All posts by Mike Davison
Below are all of Mike Davison's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Chris - I've just been looking at a PDF of the RDXV60KB and it seems to have the usual 'daisy-chain' setup of antenna in and out. If your Humax is like both of mine, it too will allow daisy chaining of your antenna wiring so that's not a problem. What is of course is getting the video and sound into your old analogue TV. How many SCARTS does it have? Sometimes they can daisy chain through devices. I don't do that myself but I think my Panasonic DVD/hard drive recorder can do that when in standby.
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I think we've all gone through the search for 'perfect' hi-fi and now TV but some have become realistic and accepted 'almost perfect'. Those that haven't remind me of a cartoon in 'Hi-Fi News' in the sixties where a sad bearded audiophile explains to his girlfriend that now he has oscilloscopes instead of loudpeakers he 'can see it's perfect'.
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Quad - a highly revered name in the search for 'Fi'. I suppose 'Hi-Fi' is like saying something is 'whiter than white'. It is a pity that Quad Electrostatic loudspeakers were so large. They were good but wasn't their bass response a little suspect?
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Briantist: I came across a formula for bass reflex cabs in the 1970's in a book probably by Briggs and made 2 somewhat large units using Super 8rsdd units which are still in use today. I could never afford B&W or Kef so DIY was the order of the day including an FM tuner and amplifier using designs from 'Wireless World'.
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@trevorjharris: As to which news service is more tabloid, Sky News wins handsdown.
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Ch.56 local TV test 1 and 2 ok in Wetherby as well. Signal level well down on main multiplexes but quality 100%.
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What's this 'Bonanzabonanza' thing that's turned up in place of the 'Comux TV Test' colour bars that was 792? Says 'Starting at 4pm'.
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Children's channel 'POP' now on 75 from the LLS mpx channel 56. Signal level has significantly dropped but quality remains at 100%.in Wetherby WY.
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Sunday 12 January 2014 3:29PM
Wetherby
I'm a firm believer in the licenced to own a TV structure supporting a service provider i.e. the BBC. I should like someone to update the following fact which was said to me in the days of one BBC-TV channel and one ITV channel in the early 60's. Direct cost of all BBC services £4 licence, indirect cost of ITV through costs of advertising being passed through higher prices £6. Surely the plethora of 'special deals' that people claim to get from Sky which starts from a very high level shows the weakness of a service not a success and you pay for the privelege of watching adverts as well. How stupid is that?