All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ian: ' I think there just a status symbol, they do look pretty cool though.' - And your hooked...!
Seriously, I think you've a good point - they do look cool, which was what someone earlier mentioned, the need for something new and exciting. To be honest, having had to look at them tonight at work (a somewhat quiet evening...and some of my fellow partner were looking away from the the Italy v Costa Rica game in pain), the curve isn't huge, but they are interesting, and the few customers that were in said so.
I know what you mean about fitting one into the lounge, since I know that when my 21in CRT goes, its going to be a max of 42in, and they are not making curved ones in that size anyway, at least not at present. If you think about being three times the size of the screen away from it, thats more comfortable, and I'm sure the TV's you looked at in Curry's were 55-65in screens, so yes, they would look far too large and probably a little busy.
As for viewing angles, whatever works is my motto, and I certainly hope that the CRT lasts a little longer, since there are childrens shoes to buy!
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michael : Stavinsky was once regarded as very dangerous, so perhaps tuning to listen to it on a blind curve is dicing with death...
Interesting project to take a LW radio and feed it into a FM via 3.5mm jack...Let us know how it goes, if only to see how it works.
Honestly, I enjoy driving without any other noise at all, but since I have two children, silence is rare and to be enjoyed.
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Michael: TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Al: Any HD channel on Freesat will look better than standard, and as others have pointed out, all you need is an HDMI lead. In the case of the Humax Freesat boxes, the cable even comes in the box. The HDR 1000S is the standard, and is £209, but if you can, go for the 1TB HDR 1010S (the white one). A larger hard-drive and wifi built in. Both have Freetime, so once its linked to the net, you'll get all of the main four channels on-demand services. I know Brianists speaks very highly of his Humax.
As far as digital optical is concerned, although people do put the optical from their Sky or other box to the surround sound system, best practice is to take the audio from the TV's optical output, and put it through the sound system. It should work the other way, but there is less chance of mismatches and since everything goes through the TV, that applies to whatever else you connected to the TV, such as XBox, etc.
Have a check in your TV's and sound systems manual. If they are both capable of 3D, they will have something called ARC. Use a 3D HDMI, and you wont need the optical at all, and a better quality sound.
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Allan Whiteley: A postcode would be helpful, but check that the aerial connection is working properly
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Douglas Fraser: Smart tv's generally have Iplayer and C5 (Sony and Lg), and all four channels and their sub channels are available on Samsung and This years Panasonics. Obviously blu ray players will do the same thing, and you'll get even more stuff via Apple TV, Chromecast, etc.
However, not everything is avaible to be streamed, and even if it is, not always for too long.
It's much easier for you to have an aerial or dish (an aerial might be useable in your roof), which all tv's are equipped with, and use the turners provided. Also remember that since you'll have a TV, your going to have to pay for a licence anyway (and the loophole of not paying a licence fee if you just stream is something the BBC is going to kill off).
If you describe your situation and location (postcode), it might be possible for people to advise on how best to install an aerial, etc. buying a smart tv is an excellent idea (all four big brands are pretty much all smart anyway), but relying on just watching via fibre gives you less flexibility, less choice and is reliant on a consistently fast broadband connection.
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Lorraine Copley:
OK - I see what you want to do - use the DVD R120 to record the feed from the Grundig sat. box. Frankly, others on this site are more expert than I am at this, but here goes:
I assume that the sat box is connected via scart to the Samsung TV (which has just the one scart). What you want is to take the signal from the sat. box and feed it into the recorder, to be able to record the match. The recorders manual should be able to tell you how to do that, probably by connecting the line out from the sat. box to the scart connection on the back of the recorder, and telling the recorder thats the source you want to record from.
Thats not the difficult bit. The problem you have is that you've got a TV with only one scart, and of course you need one or both these boxes to feed into that TV. The TV also has 4 HDMI's, and should have Component connections on the back (this webpage explains the difference : What is the difference between component av cable and composite av cable - Apple Store (UK) )
The problem I'm finding is that the recorder is about 9 years old, and was mostly sold in the US, but I did find the manual online : http://downloadcenter.sam….pdf
Ok - page 34 tells you how to record from external equipment, but since the recorder doesn't appear to use a scart at all, could you tell us what cable your using to connect it to the TV? My best guess, to make life easy, is to use one the Composite inputs (red/white/yellow) at the front, and connect that via an adapter to the scart from the Grundig. Your probably using something like that already, and selct that input (Line 2).
That should deal with the recording part. You could use the other composite out if you like, and use the same kind of adapter to connect to the TV's scart (and since your machine possibly has a scart, great), but a better picture would come from using the Component leads (and a red/white set for the audio) and plug them into the back of the TV. The manual has an explaination of the connections on pages 10-12.
Hopefully it should all then work...
If it doesn't, try to thing how the signal should flow. In the longer term, your TV has 4 HDMI's, and it would make sense to upgrade to HDMI's as soon as possible. The other possibility is to stream the game, since the TV is Smart!
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jb38: Great - I could only find what seems to be the US version, which of course has no scarts..
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UKFree.TV gets a mention...http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2014/06/24/fix-freeview-signal-youre-digital-tv-problems
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Friday 20 June 2014 1:18PM
Colin1951uk: Try your local Poundland. I got a 2m 'Belkin ProAV 1000' (!) for a pound. Scarts are really cheap because they are going out of fashion. As long as its decently shielded, it should be fine.
When we get a flat screen, it will want to use HDMI, which are less prone to this sort of thing. Its strange how its often the small things which cause the most hassle - glad you got it sorted.