All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ray: Because nobody has ever said that before....
It's free to view - happy now?
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Anthony : it's interesting to hear that, and I hope the tuners are introduced as soon as possible. The fact is that the bulk of Tv's sold are now 4K, which are at least equipped with T2 tuners. And even DUB is going to be around for a while.
However, unless you have Sky Q or Virgin, you are going g to be using the net for 4K viewing. But there are limits to this. The other weekend, while at work, there was an attempt to stream the football, to show customers what 4k was like compared with HD. And Iplayer stuttered, to the point we gave up - there were simply too many people trying to use the service at the same time.
And that's the problem with people who blather on about everyone watching on the net. It's ok if you want to catchup in a movie. But watching something live that everyone else wants to watch, and bandwidth becomes a real issue. So Freeview isn't over yet!
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John Martin: The reason you dont get manufacturers pushing smart TVs is that they all are. Remember the point where US TV programmes stopped announcing 'in color'? Same thing - what was the point?
4K will be the default for a fair while - the market for sets is ahead of content, as ever, and until T2 comes in fully, there wouldnt be the capacity for more than one channel anyway. After that, who knows?
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John Atherton: Since your slightly closer to Waltham than I am, and my signal is fine, I would follow Mikes advice above - check connections, etc. but since your on a communial aerial, ask around - if other people are having the same problem as you, then its the aerial system, and someone will have to get a professional out to look at it.
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MikeP: and you have to think about bandwidth. Just the other week, while working one evening, we tried to get one of the display TVs at work to stream one of the world cup matches in 4K via Iplayer. And it stuttered so much we gave up. The reason wasnt the TV or even the broadband/wifi within the building, but simply the number of people who were trying to do the same thing around the country.
There was no problem in watching it on HD via Freeview...
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MikeP: Agreed - watching a live match or rolling news on catchup is largely pointless. One problem is that many people in the media tend to have enough income and live urbanly to allow them to stream X, Y and Z.
But most people do a mixture of watching live, playing back recordings, watching discs, or streaming.
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Simon Rudbach: Start with the common factor - where the aerial feeds meet. Is there a fault? Since its happening on both, that would seem likely. You can check signal stregnth, but it sounds like both are pretty low. If you can get to the aerial, or booster, etc - have a look at it and check its power supply, connections, etc. If the mast is on the roof, you might have to call out a professional.
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Actually, smart TVs do have a sort of AI in many cases - the LG OLEDS for this year are advertised as such, although this is is to anticipate what sort of programme you will like, etc.
As for what the government does or does not want you to watch, judging by what people still mange to watch via the net, arguably government isnt all that effective in that area. Having said that, OFCOM does stop some of the worst news programming out there, so we do have some portection.
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Elaine: If everything else has been checked, then interference is the most likely problem. Note the times the problems arise - and then think what could be operating at that time - a thermostat timer, etc.
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Monday 11 June 2018 5:44PM
Mr Paul Fearn : You live where you live, and the BBC does it's best to get you a full range of its services. But that's life. OK, don't get Freesat, but there won't be any more transmitters in your area, so Freesat is the best alternative. Its your choice.