Freeview digital TV on Qosmio G30

I understand many of you are experiencing the problem of digital tv freezing. I too have contacted Toshiba who act is if the don't know the problem exists and try to blame Microsoft. I saw one of you had some rather feeble feedback from Toshiba saying they are looking into the problem as of 26 th May. Is there any update yet ?? This really is a pathetic response from a company selling a machine for �1700.

Hi guys
User Croshill has suggested in the previous posting that Toshiba know this issue and they are on to the problem.
I think we should give Toshiba time to solve this strange issue.
But I'm sure the technician will find the answer. I use also a Qosmio but not in the UK. I can use the digital TV in the areas where the signal is strong enough.
No freezing. I'm satisfied with this Toshiba unit. It seems that this happens only in the UK.
For me it sounds like a very unique problem and in my opinion it takes a little bit longer to solve it.

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