satmanbasil
23-04-13, 14:10
Hi guys
I decided to open this thread to talk about what i see as increasing problems relating to set top boxes of late. If you have been around from the beginning as i have with the VU Plus the receiver has had its problems albeit some caused by users but certain things seem to be popping up of late that needs talking about or investigating the reasons why they happen.
Im talking of two that have happened to me of late the first being the Red Light Of Death although in some cases this has been proved not to be as bad as first thought, the other annoying factor has been the receiver lock up with remote or buttons on the stb not working. Ok a flick of the power switch at the rear will sometimes clear the fault but to be honest we need to understand what the cause is.
This next statement i make is not having a go or pointing the finger of blame but I simply ask the question when it comes to development of the stb via image, with the demand to make the receiver all singing and dancing are we damaging the receiver making it work much more harder than it was originally developed for therefore increasing the problems users are finding.
When i first got my receiver not much was mentioned about red light of death or locked up remote but slowly reports have been posted by users with problems. On another forum I belong to some point the blame on cheaper components used in the manufacture of the receiver that due to mass production result in high volume of receivers now all failing at once hence the increase of people complaints and yes i do accept this arguement as a possible cause. But it would be good to read other peoples ideas on why we seem to get these problems happening and any knowledge shared on how to fix them, we already have a sticky thread on red light which is a start maybe we can build a knowledge base sticky for users to refer to.
Now open to you guys on your views and ideas
I decided to open this thread to talk about what i see as increasing problems relating to set top boxes of late. If you have been around from the beginning as i have with the VU Plus the receiver has had its problems albeit some caused by users but certain things seem to be popping up of late that needs talking about or investigating the reasons why they happen.
Im talking of two that have happened to me of late the first being the Red Light Of Death although in some cases this has been proved not to be as bad as first thought, the other annoying factor has been the receiver lock up with remote or buttons on the stb not working. Ok a flick of the power switch at the rear will sometimes clear the fault but to be honest we need to understand what the cause is.
This next statement i make is not having a go or pointing the finger of blame but I simply ask the question when it comes to development of the stb via image, with the demand to make the receiver all singing and dancing are we damaging the receiver making it work much more harder than it was originally developed for therefore increasing the problems users are finding.
When i first got my receiver not much was mentioned about red light of death or locked up remote but slowly reports have been posted by users with problems. On another forum I belong to some point the blame on cheaper components used in the manufacture of the receiver that due to mass production result in high volume of receivers now all failing at once hence the increase of people complaints and yes i do accept this arguement as a possible cause. But it would be good to read other peoples ideas on why we seem to get these problems happening and any knowledge shared on how to fix them, we already have a sticky thread on red light which is a start maybe we can build a knowledge base sticky for users to refer to.
Now open to you guys on your views and ideas