stock, and neither had the silver one. Personally, I thought this was a bit rubbish since one of the main reasons (apart from price) that I went with them was that they had what seemed like a stock-level check on their website, but was prepared to leave it and take my business elsewhere. To my surprise however, the guy on the phone brought up the fact that it would never have said "in stock" on their website, as this was a physical impossibility. This decended into a farcical "I can assure you it does"/"I can assure you that would be impossible" debate which I just couldn't understand why it was worth their while to start up - surely it would be common sense customer service to just apologise and say you'd look into the problem, that it shouldn't happen or something like that. The silver one still claims to be in stock on their website... although the black one does now say "due soon" *sigh* I took my business elsewhere, and have since bought one (which claims to be in the post, after 1 day) from superfi - more expensive, but giving my money to people who haven't treated me like rubbish Oh well...
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Originally Posted by rreavy
I tried to buy a black PVRT5800 from Empire Direct on 10/11/05, which their website said was in stock. Got an email at the end of 11/11 saying that due to circumstances outside of their control, it wasn't in stock, and to give them a call in case they could source an alternative product (eg the silver model).
I took my business elsewhere, and have since bought one (which claims to be in the post, after 1 day) from superfi - more expensive, but giving my money to people who haven't treated me like rubbish Oh well...I experienced the exact opposite with Empire Direct. At 11am on 14 Nov I phoned to check they had a silver Toppy in stock. They did, so I ordered one via the Internet. Within 2 hours they'd phoned to say it would be delivered in 24 hours...and it was! So no complaints from me...the Toppy's pretty good, too! |
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Originally Posted by Dave6000
I experienced the exact opposite with Empire Direct. At 11am on 14 Nov I phoned to check they had a silver Toppy in stock. They did, so I ordered one via the Internet.
Within 2 hours they'd phoned to say it would be delivered in 24 hours...and it was! So no complaints from me...the Toppy's pretty good, too!
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I've heard too many horror stories about Empire in the past which is why I asked if they'd improved.
Wonder if super-fi will price match...? |
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Just phoned and spoken to Empire....
They do have some silver in stock, but no Black panthers They tell that they will have some in on Friday, so I have ordered one....we'll see if they speak with forked tongue. Steve |
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Originally Posted by Mandrake
Just phoned and spoken to Empire....
They do have some silver in stock, but no Black panthers They tell that they will have some in on Friday, so I have ordered one....we'll see if they speak with forked tongue. Steve Tanya |
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Had my Toppy (silver) delivered today from ED ordered 16/11/05 when priced at £238.95 so very pleased and no complaints about ED. I may have been a lucky customer.
Now I have to read the info at Toppy.org.uk to get the best from it. Sure I will be posing some questions soon (after digesting the FAQ) as the manual is not that good. DiddyDave |
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...as the manual is not that good.
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My resons for cosing a toppy were/are
No fan - virtualy silent P.C conection for achiving and burning recordings to DVD ( for long term storage) Taps that can change and vastly improve the performance of the toppy User upgrade able - no need to wait for OTA updates do it yourself, after my expeiriences with the Goodmans GDB2 this self upgrade facility, to me is essential.. and probably a few other reasons that i cant think of right now. |
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I'm about to get rid of my Thomson 2300 - I'll try and get my money back but failing that I need something to steady a wobbly table.
Anyways - the Toppy sounds like the replacement for me - I'm looking for a PVR with TUTV - can I confirm that if I buy a new one it'll have all the updates in place? Or will I need to download them? Advice would be very much appreciated on this
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Originally Posted by jimboc
I'm about to get rid of my Thomson 2300 - I'll try and get my money back but failing that I need something to steady a wobbly table.
Anyways - the Toppy sounds like the replacement for me - I'm looking for a PVR with TUTV - can I confirm that if I buy a new one it'll have all the updates in place? Or will I need to download them? Advice would be very much appreciated on this ![]() |
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Originally Posted by Ang
If you buy from Turbosat, I think it will have the latest software installed. I don't know about other places. Turbosat aren't the cheapest but I think they have the best customer satisfaction, so that's worth more than the price difference.
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Originally Posted by jimboc
Thanks for that - I'll give them a go!!
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Originally Posted by captain747480
Ask them if they'll Price Match, you may get lucky!
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Originally Posted by Ang
If you buy from Turbosat, I think it will have the latest software installed. I don't know about other places. Turbosat aren't the cheapest but I think they have the best customer satisfaction, so that's worth more than the price difference.
If I did it again I'd pay the extra £15 and buy from Turbosat. Sounds like they deliver quickly, which certainly wasn't the case with Satellite Centre on this occasion. |
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Thanks for the advice everyone. One more for the ignoramus here: When it arrives, how do I tell if the firmware is up to date?
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The Upgrading FAQs on www.toppy.org.uk explain how to check the firmware version - it's via the menus, and pretty straightforward. Current version is 5.12.09.
Nigel. |
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