madmax Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Sighted in WOW according to one poster here (see post #326): http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...0458&st=320 Link to specs here: http://www.dg-tec.com.au/product.php?id=29 The big feature here is IceTV capable. But no mention of Ethernet or USB...?? Can someone please check it out and confirm if this is the case? So who will be the first to try it? Let the fun begin again......
Groover ! Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I think you've gotten your answer already Madmax Ive learnt my lesson with the footy already.
madmax Posted October 18, 2006 Author Posted October 18, 2006 Ha! Yeah, it's amazing the response to this thread (or lack of) compared to the other boxes. But surely somebody out there will give it a go.......someone??.........anyone?? Just make sure you buy it from a retailer with a good return policy
DaveMews Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 saw one in jb hifi last week. plasticy case, cheap and nasty front panel, looked overall cheap and crappy. the back panel was your usual yum cha grey steel/aluminium with dodgy writing and very cheap looking connectors. It had a seagate hdd in it. Overall impression was very poor. They arent called dodgytec for nothing!
madmax Posted October 19, 2006 Author Posted October 19, 2006 Anyone?.....anyone?....Bueller?........
Groover ! Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 Saw one in the flesh today. If it performs the way its made on the out side this is gonna be one hell of a footy.
madmax Posted October 20, 2006 Author Posted October 20, 2006 Yeah, but at least it'll be a high-definition footy....!!
Guest cribbage Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 Ha! Yeah, it's amazing the response to this thread (or lack of) compared to the other boxes. But surely somebody out there will give it a go.......someone??.........anyone?? Just make sure you buy it from a retailer with a good return policy What was the cost of the DGTEC HD160 you saw in JB HI-FI the other day? According to the user's manual (seen online) the features appear to be satisfactory. Has anybody tried one yet? Cheers, Cribbage saw one in jb hifi last week. plasticy case, cheap and nasty front panel, looked overall cheap and crappy.the back panel was your usual yum cha grey steel/aluminium with dodgy writing and very cheap looking connectors. It had a seagate hdd in it. Overall impression was very poor. They arent called dodgytec for nothing! What was the cost of the DGTEC HD160 you saw in JB HI-FI the other day? According to the user's manual (seen online) the features appear to be satisfactory. Has anybody tried one yet? Cheers, Cribbage
DaveMews Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 What was the cost of the DGTEC HD160 you saw in JB HI-FI the other day? According to the user's manual (seen online) the features appear to be satisfactory. Has anybody tried one yet? Cheers, Cribbage umm i am not 100% sure, ithink it was $799.
Guest cribbage Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Sighted in WOW according to one poster here (see post #326):http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...0458&st=320 Link to specs here: http://www.dg-tec.com.au/product.php?id=29 The big feature here is IceTV capable. But no mention of Ethernet or USB...?? Can someone please check it out and confirm if this is the case? So who will be the first to try it? Let the fun begin again...... I just bought this unit from HN and am already complaining bitterly. I will probably take it back but first, I want to experience the quality of its' recordings. Good functionability may erase its other shortcommings. Anybody have any questions or suggestions relative to its operational characteristics? Cheers, Cribbage
madmax Posted October 27, 2006 Author Posted October 27, 2006 I just bought this unit from HN and am already complaining bitterly. I will probably take it back but first, I want to experience the quality of its' recordings. Good functionability may erase its other shortcommings. Anybody have any questions or suggestions relative to its operational characteristics? Cheers, Cribbage Ah good, was hoping for some feedback - do tell all!!!!! Please!!!?? What are the problems/bugs you have found?
cttc Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Can you link a computer to the USB for file transfer ? Does that stop you doing anything else (recording/changing channel)?
