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Title: uk tech digital-tv
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Users activity: 67 posts per thread
Forum activity: 136 active threads during last week
 

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bill
38
user's latest post:
Shielded coax cable - Page 6 -...
Published (2009-11-29 16:07:00)
On 29-Nov-2009, John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote: > Now this is an area where Bill obviously has an advantage over Jamie > (having people skills and being pleasant and all). He can drop a note > in, and then go and help retune those that are having difficulty as > required. He will probably get a cup of tea out of it, and not end up > being spanked by the lady of the house!...
jamie powell
36
user's latest post:
Shielded coax cable - Page 5 -...
Published (2009-11-29 04:25:00)
"Bill" <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote in message news:2v6dneD-gIDjAI3WnZ2dnUVZ8ridnZ2d@pipex.net... > >>No... the whole cause of pre-echo, is that unwanted signal is being picked >>up > off-air by (in most cases) the cabling from "head end" to receiver. > So off-air signals will always be present at the receiver on their original >...
Dave Plowman (News)
27
user's latest post:
Shielded coax cable - Page 6 -...
Published (2009-11-29 13:16:00)
In article <5dstJIJbURELFwh$@bancom.co.uk>, tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote: > Thats would -have- to be a Dynatron;!. > With some ropey Pye innards... But often a very much larger speaker, so not all bad. ;-) Didn't Pye make some pretty decent sets anyway? Or was that just in the B&W days? -- *A closed mouth gathers no feet. Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail,...
Graham.
20
user's latest post:
Shielded coax cable - Page 4 -...
Published (2009-11-28 23:08:00)
"tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message news:r+BZR3HspBELFwAS@bancom.co.uk... > In article <hep3to$f7s$1@aioe.org>, jamie powell <jamie_p84@excite.com> > scribeth thus >> >>"charles" <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:50c0df2980charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk.. ....
Brian Gaff
17
user's latest post:
BBC may shut some digital...
Published (2009-11-28 06:19:00)
Hmm, well, I know a heck of a lot of elderly folk sfor whom loss of bbc 7 would be a blow. They have no computer to use the on demand system, which is muted to replace it, and bought dab mainly for this service. It is now on Freeview of course, which has also helped get it accepted as a very nice trip down memory lane. I do not think most would get a computer simply to try to get shows, they want it served up as they do now. Now the bbc6 and...
Adrian C
17
user's latest post:
Media Streaming
Published (2009-11-28 09:42:00)
Endulini wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using a NAS for storing all my media files (photos, DVDs, music etc) > and was interested in the possibilty of using this drive to stream the info > around my house but all the systems I can find rely on a PC to at least > facilitate this. Are there any systems that would be able to read the NAS > directly without the need for the PC to be on? > Have a...
Paul D.Smith
15
user's latest post:
How to Stream TV
Published (2009-11-26 21:22:00)
....snip... > I think a laptop would be the best solution and then place it near the tv > and join them with an HDMI cable so I can watch the live footy from the pc > on the big screen. > Thanks for your help anyway. Don't get too excited. Internet pictures are not always that good and a fast moving sport like football puts the most strain on such feeds so on a big screen you may find it unwatchable. Paul DS.
Mike
14
user's latest post:
Bill's got a second job? -...
Published (2009-11-28 00:01:00)
On Nov 26, 8:33*pm, "David Perry" <d.perr...@aol.com> wrote: > "Adrian" <a...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message > > news:wpqdnbKg1YgbEJPWnZ2dnUVZ8i2dnZ2d@brightview.c om... > > >I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's > >biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill...
John Rumm
14
user's latest post:
Shielded coax cable - Page 6 -...
Published (2009-11-29 14:23:00)
charles wrote: > Surely a note through the letter box telling the tenant to retune to > clearer channels would be quite possible. It could even say which channels > are now in use. Obviously doing this as a retrofit will cause confusion, > but then new uhf relays were often built to improve reception but many > potential viewers never bothered to equip themselves for the new relay. Now this is an area where...
jamie powell Guest
12
user's latest post:
Best PVR for older/non-techie...
Published (2009-11-24 13:33:00)
"Mark Carver" <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:7mvvb3F3k7i9lU1@mid.individual.net... > jamie powell wrote: >> >> "Mark Carver" <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote in message >> news:7msk9aF3h7aepU1@mid.individual.net... >>> jamie powell wrote: >>> >>>...
 

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Started 3 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-27 12:22:00)  by Alan
In message <hen22b$tu8$1@aioe.org>, jamie powell <jamie_p84@excite.com> wrote >However, for future reference, is there a well-shielded / high-grade >type of UHF coax cable which doesn't unintentionally pick up off-air >signals in strong signal areas? > > <http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/articles/coax-cable -quality-hmdi-m.html> -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk...
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Started 2 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-28 12:02:00)  by Andy Burns
On 27/11/09 16:36, Ivan wrote: > Improved bitrates on remaining channels? Since they're trying to temporarily sell off the bandwidth freed up by removing the redbutton channels, they might have more of a taste for selling off bandwidth by then :-(
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Started 3 days ago (2009-11-28 09:24:00)  by Vortex5
"Endulini" <Endulini@Fruit.com> wrote in message news:KaSdncCBUewArI3WnZ2dnUVZ7vSdnZ2d@brightview. c om... > Hi All, > > I am using a NAS for storing all my media files (photos, DVDs, music etc) > and was interested in the possibilty of using this drive to stream the > info > around my house but all the systems I can find rely on a PC to at least > facilitate this. Are there any ...
