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Watching British TV abroad by
Norman Wells[_6_]
On past holidays in Spain I've taken a tablet computer and have been
able to watch the good old Beeb on Filmon.tv. Now though it seems
they've gone over to a subscription only model, which is over the top
expensive for just a short break.
I was wondering if anyone here had any experience of Mobdro or knows of
any other alternative to get what I want which is mainly on BBC1? I
don't really...
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OT the telephone network by
Bill Wright[_3_]
Does anyone know where I can find a map showing where all the phone
lines go; the routes from the exchanges to the premises and/or the
streetboxes?
Is there a UK newsgroup that discusses such things?
Bill
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Those bbc audio streams again by
Brian Gaff
Seem to be flaky this last few days, taking ages to start andhaving drop
outs for ever or just seconds. As I've said before their tv streams do not
suffer and nor do other broadcasters audio streams even on ann Amazon Echo
with limited cache.
Of course they deny there is a problem, but its very odd that a friend on
bt and I on Virgin both see this from time to time as if there was some kind...
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Antiference six element FM aerial free by
Bill Wright[_3_]
Antiference six element FM aerial. It was on my roof for a few years but
now I've taken it down. Condition is perfect. Anyone got a use for it?
Buyer collects. It comes into two halves easily for transport.
Bill
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Inter channel levels by
Brian Gaff
I do wish some organisation would come in and enforce some kind of standard
on levels of the sound on freeview channels. I know this has come up
beforebut they reall are all over the place and its not just compression
differences as you can often hear limiting on some of the conten of the
quietest channels. And as for the radio its always louder and some are very
very loud. If levels and...
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Muffled microphone syndrome. by
Brian Gaff
Is it me or do the BBC seem to have somebody putting lapel mikes on people
in such a way that they all sound like they are muffled? I'm assuming its
that type of mike as studio stuff sounds good still. Its obvious sometimes
as you can often hear rustling from clothing. Weather presenters seem to be
particularly affected recently. ITV seem not to have this problem. Maybe
they have bought some...
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Digital Lemon clock by
Brian Gaff
Many many years ago there used to be a catalogue company, whatever happened
to that concept? Anyway, one of the devices they sold was tthe lcd lemon
clock. It was basically a small lced clock with two prongs on it that you
put into a lemon and the clock ran.
Very silly idea. I'm not totally sure what made me remember this today.
must be my age or something.
Brian
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Singapore F1 1st Practice - strange problem with recording by
David[_14_]
I record the F1 GP on two boxes, the Virgin Tivo and the FreeSat Humax.
In both cases FP1 stopped about 2 minutes in.
On the Tivo it looked as though there should be about 1 hour 45 minutes
but it wouldn't skip past the first couple of minutes.
Has anyone else encountered this or am I the only one watching F1?
Oh, FP2 was recorded O.K.
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battery tools are crap by
Bill Wright[_3_]
It sounds so attractive! No power cord! Use it where there's no mains!
But battery tools are rubbish compared to 110V or mains ones. Now I
don't do site work any more I can buy mains powered tools, and what a
revelation they are!
Firstly there's the fact that a mains powered tool can cost less than a
replacement battery. For instance a battery for my reciprocating saw
would have been £120....
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Polaroid (ASDA) TVs by
AnthonyL
Anyone any experience of these Polaroid TVs?
50" Full HD Smart LED at £299.
The old 28" is just too small especially for sports. Not bothered
about internet connectivity as not fast enough broadband.
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Advice requested: TV signal strength meter by
Eddie King[_2_]
Hi all,
could you please recommend a "budget" priced and reasonably accurate TV
signal strenth meter for aligning aerials for terrestrial TV.
All comments gratefully received.
Many thanks
Eddie King
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10s delay on Gt. North Run by
[email protected]
Just curious why the Great North Run, BBC1 is not in real time at the moment. Delayed by 10s according to its digital clock at the starting point relative to my small collection of radio controlled clocks at home. I think this is a bit too much to be accounted for by digital coding delays etc.
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They are doing it again by
Brian Gaff
Does anyone else find this removal of words in various news items with just
silence a bit annoying. its like one of those quizzes where you have to
guess the missing word, in this case it was mostly **** and the f word I
imagine but really, what is the point?
There comes a time when a piece should be deemed simply unusable as the
meaning is completely lost. it seems quite common on early...
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What a tangled web we are weaving by
Yellow[_3_]
A Christian couple are reportedly threatening to sue a Church of England
primary school because it allowed a boy in their son's class to wear a
dress.
The family withdrew the six-year-old from the school and will now
educate him at home, alongside his eight-year-old brother, who was taken
out of school a year ago after a boy in his class also began to wear
dresses.
The boys' parents, Nigel...
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BT Call Protect by
Scott[_2_]
Much as I enjoy winding up nuisance callers, I am now considering
returning my phone service to BT so I can sign up for Call Protect.
Any comments please on how effective this is? I just want to use the
BT and personal blacklists (as I cannot block international calls and
I am reluctant to block withheld numbers). I am interested to know
how much the 'usual suspects' are successfully disrupted.
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Signing by
Andy Burns[_12_]
I'm aware that British and American sign languages are different, but in
some of the press conferences from Florida urging people to evacuate the
signing looks more like the All Blacks doing the Haka
Someone trying to out-do Nelson Mandela's fake interpreter?
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Which Smart Box to use with Dumb TV? by
Chris Holmes
Hi,
As nobody seems to have a definitive answer as to whether a BT Youview box will work in the absence of an aerial connection......
What smartening thingies could be plugged into HDMI on a Dumb TV to enable access to (via broadband);
BBC/ITV (either real time, or catch up)
Netflix
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Samsung TV's "bricked" by
MR
https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/24/samsung-firmware-bricking-uk-tvs/
Oh well, they'd make a good fire guard or art installation.
MR
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Use a BT Youview box without an aerial? by
Chris Holmes
Hi All,
My daughter is moving into social housing, and the flat has neither an aerial or satellite (it's the spell checker nearly put satanic) connection.
Does anyone know if it is possible to use a BT Youview box (on a non BT broadband connection). just for the catch up services without having an aerial connected?
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