Last night the BBC TV news had an item about the cuts in the education budget. The story was that the government had decided to cut millions of pounds from the last government's proposed education budget, but no mention was made of the fiscal reasons was given, so it sounded as if they'd done it for their own reasons. This item was illustrated by a series of shots showing abandoned school...

I wonder why there aren't any after market 3D TV converters. Surly any 1080P TV could display in HD 2 images sequentially and a transmitter like the Sony one would work. with any TV. It could be added to the HDMI line in and possibly need a knob on it to adjust the sync when first installed. Seems the day of the gadget is dead. Gary

I've just had an email from Ross technical support concerning timer recordings on the Ross HD Satellite Receiver (B&Q/Homebase). Although marketed as an HD box with "live" recording through the USB, the receiver has 8 timers and limited PVR functionality. Ross now confirm that the timers use low-level systems which remain active when the box is in standby. However, the calendar is a high-level...

Have just completed a Survey from Freesat one of the questions was about connecting to the Internet and using the catch ups. I was not aware this could be done with existing equipment, anyone doing this with older HD Freesat Panasonic TV sets, I thought Panasonic had failed to provide a modification update for these features. Can I tell if my TV has got the feature and I have not realised,...

I just got in, put the telly on to see what's happening about the Mr Moat story. Obviously I turned to the BBC as a good British citizen. What I saw whas a recorded programme about parliament. Put Sky on, live coverage, people on the ground, instant updates. I'm so sad. Bill

Having turned out not to have been affected by the end of InView EPG service - my FVRT90 promptly died. When I went to use it the power LED came on and then it froze, so I unplugged it for 30 seconds and plugged it back in, whereupon the 7 segment display run through the Klingon alphabet and then went blank. Hopefully it only needs a PSU recap or dry joints sorting out - otherwise I'll...

Is it possible to install a dish at the back of south facing house? My mate wants to install a freesat system but his wife point-blank refuses to have a dish at the front. It's a standard semi with a pitched roof. Bob

This afternoon at 1.15pm I rushed to my shed and got a piece of board 38" x 26" and hung it on the front of the TV............then painted it and watched it dry. The new Silverstone circuit.............bbbbooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggg.

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Neighbours Humax pvr 9200T freezes the television program picture about two seconds just after the downloader program has done its job. It does exactly the same thing everytime. We have tried swithching off the power and disconnecting all the lead connections for minutes and we are no better off. I suspect it not do the recent software update that was sent out very recently. We will do this...

In the recent debates about the 9200 software problems, there was some comment about how long a company is required (or should be required) to provide support for a product. Some people argued that the 9200 is so old we should be grateful for the most recent fix, as most other companies wouldn't have bothered. Well, Humax seem to be making a rod for their own backs as they are STILL selling...

For the last few months I've been under some kind of illusion that I have quite happily been able to receive the BBC iplayer on my Bush Freesat receiver, however today when I pressed the the red button a message informs me that, 'BBC iplayer is coming to Freesat HD - 7001'.. On selecting the aforementioned page, I'm greeted with, 'The service is currently in testing and is available on...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10535663.stm Woopeee! Pity lots of people bought TV's before that then, probably expecting them to work for a good few years. -- Tony

It may be just my degenerating grey cells but ISTR that earlier in the year if you missed the practice sessions, qualifying and race you could watch them on iPlayer soon afterwards. I spent some time waiting for the European Grand Prix to appear, and looking tonight I can't get anything but a tiny overview of practice 1 and 2 of the British GP. Have the BBC changed the way iPlayer is...

Recently I replaced the distribution amplifier in our apartment with a TVlink-enabled one. It all worked fine, except in the kitchen, where the response from the Sky remote was very intermittent and unusable, even though received picture was fine. The kitchen is the shortest cable run from our amplifier, and double-checking connections in an effort to make it work proved unsuccessful. Anyway,...

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Can anyone recommend a Freeview STB? Needs 1 scart output with RGB and if possible Y/C option. No need for modulator but uhf loop though to pass sky on E21 to tv. No need for hd or recording. No Philips though as I've had 3 x DTR320/05 die in 30 months, real poor kit. Don't think I'll ever buy anything Philips ever again.

Despite the fact that the government doesn't think we can get Freeview in Felixstowe I intent to upgrade my aerial to Group E, if possible. http://www.aerialsandtv.com/onlineaerials.html#XB16E is a Group E for marginal signal areas (which this is). All well and good, but perhaps a tad expensive? Is there a cheaper Band E with similar performance on the market?

At some point I hope to be testing a PVR with a rebuilt power board, however the only TV at the workshop is a Casio pocket TV (no scart connector - obviously). Will a typical VCR present a UHF signal out from scart in??? Thanks.

I'm trying to record ITV4 (TdF Highlights) Last year I'd click the timer menu on my Ferguson STB, which would talk magically to my VCR via Ext2 Scart and lo! grainy recordings would appear. This year I have a new shiny TV with built in DTV tuner. And more connections than you can shake a stick at, including 2 x Scart. I've tried Scart in either of the two of the TV into one of the two on