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Re: BBC iPlayer to launch on Freesat

matthew.lar...@gmail.com (larkim) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:31:54 UT

Ditto. The spec for Freesat HD (including recorders, STBs and
integrated TVs) required an ethernet port, so my TV has one on the
back (Panasonic Freesat TV) which will be required for the iPlayer/
Freesat service.
Matt

Re: Constant retune messages since Granada DSO phase 1

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:17:18 UT

Yes, I do get annoyed with the blanket term retune these days, when often
what they really mean is reallocate. IE the tuning is the same, but the
channels on the signals move about.
Brian

Re: Constant retune messages since Granada DSO phase 1

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:42 UT

Maybe its getting confused when the channels come on which are limited
times, rather than obeying the standards.
Brian

Poor audio on BBC HD for Strictly Come Dancing

scwat...@blueyonder.co.uk (Steve Watson G8ZMG) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:12:28 UT

Anybody noticed poor audio on Saturday's SCD from Balckpool on the BBC HD
channel? It seemed very compressed and the background sounds squeezed out
the main commentary and music at times. The audio was fine on SD.

Re: Freesat in a flat

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:12:20 UT

Yeah funny they won't say that, as its almost like Hoover is to vacuum
cleaners now. Interestingly, some of these queries in flats may well be due
to the fact that some installations seem to have had labels attached to the
wall plate with the Sky logo on them.
I suspect this may well have made the installation a little cheaper for the

Re: BBC HD discussed on Points of View today

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:06:19 UT

A degree in muddled studies more like it...
Brian

Re: BBC HD discussed on Points of View today

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:04:04 UT

They would never promote any engineer to channel management, it would be
far too inconvenient.
Brian

Re: Winter Hill power

jus...@home.com (Number33) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:02:22 UT

On 6 Nov., 12:57, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
BBC-A (PSB-1) is 64-QAM at 100kW now, while
ITV/C4 is 64-QAM 10kW at 10kW until Dec. 2.
Lars :)
So from Dec 2 onwards I may be able to get ITV pictures on the indoor aerial
then?

Re: BBC HD discussed on Points of View today

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:02:02 UT

PS, why was I reminded of 1960s Blue Peter when I listened to it? Here is
one I prepared earlier.
Its almost as bad as that Gadget show where they showed you a hd tv telling
you to look at how good it was.. over standard res freeview.
Brian

Re: BBC HD discussed on Points of View today

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:31 UT

No it won't affect picture quality cos those very clever experts will have
improved the technology so much that we wont even have to bother to transmit
anything at all!
Brian

Re: BBC HD discussed on Points of View today

bria...@blueyonder.co.uk (Brian Gaff) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:34 UT

Dumbing down will always result in misleading information.
Brian

USB port on DVD players

tappyla...@nufc.com (Tappy Lappy) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 08:39:23 UT

Is it normal for the usb connection on bluray/dvd players to be unable to
play video/movies, or is this connection for other purposes only?
I would like watch recorded material using this utility, but the player I
have says that this is not possible. Are there any players out there that
meet my rquirements?

Re: Constant retune messages since Granada DSO phase 1

r...@escapetime.removethisbit.myzen.co.uk (Roderick Stewart) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:42 UT

Same here with a different Panasonic recorder. Maybe it's a Panasonic
thing. I haven't yet decided whether the best way to keep it happy is to
say yes or no to the re-scan, as a few days after the first DSO event it
lost all its digital channels (and my programmed recording list!) for no
apparent reason. I think I had mostly been accepting the scan for

Re: Winter Hill BBC2 analogue QRT schedule.

mark.car...@invalid.invalid (Mark Carver) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 08:36:34 UT

Dunno, not seen for myself any PSB 1 pictures for real yet.
Remember there's 6 Mb/s more pay load on PSB 1 than on Mux 1 owing to the use
of 64QAM, so I'd imagine the net result is they look no worse (or better) than
Mux 1.

Re: Freesat in a flat

mark.car...@invalid.invalid (Mark Carver) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 08:29:05 UT

Arguably not ITV HD, you have to add it manually AIUI, and therefore it can't
be recorded because it's not on the Sky EPG.