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Hi all! I just tried to tune my PC in to C4 HD using WinTV 7 and a Hauppauge DVB-S2 card. Just got a black screen. Nothing else. I've tried BBC 1 HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD and NHK HD and they're just fine, both before and after doing a retune. Have they done something stupid, like going encrypted again?

A while back, there was a tale about the retirement of the microwave dishes on the BT tower in London due to the introduction of new technology (fibre optics?). As I understand it, there are a series of BT microwave towers around the country, at least, there is one in Heaton Park in Manchester. So what is to happen to these towers if the network is going to F/O? Thanks, David Paste.

We have two Humax PVRs and use the newer one most of the time as it can record two channels and has more disk space. However just occasionally we use the old one to record a third channel etc. Just recently (like yesterday) we tried this and it seemed a little confused about the channels when we turned it on so we did the obvious thing and told it to rescan. It dies at the second multiplex it...

While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection is that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I found the story most enjoyable. Alaric

I would like a way of stopping the stupid commentary that accompanies so many programmes and just tells me what I can perfectly well see on the TV. Often a female voice is used. Maybe they could broadcast a 2nd soundtrack without this commentary. -- Michael Chare

Hi, please can someone confirm an equivalent USB wi-fi dongle for a Panasonic DMP-BDT110, rather than the expensive own brand? TIA Vigman PS I see that there are no equivalents for the Sony Blu-rays 8(((

I need to add a length of coax to an existing feed. I have done this a few times before, but I just wondered... is there a 'best/preferred' way of connecting a pull-cord to the cable? Neil

After re-routing the cable from the dish last summer, drilling the frame and rewiring internally, my wife has decided she now wants to rearrange things.... So, does anyone know if there is a surface mount twin f socket box available? I need four but 2 twins would do fine then I can wire them in and she can play to her hearts content with the extensions...

Shows "No signal" in Wokingham area since 01:00 today. Panasonic DMR-XW350, dish not moved/obstructed. Any ideas?

How long will it be before the EU is renamed Greater Germany and the Euro the FourthReichMark? Bob Bailey Bristol 38 Broadfield Road Bristol BS4 2UQ

I have two 730KB .doc files which won't let me delete or move them because 'they are open in Word'. But I'm not running Word. Both claim to be read-only files (so can only be saved to a different file name). But in 'properties' they are not 'read-only', and making them so and then changing back doesn't help. Ideas anyone? Bill

How come it snowed on Christmas Day on Coronation street? Bill

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/DSC00549.JPG Bill

David wrote: "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... They probably need to shift Blue Ray as the next technical innovation will make them all pointless. BluRay not caught on yet with Joe Public, a lot of people do not want to pay more for a BluRay over normal DVD price.

Though it seems to do what it says on the tin. I do have some issues with it. Seems some channels, probably the had ones as it does not understand them, it remains silent with not even an invalid channel or press info. Occasionally, it will miss the info from a channel and say, no info, then if you press info a second time it will read it. Also just a little annoying and this is probably...

I visited the National Railway Museum the other day. The other visitors were mostly family groups and old age pensioners. However a third group was noticeably well-represented. These were groups of men who seemed to want to cling together. They were largely dishevelled, unshaven, spotty, and dressed the way people in the fifties used to dress their adult mentally-handicapped sons. They had...

I check public usage of the Terrestrial Calculator most nights, including choosing Find The Likeliest for any UK location given, to check the prediction is sensible. Tonight, for some unfortunate user in Spain, it wasn't: http://www.macfh.co.uk/PrivTest/BigginHill.png I've been aware for a month or so, ever since discovering in a similar way that the SRTM tiles for The Shetlands gave out above...

After an evening (21/12/2011) with poor ITV and very dodgy BBC reception a check on the internet revealed no faults with Rowridge, although signal strength was down 50%. Another interesting item was that in March when the changeover occurs the strongest signal will need a vertical polarised aerial, it is horizontal now. Has this been the case with other areas?

Was in PCworld, Currys and Comet today not to buy a TV but did notice the abundance of 3D Smart TV sets at least the front 2 rows are marked 3D in big letters. 2D TV sets were pushed right to the back and were a mixture of Digital sets and Digital HD ones. So what is this Smart 3D for which you do not need special glasses? Regards David