Re: Sky 160+ box - Very loud!



Adam wrote:

>I have the new 160+ box from sky and I do like it (not as much as Tivo) but
>I have noticed that it is really noisy.
>It seems to be coming from the HDD - it constantly whirls around and it is a
>tad annoying.

New drives can become quieter as they bed in.


>I have noticed that the picture freezes slightly when scanning through
>programmes on the fast wind

This sounds rather like a description of how FF works on the Sky+.

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