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Old 06-11-2008   #24
jamie1992
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My System: Standard Sky Digibox and Conrad Electronics analogue receiver, Astra 19.2E

Originally Posted by DanielP View Post
Don't bother with eBay- you can get a brand new Metronic analogue "original" box for £23!

_http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/236264/art/metronic/analogue-demodulator-orig.html

Does a good job for me and also runs cool to boot. Even if Europsort only lasts a couple more years, this is value for money in my book. Then you can use it as a handy doorstop!
I bought one of these last week. I'm pleased with it overall.
The only issues I have are
- a very slightly soft picture (but still much nicer than dvb!)
- no tunable audio, and 6.50 is not included as a preset
- a software bug where, if you disable its "pseudo-panda" audio de-emphasis, or tune to a preset channel which uses J17 or 50us instead, you have to turn the receiver to standby, and then back on again to get it back.

But it's still *much* better than my Conrad Electronics "eurosky" branded receiver.
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