All posts by Howie "B"
Below are all of Howie "B"'s postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Thanks Brian. Without any intervention at this end, Challenge went back to ch46, ch4 was blank for a while but Channel 4 has gone back where it belongs and 800 is empty again.
It was nice to see Roy Walker again after all these years. Who knows what'll pop up next on ch4 - Ted Rogers's dusty bin, or heaven forfend, Bruce Forsyth's Beat the Clock (bit before your time that one!).
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Thanks Colin in P Risboro. Also own Sony Bravia Tv so expecting fireworks on 28th when some of the other MUXes go on full power. Maplins are bound to have a big run on those variable attenuators they advertise!
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My Sony bravia quietly retuned itself this morning - quite how or why I don't know but all is well touch wood, including the four HD channels 50,51,52,54. Was Freeview HD worth waiting for? Definitely! Couple of minor quibbles. No red button on 50 or 51 - is that a fault? No local optouts on 50, just a caption card. Also ch1 showed BBC London not South Today. Switching problem?
Howie B at OX9 3JE; freeview always trouble free even in ondigital era. Goodbye analogue, you did us pround - I saw the first clour tx's from Winter Hill way back in 69. We've come a long way since then.
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Thanks for clarifying what's on channels 50,51 etc locally, Brian. I guess if I want to see the lovely Gerry Peers (BBC Oxford) and Jo Kent, Lexi and Reham (South Today) I'll have to settle for seeing them in SD at 576i only.
Freeview HD is so amazing I'm reluctant to switch over. I hope everyone is happy with the new power levels in these parts. It's been a long wait for many of you. Howie "B"
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There's supposed to be a big reshuffle of channel numbers on freeview on 19 Sept. Will this mean a manual retune or will kit like Humax Fox T2 and Sony KDL40EX603 just quietly get on and sort it all by themselves?
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Wednesday 25 May 2011 7:25PM
Hmmm interesting. Went to watch Ch4 news just now on freeview from Oxford but got Roy Walker's Catchphrase instead. Challenge Tv has migrated from ch 46 to 4 and Channel 4 seems to have dropped down to ch800. To use Mr Walker's old catchphrase: "It's good but it's not right"!