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There’s no denying that Freeview PVRs are a wonderful invention, offering revolutionary recording flexibility to people who don’t want Sky. But ever since their inception, Freeview PVRs have lacked the necessary features to mount a serious challenge to Sky+, making even the best models seem like poor imitations. Until now, that is You see, the good people at Freeview have introduced an initiative called Freeview Playback, which lets you know that a digital terrestrial TV recorder is equipped with a range of advanced features that enhance the user experience. In other words, they behave more like Sky+.

The Goodmans GHD1621F2 is one such recorder, an attractively priced unit with twin tuners and a 160GB hard-disk drive. In terms of build quality, it’s surprisingly well constructed for such an affordable unit. It’s crafted from metal as opposed to plastic, which makes it feel reassuringly weighty and durable. The only down point is that the unit emits an audible hum that kicks in when the hard disk is engaged. Not only is it well built but it’s also rather attractive, featuring a sloping mirrored fascia that sets it apart from its boxy-looking rivals. There are only a few buttons on the fascia, which keeps things looking fairly minimal, while the information panel on the front helpfully makes it clear when the unit is recording and which channel it’s tuned to. Connections include two SCARTs, one of which offers best-quality RGB for connection to a TV, and the other is designed to be connected to a DVD recorder or VCR.

It only outputs composite video, which is a shame given that most DVD recorders accept RGB signals – you’ll have to swap SCART cables round if you want to archive in the best quality. The SCARTs are joined by analogue stereo and coaxial digital audio outputs, the latter being a useful addition if you want to listen to TV sound through your home cinema system.

Not really much point for existing DAB owners? So the fact that the BBC stations sound MILES better on Freeview is just irrelevant to all DAB owners then? What I'm especially looking forward to is that people will finally realise be able to simply compare the audio quality of the same stations at different bit rates and my argument will be vindicated. I've done these comparisons loads of times, and the pro-DAB people completely underestimate how big the difference is between say 128k and 192k, and even 128k and 160k. For example, Radios 1 & 2 sound enormously better on Freeview than they do on DAB.

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And even 6 Music on Freeview just wipes the floor with the sound of it on DAB. On a different thread I said that you don't have to use the same receiver to compare the audio quality of different systems. But when the systems are both digital and you don't suffer from bad reception then comparing on the same receiver is as fair as you're going to get. 128k DAB sounds horrible. And that is what people will conclude once they've heard what some of the BBC stations sound like on Freeview on this receiver.

That is assuming the audio quality of this receiver isn't awful such that it makes both sound awful. Originally posted by vinnielo You sure there isn't an catch somewhere? Not a catch, exactly, but you can't really compare a set-top box with, say, the Evoke or the Goodman's CD/FM/AM/DAB. One is part of an audio system, one is a discreet stand-alone product so you don't use them in the same way. (And the DAB Acoustic solutions tuner is now something like £70-80, isn't it, so £150 isn't as reasonable as it was six months ago).

Nevertheless, it's good to see DAB appearing in more products. More listeners means more advertisers and more chance of fewer 'jukebox' stations and more budget spent on programming. Vfpoledb windows 7 64 bit. And, of course, if you are listening through a system that offers two versions of a station - one at 128kbps and one at much higher, you clearly benefit from that too! (Incidentally, a box like this is a great chance to prove Steve right or wrong about bitrate level, and people's willingless to tolerate or otherwise 128kbps. If take up of this box (or similar) is high, but few people listen to the low bitrate stations on it when they have the chance to compare them with the higher ones, then commercial operators would be forced to up the bitrates.