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PaphosAL · 07-06-2010, 11:28 AM

In fact, only yesterday I took my trusty old Nokia dBox2 testbox out of the wardrobe and fitted it back into the lounge stack. No scart or ethernet, just cable feed and power.

Why? Coz we missed not having the Standby Clock / Calendar!! None of the other modules (DM500S, VM 2110C, and Toshiba DVD/VCR/HDD combo) have a clock, ffs!

After all the image development this box has seen since Commando 10, it's nice to see it in an honourable retirement doing a useful job, rather than being hidden away and forgotten about...

Cheers- AL

ps: The new Toshiba combo unit is worth a Rant of the Week. It has this pathetic EU Directive Eco Standby Mode, which is almost a power-Off state. No clock in Standby, (in fact no RTC on the front display at all), and no scart pass through in Standby.

The scart anomaly means we can't watch the DM500S with the Toshiba in standby mode. Therefore the Toshiba has to be left ON 24/7. Some power saving! Another prime example of warped EU legislation, ffs!!

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PaphosAL Nagging Old Git Team-UkCvs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: A park bench, near you Age: 75 Posts: 2,971 iTrader: (0) Casino cash: $811760 Thanks: 2,488 Thanked 1,530 Times in 835 Posts Nominated 2 Times in 2 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 2 Groans: 1 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	In fact, only yesterday I took my trusty old Nokia dBox2 testbox out of the wardrobe and fitted it back into the lounge stack. No scart or ethernet, just cable feed and power. Why? Coz we missed not having the Standby Clock / Calendar!! None of the other modules (DM500S, VM 2110C, and Toshiba DVD/VCR/HDD combo) have a clock, ffs! After all the image development this box has seen since Commando 10, it's nice to see it in an honourable retirement doing a useful job, rather than being hidden away and forgotten about... Cheers- AL ps: The new Toshiba combo unit is worth a Rant of the Week. It has this pathetic EU Directive Eco Standby Mode, which is almost a power-Off state. No clock in Standby, (in fact no RTC on the front display at all), and no scart pass through in Standby. The scart anomaly means we can't watch the DM500S with the Toshiba in standby mode. Therefore the Toshiba has to be left ON 24/7. Some power saving! Another prime example of warped EU legislation, ffs!!