PVE Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 I have also seen one at JB. Whilst first impressions are not great, i'd still wait for a user report. No HDMI connections is a worry. That should be stock standard nowadays. It was around $800. We still have no idea as to what its performance specifications are. Odd that there has been so little feedback.
cwt Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 I have also seen one at JB. Whilst first impressions are not great, i'd still wait for a user report. No HDMI connections is a worry. That should be stock standard nowadays. It was around $800. We still have no idea as to what its performance specifications are. Odd that there has been so little feedback. According to the dodgytech website PVE; Both models have HDMI but at these prices It might be safer to use the d-sub vga.Shame it cant record 2 channels and play back a recording;only record 2 view another on the equivalent muxes
Guest cribbage Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Sighted in WOW according to one poster here (see post #326):http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...0458&st=320 Link to specs here: http://www.dg-tec.com.au/product.php?id=29 The big feature here is IceTV capable. But no mention of Ethernet or USB...?? Can someone please check it out and confirm if this is the case? So who will be the first to try it? Let the fun begin again...... It comes with HDMI, component and composite cables. I does have a usb port. It comes with a three month subscription to IceTV which I never heard of before. Is that good? I am suspect of things I have to pay for to keep going. Cheers, Cribbage
Darryn Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Saw them in Harvey Norman today in Townsville for $698. They had a stack of 160GB models but none out of the box yet. Be interesting to see how they go. Price looks good.
Guest cribbage Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Sighted in WOW according to one poster here (see post #326):http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...0458&st=320 Link to specs here: http://www.dg-tec.com.au/product.php?id=29 The big feature here is IceTV capable. But no mention of Ethernet or USB...?? Can someone please check it out and confirm if this is the case? So who will be the first to try it? Let the fun begin again...... The DGTEC HD160 is IceTV ready so I went to the IceTV website and joined for the 30 day free trial then downloaded their program and that is where it ended. So, not being able to figure it out I called the IceTV 1300 number and was told that the DGTEC HD160 unit requires a usb stick which I do not yet have. If I like the unit I will probably get one and give it a try. My current gripe that I cannot sort out is that there are two signal lines, one green and the other red relative to some channels and green and yellow relative to other channels. The signal is, of course, crucial and I am missing some recordings because of it. I don't know if those omissions are because there is no high definition program to record or what. It is going to take awhile to sort these things out inasmuch as the manual is worthless because there is no mention of the signal. I have an email in to DGTEC but no reply as of yet and I am the type of person to take the unit back on that basis alone. Cheers, Cribbage
Mining Man Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 ... I have an email in to DGTEC but no reply as of yet and I am the type of person to take the unit back on that basis alone. Cheers, Cribbage On the weekend? A bit early for a reply isn't it? I notice you haven't got your location in your profile. Perhaps check out the geographical users forum threads for your location. It may be a reception issue in your area. A member by the name of AlanH lurks there and will likely give you assistance. Have you had any other DTV equipment before? SD or HD? STB or PVR? How did they go with your current antennae and reception? It might not be the box, and since you're the only one here with the DGTEC, there'd be plenty of appreciative people if you persisted for a little while longer.
Guest cribbage Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) On the weekend? A bit early for a reply isn't it? I notice you haven't got your location in your profile. Perhaps check out the geographical users forum threads for your location. It may be a reception issue in your area. A member by the name of AlanH lurks there and will likely give you assistance. Have you had any other DTV equipment before? SD or HD? STB or PVR? How did they go with your current antennae and reception? It might not be the box, and since you're the only one here with the DGTEC, there'd be plenty of appreciative people if you persisted for a little while longer. The DGTEC support people did have Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday to reply - that seemed reasonable enough time for a reply. I am in Hobart and have a separate, stand alone, standard set top box connected to a hdd DVD recorder and Plasma panel. That set-up works fine and receives all channels off a regular indoor uhf/vhf antenna. The DGTEC involves a home theatre that is connected to a 7.1 Marantz amplifier and a 50 inch LG High Definition Plasma. That senario produces an extraordinary picture and sound using Neo 6 to play back Austar programming that is dubbed to disk off the other DVD Recorder. I think I figured out the red, yellow, green situation. The top line is always green and the line under it can be red or yellow and also green. Two greens is great, green and yellow is OK and red and green is poor with reception sometimes failing. It would help if the manual gave me some information in that regard. I am infuriorated over the fact that the harddrive contains a total of 158 gig instead of the advertised 160. Thats total gigabites and has nothing to do with usage, installed programs or any other mitigating excuse. I consider that shortfall to be obnoxious. If it is so unimportant they why not give the purchaser 162 gig. To me two gig is useful and constitutes three 700mb disks full of information. It is a bit noisy with a subtle roar going on all the time. The channels and operations change very slowly. I spent hours working on signal quality and solved the problem by locating the rabbit ears antenna in the roof rafters crawl space, must have been local interference from all the other electrical equipment. I connected the composite outputs to an av sender with channel changer and now I get everything in the upstairs bedroom for late night viewing and can control it with the regular remote, even of/on and programing. That is nice. To me the box does not appear cheap and, in fact, looks quite smart but for whatever reason it is very, very heavy. Thus far, I have two very serious operational criticisms. First, when editing a timer recording much of the input is erased which means you have to title the program again which is a time consuming, one letter at a time process. Second, there is no way to identify the channel to be recorded once the timer function has been actioned. That means you have to exit out or remember to go to the channel you want to record upon first so it is picked up by the timer setting process, a real annoyance. My harddrive recorder allows me to select the channel I want to record but the DGTEC PVR does not. Any other questions? Cheers, Cribbage Edited October 29, 2006 by cribbage
PVE Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Hate posting wrong info. Sorry. Yes it has HDMI. Does it twin timer record? Does it have resume play? Is it relliable? Still looked a bit plasticky, but assuming each new contender learns from previous failures the DG might be a winner. Did I read that right? If you are recording two programs you can't replay another recording? That seems a bit odd. Backward even. At least early adopters will be able to confirm how it handles DL savings.
