Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GDB9 Digital Set Top Box

from: Goodmans

March 12, 2008
Ordered this Sunday, when my old Thomson box suddenly packed up,(wouldn't come out of standby), and arrived yesterday, so full marks for service.

Set up so easy, just wire it up and switch on and just let it get on with it, doing its auto-search, etc. Now working fine.

I had been tempted by the dearer Philips, but lack of technical information and previous bad experience with Philips products meant otherwise. We already have a Goodmans box on our upstairs telly, years old and still going strong, so decided to stick with Goodmans, despite some of the negative reviews. Anybody's whose went wrong shortly after installation must have just had a bad experience.

For the money, it does every thing you want and ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GDVDR320HDMIB Slimline Dual Media DVD Recorder With HDMI

from: Goodmans


Ordered this Sunday, when my old Thomson box suddenly packed up,(wouldn't come out of standby), and arrived yesterday, so full marks for service.

Set up so easy, just wire it up and switch on and just let it get on with it, doing its auto-search, etc. Now working fine.

I had been tempted by the dearer Philips, but lack of technical information and previous bad experience with Philips products meant otherwise. We already have a Goodmans box on our upstairs telly, years old and still going strong, so decided to stick with Goodmans, despite some of the negative reviews. Anybody's whose went wrong shortly after installation must have just had a bad experience.

For the money, it does every thing you want and ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans Twin Tuner Set Top Box with 160GB Hard Drive GHD1621F2

from: Goodmans


I bought this box after returning a Thomson one - it is a much better box for only £10 more!! Easy to set up, easy to use, instructions are easy to understand! Can record 2 channels at once - but you can only watch either of the 2 channels, but if your recording one you can watch any other channel. Looks pretty good too!!!

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GDB15HD - Freeview Set Top Box with HDMI and 1080i Upscaling

from: Goodmans

May 20, 2007
Allow me to ramble for a moment: I had a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma on order, then heard that standard def. broadcasts might be poor quality on such a large screen. Worried, I checked out this Goodmans unit, ignoring the pseuds and the physicists who say that it's technically not possible to get a better picture than the host TV itself.

Now, as it happens, the picture on the Viera is great whatever the source, but through the Goodmans on HDMI it is definitely, definitely (one more time:) definitely better - crisper, sharper, brighter, tonally superior... Just BETTER, alright?

I have never previously written a review on a site like this, but this Goodmans box deserves the plaudits. As long as you've got a HD-ready TV and ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans MICRO1465I Micro System

from: Goodmans


Allow me to ramble for a moment: I had a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma on order, then heard that standard def. broadcasts might be poor quality on such a large screen. Worried, I checked out this Goodmans unit, ignoring the pseuds and the physicists who say that it's technically not possible to get a better picture than the host TV itself.

Now, as it happens, the picture on the Viera is great whatever the source, but through the Goodmans on HDMI it is definitely, definitely (one more time:) definitely better - crisper, sharper, brighter, tonally superior... Just BETTER, alright?

I have never previously written a review on a site like this, but this Goodmans box deserves the plaudits. As long as you've got a HD-ready TV and ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GDVD301R DVD Recorder with Video Plus

from: Goodmans

January 21, 2005
This is the only recorder I have ever had. I bought it to record occasionally and it has always done the job. Set up was pretty easy and the manual is very comprehensive. I have never had any problems with the quality of playback of DVDs or recording quality. I also plugged my external hard drive through it to play videos I had downloaded from the internet because my TV did not have AV input. The only limitation is that it will only use DVD+R or DVD+RW discs for recording. For non-experts like me it has does the job fine.

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GHD8015f2 twin tuner digital tv recorder with 80gb hdd

from: GOODMANS

February 22, 2007
Goodmans GHD8015f2

I've just read the other review and am sadly upset by it. Let's bore you to death first. A review is only any use if the person who writes it has had experience of buying duff items. At 59 I've bought a lot of things I regretted.

I bought my GHD8015f2 almost 2 yrs ago. It was an impulse purchase and the best thing I've ever bought. Why?

Well, it is simpler to use than my mobile phone. It does everything I want it to do without ever letting me down. the picture quality on playback is exactly the same as the original broadcast.

Noisy? When you press the RECORD button the hard disk kicks in and makes a whirring sound for about 3 seconds, the noise thereafter is no more than a VCR tape ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GHDD1782DVBT 80GB hard drive recorder with digital free to view tuner

from: Goodmans Industries Limited

August 12, 2005
Bad Points:
1) Right out of the box it booted so many times every day I lost count and hasn't stopped since.
2) It randomly loses sound or signal on all channels and must be turned off by the button on the machine then on again before it will work.
3) Sometimes it will suddenly give out a very loud static hiss that won't stop until you turn it off at the button on the machine then on again.
4) Our Matsui tv remote is also able to interfere with it so we must carefully aim the tv remote above the digital recorder or it will mess up recording/playback etc.
5) When pressing buttons on the digital recorder remote it will do the action of the button pressed previously a few times before it will do the action it's supposed to be ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

Goodmans GMP34G6 4GB MP3 player

from: Goodmans


Bad Points:
1) Right out of the box it booted so many times every day I lost count and hasn't stopped since.
2) It randomly loses sound or signal on all channels and must be turned off by the button on the machine then on again before it will work.
3) Sometimes it will suddenly give out a very loud static hiss that won't stop until you turn it off at the button on the machine then on again.
4) Our Matsui tv remote is also able to interfere with it so we must carefully aim the tv remote above the digital recorder or it will mess up recording/playback etc.
5) When pressing buttons on the digital recorder remote it will do the action of the button pressed previously a few times before it will do the action it's supposed to be ... Read More:

Average Rating:

.

GOODMANS GDVD300R DVD RECORDER WITH VIDEO PLUS - SILVER (Multi Region Capable)

from: Goodmans Industries Limited

November 22, 2004
Down to silly money in Comet now (£29.99) because they only have an analogue tuner and, for them, they're now disposing of them as 'end or range' - but still great value for money.