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mentalis · 26-06-2011, 10:03

I had an SA V+ and it was very noisy; at first I had it on a wooden TV stand and it sounded like someone was constantly drilling.

When I moved to a glass stand it was better, but you noticed it was much quieter in the room when you turned it off (even when the TV was on).

The channel changing speed I could live with, but when you pressed i and could actually watch it slowly draw a black background, followed by a grey outline then add the text that was painful.

Then it developed problems; it would randomly reboot, usually when recording something.

That, the fact it looked like something the 80s wanted back, and the measly 20+ hours or HD space meant I jumped to TiVo straight away - mainly for the extra hard drive space.

26-06-2011, 10:03	#6
mentalis cf.geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warrington Services: \| Freeview \| VirginTV XL with TiVo \| BB L \| Phone M \| Posts: 564	Re: Is the SA V+ box really that bad? I had an SA V+ and it was very noisy; at first I had it on a wooden TV stand and it sounded like someone was constantly drilling. When I moved to a glass stand it was better, but you noticed it was much quieter in the room when you turned it off (even when the TV was on). The channel changing speed I could live with, but when you pressed i and could actually watch it slowly draw a black background, followed by a grey outline then add the text that was painful. Then it developed problems; it would randomly reboot, usually when recording something. That, the fact it looked like something the 80s wanted back, and the measly 20+ hours or HD space meant I jumped to TiVo straight away - mainly for the extra hard drive space.