Fix low volume output on Sky HD Boxes

Here a suggestion for you. Why dont you fix the low volume out on the Sky HD boxes? Loads of people have complained about it. Do something about it.

I have finally found a very cost effective solution to this problem. Cancelled Sky subscription and got Freesat with a Humax box. This does not have the fault that the Sky HD boxes have. In fact it has an "on the remote" volume control, and when this is turned to max the volume is exactly as it should be. The volume control works both the HDMI and the analogue outputs. Additionally there is also a mute button on the remote, again muting both outputs. Perfect. Cost effective because since I have been a Sky subscriber for over a decade, now cancelled, assuming I would have stayed with them for another decade I have saved myself £4121 including the initial cost of the Freesat box. Quite a shocking amount of money that I will be saving, having calculated it. Shame on Sky for not correcting this software issue when it was first reported by many users, especially as the volume function used to be there and they removed it. For those thinking of doing the same as me, the Freesat / Freetime system is excellent, the EPG is as good as Sky and the "roll back" TV aspect of the EPG far superior to that of Sky. Picture quality is at least as good (probably better as box is Full HD) The BBC iplayer implementation is also not the "cut down" version thst Sky have also implemented (another software short cut that bugged me), i.e. it is the same as you'd see on your PC / smart TVs with FULL programme content. What you don't get is Sky Atlantic but since I never watched this in over a decade made no difference to me.

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I'm going to leave this message for reference to other users...
As of October 22 2009 there is no known fix for the broken Cirrus Logic driver that comes with Bootcamp 3.0 under any 64bit Windows OS (including Windows 7 and Vista).
Apple seriously ***** for not doing anything about this for MONTHS and has lost a customer forever. I was going to get a 17in to complement my 13in MacBook Pro but this kind of driver issues is just plain unacceptable, and goes to show how you can't rely on a company like Apple for mission critical systems, period.
If they want to make ANY inroad in the corporate world the better get their stuff together and start delivering, the famous "excellent customer experience" for me is nowhere to be found. Lacking that, mac computers are only pretty although non-functional machines.
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