Re: Daewoo DS608P - is fault due to C101 cap??


"Adrian C" <email@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5i18c9F3lo4thU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ivan wrote:
I've compiled a few photos of various bits and pieces here.

<http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Ivan230542/SetpalPhotos?authkey=35HHNYnzT3g>


Many thanks... I'll have a play with mine when its decommisioned... :-)


Thanks for the response, originally I did have some spec sheets and a lot of useful information from Steve Farmer at NovaPal.

However having suffered a heart attack 12 months ago I have to say that I haven't been anywhere near as enthusiastic or as involved with many things as I once was, consequently I have discarded quite a lot of stuff that I had accumulated over a prolonged period of time.

A few weeks ago I posted asking for people's experiences about (an intended purchase) the Humax 9200 PVR which were in the main very positive, and have to say that now we're used to it me and my misses love it to bits and certainly wouldn't go back to using a VCR.

Last week whilst channel surfing on the Humax my attention was caught by an offer on Price Drop TV, it was for a Digifusion FVRT 95 PVR which was selling for £51.00 (a very basic machine in comparison to the Humax) but I thought ' what the hell' it has an 80 gigabyte hard drive and I paid more than that for 160 GB HD less than a couple of years ago.

It duly arrived three days ago, was a piece of cake to set up, has nice menus and has performed perfectly since, if it works as well until the guarantee has expired then I'll have no complaints.

Checking user comments on the net seemed to reveal that quite a number of disillusioned purchasers in times gone by appeared to have suffered from various power supply problems, which as far as I can gather appeared to be related to some kind of underrated external unit. However this one out has a very well made and substantial looking internal unit, so only time will tell.

My point in mentioning all of this is that when I think that I was 'installing' and selling the Daewoo Freeview receiver for £129.99 when they first hit the market, compared to how cheap much more sophisticated equipment can be purchased nowadays, it makes me wonder if it's any longer worth while even bothering to undo a few screws to replace a fuse which has expired from my old age!






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Adrian C

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