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Started 4 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-27 03:28:00)  by jamie powell
"Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:wpqdnbKg1YgbEJPWnZ2dnUVZ8i2dnZ2d@brightview. c om... >I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's >biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, >could it possibly be?... Bill 'Pikey Gobshite' Wright captaining a cruise ship? He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with...
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Started 4 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-26 15:57:00)  by John Rumm
Bill wrote: > I just wondered what '64 bit' meant. This is what Wiki told me. It's Its a very general question, for which any comprehensive answer would be very broad. Rather like "What does 1600cc mean?" If you narrowed it down a bit to say "what is a 64 bit processor" then it gets easier to answer if you don't mind their being a list of caveats and exceptions to every statement! ...
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Started 3 days, 11 hours ago (2009-11-27 21:31:00)  by Brian Gaff
Would be nice to know exactly what the broadcasters did which was not catered for and resulted in the problems, as I'd have thought the spec fairly well known by the time these boxes were made. Brian -- Brian Gaff - briang1@blueyonder.co.uk Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "Chris Hogg"...
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Started 5 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-26 03:43:00)  by David
"Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message news:d4eqg55bjtnaqtdvsu1c4jb9l540rf2mgn@4ax.com.. . > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8378394.stm > -- Well I suppose the only important question, how do we get the code? Regards David
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Started 3 days, 2 hours ago (2009-11-28 06:59:00)  by nemo@address.invalid
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:36 +0000, Dr Zoidberg <AlexNOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: >I'm considering a Foxsat HDR , but have no dish. > >Can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost to get a dish with quad LNB >installed and cabled round the outside of a normal 3 bed semi to my lounge? > >I'm trying to decide if it's worth paying someone of buying a dish off >ebay and having a go ...
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-23 22:37:00)  by David
"Paul D.Smith" <paul_d_smith@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hedk6u$isu$1@news.eternal-september.org... > A little OT but... > > My wife is an American so we often listen to NPR from the states on a > Roberts Internet Radio. > > Now that my children have a Wii, we have a browser (i.e.the Wii web > browser) in the living room but it won't "play" internet radio stations. > Anyone ...
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Started 3 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-27 12:22:00)  by Alan
In message <hen22b$tu8$1@aioe.org>, jamie powell <jamie_p84@excite.com> wrote >However, for future reference, is there a well-shielded / high-grade >type of UHF coax cable which doesn't unintentionally pick up off-air >signals in strong signal areas? > > <http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/articles/coax-cable -quality-hmdi-m.html> -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk...
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Started 4 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-26 15:57:00)  by John Rumm
Bill wrote: > I just wondered what '64 bit' meant. This is what Wiki told me. It's Its a very general question, for which any comprehensive answer would be very broad. Rather like "What does 1600cc mean?" If you narrowed it down a bit to say "what is a 64 bit processor" then it gets easier to answer if you don't mind their being a list of caveats and exceptions to every statement! ...
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Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-19 13:29:00)  by Dave Plowman (News)
In article <he21md$6dc$1@aioe.org>, jamie powell <jamie_p84@excite.com> wrote: > I'm hunting for a PVR suitable for older people (many of them aged 80+), > who'll find timed-recording onto VHS difficult after switchover is > completed here. > As the unlucky owner of a Sagem 160GB PVR, which is probably the worst > product I've ever owned and definitely not fit-for-purpose, my > ...
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Started 5 days, 4 hours ago (2009-11-26 04:51:00)  by Paul D.Smith
"David" <david.park@tesco.net> wrote in message news:hejila$nif$1@news.albasani.net... > Wii and i-player for example along with other platforms it is being added > to. What about ITV, Ch4 and Five programmers will the Wii/i-player etc. > handle these? > I do hope it not a case of being incompatible. > Regards > David I believe all the channels have their own "iPlayer-like" ...
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Started 4 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-27 03:28:00)  by jamie powell
"Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:wpqdnbKg1YgbEJPWnZ2dnUVZ8i2dnZ2d@brightview. c om... >I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's >biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, >could it possibly be?... Bill 'Pikey Gobshite' Wright captaining a cruise ship? He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with...
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-22 10:56:00)  by Paul Heslop
Roger wrote: > > Well, the sound quality on XFACTOR is still to the same very poor standard. > The canned laughter and screaming at a higher level than presenter and > judge's voices is really poor. Thank God my TV has a volume limiter. The > only problem is that nearly all the audio is set at the same output level > and compression is being used - so it sounds a total mess. > All they ...
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Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-22 00:19:00)  by Scott
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:51:43 -0800 (PST), Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >Nobody has achromatic lenses in their eyes, i.e. red and blue need >different focus settings. The eyes of those under 40 adjust >automatically to suit the prevailing conditions, but pensioners like >me have lost the power of accommodation, and need different glasses >for different distances. > >I found the ...
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Started 5 days ago (2009-11-26 08:31:00)  by Mike Henry
In <7n5dumF3jr6poU1@mid.individual.net>, Adrian C <email@here.invalid> wrote: >TiVo is coming back to the UK. > > http://tivo.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=419 Yes, excellent news! >(Why... oh Why... Virgin.... :-(....) Better a Virgin media TiVo than no TiVo at all. It's been a long 7 years :-)
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-24 04:11:00)  by Dave Plowman (News) Guest
In article <31303030373730364B0BCFAF36@plugzetnet.co.uk>, Johnny B Good <jcs.computersbutt@plugzetnet.co.uk> wrote: > The only failure (of significance) I've seen in ITV's enterpise, is the > failure to go completely bankrupt. IMHO, without exception, the only > good commercial TV Station is a _dead_ commercial TV Station. Be interesting to know how you come to this conclusion? You've ...
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