Re: Freeview losing two BBC streams
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:29:51 -0700 (PDT)
On 21 Oct, 10:20, Dickie mint <richard_taylorspa...@trapyahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Brian Mc wrote:
> > Don't see this here - but it is being commented on a lot elsewhere!
>
> > The BBC are going to switch off two of the three streams it uses for "red
> > button" content from 27th October.
>
> > This will cause the ...
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Early Television - Could a well-known ?radio ham? have picked up television signals from America in 1930
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:18:42 +0100
I was catching up yesterday with the first couple of Radio 4 Making
History programmes of the new series which I had missed. This one might
interest some here
Early Television
Could a well-known ?radio ham? have picked up television signals from
America in 1930, more than three decades before the ...
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Re: DAB Drops Out Again
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:09:07 +0100 (BST)
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:59:38 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>> I'm wearing my thick consumer hat, so why should I check that I
can
>> plug a decent aerial into the thing? It should work out of the
box.
>
> As should a TV? Very few come with aerials.
True they don't come with aerials but they do come wi ...
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OT: Will need Scart Splitter I guess
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:33:19 +0100
Freeview scart output goes to Video Recorder. Then another scart from Video
Recorder to TV.
When I turn off the Video Recorder, which most often needs to be off, to
save power, the colours loose their brilliancy.
I guess I need a scart splitter. I was thinking about a Belcom one thinking
it will be quality ...
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Re: DAB Drops Out Again
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:41 +0100
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:43:22 +0100, "DAB sounds worse than FM"
<dab.is@fooked.com> wrote:
>
>Coincidentally, someone else accused me of not having much in the way
>of qualifications, so in order to shut them up I took a few pix of my
>3 degree certificates as well as the rather high exam results I got
>an ...
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C5 last Saturday (10 Oct) outage: arrogance/ignorance
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:56:17 +0100
Last Saturday, there was a definite problem with five on FreeView: the
picture had frozen (in a sort of sync-bar inspection position, i. e.
with a big cross on the screen), whereas the sound was continuing as
usual. I could switch to another channel, then back, and it was the
same.
Being away from home and ...
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Re: OT very but urgent!
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:42:26 +0000 (UTC)
In article <uYqdnTc0FetiOUrXnZ2dnUVZ8kednZ2d@pipex.net>,
"Bill Wright" <insertmybusinessname@f2s.com> writes:
>
> "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:SvKBm.57476$ly7.6269@newsfe14.ams2...
>> [added x-post to uk.tech.broadcast - thanks for the suggestion Bill]
>>
>> Andy Dee wro ...
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Re: OT very but urgent!
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:58:40 +0100
In message <uYqdnTc0FetiOUrXnZ2dnUVZ8kednZ2d@pipex.net>, Bill Wright
<insertmybusinessname@f2s.com> writes
>
>"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:SvKBm.57476$ly7.6269@newsfe14.ams2...
>> [added x-post to uk.tech.broadcast - thanks for the suggestion Bill]
>>
>> Andy Dee wrote:
>>> ...
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Re: OT very but urgent!
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:51:18 +0100
In article <xbadndvAbaxN5krXnZ2dnUVZ8iKdnZ2d@bt.com>,
Dave wrote:
> Vernon wrote:
>> For future reference, the first signs that you are being irradiated is
>> usually tingling in the ears, and as others have said if he was behind
>> the antennae he was probably safe, in front of them NOT. most are highly
> ...
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Re: OT very but urgent!
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:14:00 +0100
[added x-post to uk.tech.broadcast - thanks for the suggestion Bill]
Andy Dee wrote:
> Lobster wrote:
>> Sorry for the OT post but would really appreciate the advice,and I
>> know people here will have the answer...
>>
>> I've just received a text message from a friend who's working in the
>> Middle East to ...
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