Either way, you’ll struggle in store trying to pronounce the DFTA52DAB’s title.
Bush’s latest set top box has an interesting point of differentiation in a market where it’s rapidly become the norm just to race as quickly as possible to the lowest possible price point. It’s a set top box with an inbuilt DAB+. Or is that a DAB+ that just happens to have set top box functionality?
Based on the look of the unit, it’s more a STB on DAB+ steroids. The impossible to pronounce DFTA52DAB features a single HD tuner, DAB+ HDMI output and no sign of a Freeview sticker anywhere we could discern. Adding DAB+ certainly doesn’t lead to an inexpensive unit, however, as the DFTA52DAB will set you back $249, which is premium priced for something with no inbuilt PVR functions.
Bryce
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 5:31 PMIt’s “a STB” not “an”.
Seamus Byrne
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 6:06 PMPedantry won’t get you far around these parts…
Xs
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:32 PMYou mean “those” parts. Essentially these fourms are no longer posts but threads.
Chris
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 8:04 PMActually Bryce, it is an. English uses an before vowel sounds, not vowels. Therefore, as S is pronounced Es, it gets an an, as it were.
Bryce
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:12 PMCorrect. Spoken it is an STB, but written it should be “a” because it’s a set-top box not an set-top box. At least that’s how I’ve chosen to read the headline.