Digital TV and STB's
I am running a CRT TV, (they are still the best!), with a digital set top box in order to receive a digital signal and just find the whole concept frustrating beyond belief:
Quite apart from having to power a new product with another remote control AND have a powered aerial, (so 3 products) just to continue doing what my TV was already doing I find the picture constantly freezes everytime a person, car, motorbike, aircraft comes within 1000ft of the house!
The most annoying thing however is that about 5 out of every 7 mornings the thing has turned itself on in the night and re-programmed itself!
I understand that there is an update signal sent out at 3am but this looks more like a destruct signal. I have to go through the whole setting up proceedure virtually daily. The channels move around constantly and it has got to a point where I am thinking about celebrating with a glass of wine whilst I watch it burn in the open fire as soon as winter comes!
'First thought was that there was something wrong with the STB so it was returned and replaced with another but this solved nothing.
Does anyone have any ideas, explanations or similar experiences?
And PLEASE can we go back to sensible technology that exists to make life easier not just continuously re-inventing the wheel for the sake of selling more tyres!!!???