Mining Man Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 ... Thus far, I have two very serious operational criticisms ... Thanks for hanging in there Cribbage. While I'm happy with my (Toshiba) HD PVR, there are plenty that aren't. Check out the Toshiba thread, the Sony thread and now the Strong thread. The LG folk claim to be happy, except they're not. As for the Topfield crowd, they've all gone blind playing with themselves while waiting... Has your box missed a recording or had any lock ups? If not, you're miles in front of the rest, and I'd suggest that your current quibbles, as "serious operational criticisms" for you, would be welcomed by others if they could just get timer recordings to actually work!! Good luck!! ... Did I read that right? If you are recording two programs you can't replay another recording? That seems a bit odd. Backward even ... I dunno Pete, the way I read it was that if you were recording 2, you couldn't watch a 3rd broadcast on a different MUX, because the 2 tuners were already tied up recording. A bit the same as the initial Sony spiel, I reckon it's just written for the masses, not worn out old HD PVR saddists like us!! Remember this prediction?
Guest cribbage Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) Thanks for hanging in there Cribbage. While I'm happy with my (Toshiba) HD PVR, there are plenty that aren't. Check out the Toshiba thread, the Sony thread and now the Strong thread. The LG folk claim to be happy, except they're not. As for the Topfield crowd, they've all gone blind playing with themselves while waiting... Has your box missed a recording or had any lock ups? If not, you're miles in front of the rest, and I'd suggest that your current quibbles, as "serious operational criticisms" for you, would be welcomed by others if they could just get timer recordings to actually work!! Good luck!! I dunno Pete, the way I read it was that if you were recording 2, you couldn't watch a 3rd broadcast on a different MUX, because the 2 tuners were already tied up recording. A bit the same as the initial Sony spiel, I reckon it's just written for the masses, not worn out old HD PVR saddists like us!! Remember this prediction? The DGTEC PVR has missed a couple of recordings thus far but I don't know if I selected a weak channel to record or if the unit otherwise failed. I used the auto scan to set up the channels and ended up with several of each channel and may have selected a weak signal to record. Today I deleted all the weak signals and hopefully will have the good ones to work off of. No, freeze ups as of yet but it really hasn't been tested to any extreme yet. I must say I get one beautiful picture, the high definition stuff is enough to take your breath away. Cribbage Edited October 29, 2006 by cribbage
cwt Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Hate posting wrong info. Sorry. Yes it has HDMI. Does it twin timer record? Does it have resume play? Is it relliable? Still looked a bit plasticky, but assuming each new contender learns from previous failures the DG might be a winner. Did I read that right? If you are recording two programs you can't replay another recording? That seems a bit odd. Backward even. At least early adopters will be able to confirm how it handles DL savings. PVE ; After re-reading the FAQ question on the website [ can you watch a third programme while recording 2 others - the answer [ only on the same mux eg abc2] is ambiguous .Correct me if wrong but didnt your sony or toshy etc say something similar?I wish they would clarify channel or program
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