I realise there is also a group uk.tech.tv.video.pvr. but this one has more traffic. For Christmas we got one of those Technosonic PVR 101s that Aldi were selling; last week we set it up. It's a quantum leap for us: marvellous facilities ... if only they all worked. We have had a digital receiver for several years (we had ITV-Digital and

It that a new Freeview channel at 57 or a Tits-Up channel ?

Playing around with a NON- Sky digital satellite reeiver into my w/s TV. The FTA stations doing w/s switch my TV to w/s and are ok. This covers BBC, Sky News, and European broadcasters on Astra 1 and 2 and Hotbirds. BUT not ITV. ITV switches the TV to w/s but pictures are squeezed at the left and this leaves a very broad band on the right hand side. Will ITV be aware of this and will they...

Is there a ng for plasma and/or LCD TV's? Or a forum? googled but first few pages just bring up the inevitable pricerunner/kelkoo crap. -- There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Anybody like to offer some opinions on the best 37" LCD TV's? My own searches would suggest that the Sharp LC-37GD7E and JVC LT-37DSC lead the pack. Thoughts?

Hi, future father in law is getting a Goodmans 26" for his bedroom - he wants it wall mounted but the non-vesa brackets I have seen are either just too short or really big and expensive. Anyone got some links on decent priced mounts , looking at the box (in the shop) the mounts appear about ~ 15" *6" Tia

A significant proportion of the cost of a TV must be in shipping it half way around the world. If you think how many CRT versus LCD TVs will fit into a packing crate / container then I would suggest that LCD is bound to win in a very short time and as new production plants get going I believe the CRT will quickly become a curiosity. Remember the Smash Mashed Potato Aliens? - "Ha Ha Ha! So...

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"Andy Social" wrote in message ... Had a freeview box for last 6 months. The other day after a rescan I found I've lost a few channels - C5, ABC, QVC, BidTV and all radio stations except the BBC ones. Although I have managed to gain Setanta Sports?! We have a loft aerial and although we dont get all channels,...

Hi, I got a HUMAX PVR 8000T (40Gb model) in the sales the other day. I like it. But I have a few questions regarding its behaviour: 1. The "7 day" EPG worked well for the first week or so, but now shows blanks for all but the BBC channels. How and when does this EPG update - do I need to leave the box on overnight on a certain channel or

"Andy Social" wrote in message ... Had a freeview box for last 6 months. The other day after a rescan I found I've lost a few channels - C5, ABC, QVC, BidTV and all radio stations except the BBC ones. Although I have managed to gain Setanta Sports?! I would advise you to be very careful when you do a rescan, only...

As there is some co-ax between the aerial and the Masthead Amp, I am interested to know what the general advice is. It would be easier for me if I could have my masthead amp in the loft rather than outside requiring me to go up a ladder. Can I break into the co-ax approx 6 feet from the aerial without ill effects? -- --

This article relates/refers to UK TV broadcasting. Does anyone know where I can find out more information about Terrestrial-TV for the UK? I hear rumours that 'they' are going to cut-off Terrestrial-TV broadcasting and that means everyone can only watch TV through Digital-TV (FreeView), Cable or Sky. When exactly is this cut-off date for Terrestrial-TV? I really don't watch TV much, I just use...

Andy Social wrote: Had a freeview box for last 6 months. The other day after a rescan I found I've lost a few channels - C5, ABC, QVC, BidTV and all radio stations except the BBC ones. Although I have managed to gain Setanta Sports?! We have a loft aerial and although we dont get all channels, not had any problems apart from bad weather. The signal originates from Sutton ...

Apart from build quality are there any noticable picture quality differences between your average £30 box and a £60 one? Lordy

My TV has an integrated DVB tuner, does anyone know if it may be possible to use this to display just the un-encrypted channels from an NTL digital cable feed (without doing it via the STB)? Also, does anyone know if it is possible to get NTL to supply a suitable Common interface module that might mean I don't have to use a STB at all, couldn't see any such options on their sales blurb. Paul

Hopefully not as daft a question as it sounds. I plan to purchase a dig box to recieve certain channels (e.g ITV4) but I know someone livin locally to me who has experienced difficulty in recieving suc channels but recieves others OK. Is this a common problem and is ther a marked intolerance to signal streingth. Also would a bog standar Argos type signal booster help -- Tony Mason

first try a re-scan in the morning. If it don't work try again at a different time. If it's still no good, upgrade as John Porcella suggests. -- John the West Ham fan "Andy Social" wrote in message ... Had a freeview box for last 6 months.

Has anyone seen this? I've got a Pioneer DBR-TF100 freeview box, and it's working fine, except that it seems to throw up interference onto channel 63 (which is BBC2 on the analogue antenna). If I turn off the Freeview box, then BBC2 picture is fine again. The Freeview box is broadcasting it's UHF signal somehere down near the 30s or 40s, so it can't be signal interference due to this. I could...

"Andy Social" wrote in message ... Had a freeview box for last 6 months. The other day after a rescan I found I've lost a few channels - C5, ABC, QVC, BidTV and all radio stations except the BBC ones. Although I have managed to gain Setanta Sports?! We have a loft aerial and although we dont get all channels,...