Looks like an OK choice for those that missed the other two recently. Even better if you still have a $20 or $10 Shopping Square voucher.
Good on Shopping Square for doing reasonable postage this time - $10 shipping cap.
Arista HD Set Top Box with HDMI DVB-HD72, Freeview $49.95 with $10 shipping cap
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Yes true, no USB.
Still a good way to use your shopping square voucher (if you have one) with reasonable postage, this time.
Spare telly in the bedroom etc…
Yeah true. Theonly positive from this one compared to the Highlander is that this STB has Optical Out - Highlander didn't.
does being "freeview compatible" make any difference?
i've been told to avoid those
Looks like it has not licensed the freeview logo, so probably not crippled.
Then again, if its just a cheapie, it might not have commercial skipping features anyway.
I use mythtv, which can be set to automatically jump over the adverts, and works very well.freeview means it can recieve further firmware updates from TV stations I think.
However for those that can record - it apparently blocks skipping ads.
BUYER BE AWARE.This unit is MPEG2 only. No MPEG4 support.
Box is not future proof and reference to Freeview is all fluffManual on arista site.
http://www.arista.com.au/hd/pdfs/DVB_HD722_MANUAL.pdfIMO better off spending a bit extra & getting an MPEG4 compatible box
Good price. Although not as good a deal as the previous Highlander and Kogan deals that included usb port for media playback and PVR recording