The stupid questions are really easy, which is to be expected, but................. The answer is always A. After reading out the competition and rules, the presenter always says 'And good luck'. When Loose Women won an award at the recent Television Awards, where were they in the list of nominees? Yep you guessed it - A. Someone in ITV is having a laugh at the bill-payer's expense.

http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=3669 -- Adrian

From a mail allegedly received from ITV plc, quoted at http://www.ukfree.TV/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051651 QUOTE Occasionally, all digital broadcasters experience slight degradation of vision especially during "fast action" events which put specific pressure on the compression systems in use.

Do many (or any) modern LCD TVs come with external speaker sockets that can drive a speaker (or speakers) directly (i.e. with no amp)? My wife's very elderly aunt no longer has analogue and can't cope with a separate freeview box but doesn't want a new telly as "I can't hear those new flat TVs". She has got a working freeview box but she just can't cope with a TV *and* a separate box. She's...

My Mrs has had all sorts of problems with Philips bits falling apart, mainly irons and hairdryers. I can't seem to persuade her that the tellys are probably made in a different part of China/Vietnam/Moldova from the irons and they probably undergo a tighter QC regime. I personally think Philps TVs look ok and they score well in reviews (usually). Being a tad more general, what are the group's...

My farther inlaw has this Digital Terrestrial Receiver which he has had for some time, but not used it because he cannot find the channels he wants. ( He is 85 years old ) He has asked me to have a look at it. To that end I have got it at my house. I've installed it on my TV and done a scan for the channels. Results.

Does it mean by the clock ie ordered 3pm on Monday despatched by 3pm on Tuesday or the working day ie 3 x 8 hours.

I have finally got round to setting up a Myth installation, but I am having trouble identifying a suitable DBV-T (or DVB-S, as I would happily swap to a dish) card. I have a Dell Optiplex 745, so card size won't be an issue, and having looked at the list of supported cards on the LinuxTV site I thought I would have no problems. But so far, every card I have investigated is either not digital, not...

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:39:33 +0000 (UTC), (Brian Mc) wrote: Roderick Stewart wrote: : Indeed. Not only do you have to pay for the service, and watch adverts, but : also pay someone else for a licence...

Ofcom has today revoked the Public Teletext Licence with immediate effect. * Teletext Limited announced in July 2009 that it intended to cease the Public Teletext Service, and on the 16 December 2009 it ceased to supply the national, international and regional news which are the public service obligations of its licence.* This is a serious breach of the licence conditions. Teletext Limited was...

I've been working on one of four blocks of flats that face each other across a green. The van and the activity have been highly visible, and of course it's been like poking a hornets' nest with a ****ty stick. Net curtains have twitched, and the complaints have started to arrive at the housing office. The housing manager emailed me thus: 'Have you been drumming up business on there?' He knows...

Various recent posts have referred to new unencrypted HDTV channels available from Astra 1 at 19.2E. In particular Das Erste HD, ZDF HD and arte HD have been mentioned. I have a Humax Foxsat-HDR (working in non-freesat mode) with a dish pointing at Astra 1. A FTA channel scan produces hundreds of channels, including Einsfestival HD, but no sign of any other HD channels! HD pictures from...

We got DAB service for the first time in November. The BBC Mux only. Which is great as I can now get R5L! Woo. And may I also say, Hoo. Is there any way I can find out what, if any, date is planned for any other muxes to start broadcasting?

http://www.buckbyaerials.co.uk/rogue9.htm Bill

Has anyone tried this device? It claims to play virtually all photo and video formats direct from a usb memory stick. There is a newer version called HD media player live appears to support streaming via a home network. I quite fancy one if it avoids spending hours converting media files and burning them to DVD to be able to watch them on TV. It does not require an 'HD ready' TV as it...

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/L693MKY/New%20EBU%20test%20card/?action=view&current=Bentestcard.jpg Bill

You and Yours, about ten minutes from the end. Bill

Can anyone out there recommend an aerial engineer who can put right a crap installation on a 3-story terraced house in N19? Anywhere within 10 miles or so would be ok. Please reply to laurie.whelanATblueyonder.co.uk. Thanks

Beware. New Amstrad Sky HD box ( I don't know about others yet) only has one scart socket. No problem, you might think if you use HDMI but as Sky are withdrawing the Sky+ box and supplying HD boxes instead, you might have connection problems with other equipment especially if TV only has one scart socket. You can't now connect a DVD player through the Sky box and use the audio out sockets to...

What's the best box for HD pictures via satellite please?