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Posted by Gareth Halfacree on 12/15/05 16:24
Bob wrote:
>>>[I, Gareth, would] go for the Liteon 5045, personally. £219 from Amazon,
>
> $332.64 in the US. Based on current exchange rates, that is equivalent
> to £195.
So, in other words it's cheaper to buy it from Amazon (£219 with free
delivery) than to buy it from the US (£195 plus shipping, plus import
tax and duties). One of the rare examples of non-ripoff Britain. Even
better when you consider I paid £150 ($265.90) for it.
> Reviewer:
> "it does have an issue with sometimes not recording a show, the
> firmware notes on their site even say that its an issue to be resolved
> in the next firmware upgrade."
Not something I've noticed with the Targa, but it may have an
already-fixed firmware.
> A correspondent in Britain has that model and he likes it.
<waves> Same internals, different badge. And a less-buggy firmware, it
seems.
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Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk
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