All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Les Nicol: Re: jim mccormack's posting. Yes, I think you could well be correct regarding what was actually meant when taking the area involved into consideration, and as you say an appropriate post code being the key to this, the procedure for entering this being mentioned on page 26 / section 3 of the 7800's user manual.
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Mark Fletcher: Yes, thanks for that info, and with regards to your location I do realise that was an error, and possibly due to Dupree's p/code still being in the site settings box, as in the past I have been at a few locations myself by having accidentally done exactly the same thing.
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Dupree: Now I am aware of your location (thanks to Mark F) another thing to consider is that you are receiving an excessively high level of signal from Heathfield by being located at only 6 miles away from the transmitter, and when you say that your normal SD reception is OK what does it indicate strength / quality wise? as should it be on, or near, to maximum then this could be slightly too strong for HD reception, as an overly powerful signal will always affect HD before SD and which in many instances can appear as being reasonably OK.
Another aspect about being in this type of situation being, that the signal strength / quality indications seen (especially on HD) cannot be taken as accurate, as partial instability in the system results in false readings being given, these always usually being low.
Finally, although you haven't actually mentioned it as such but if you have any form of booster fitted then this must be by-passed, that said though what method is used to feed the signal to other parts of the house? as if its done via a powered booster / splitter then for a test by-pass this device by connecting the aerial directly onto the HD boxes feed, giving an update on results.
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martyh: LED illuminated LCD sets are getting to be the in thing as they allow the TV to be thinner compared to slightly older types fitted with cold cathode types, but as far as the actual picture is concerned there is virtually no noticeable difference, although I do have reservations about just how reliable LED types will be, as LED strips being used in important positions is tempting fate as its nearly always the case that one in the strip will go down.
I can forecast one thing though! being, that if you do take the plunge and purchase a new flat screen set that its almost guaranteed that you will be adjusting its picture settings every other day to try and make it appear like the CRT set, as everyone of a more critical nature I know does it, because as was mentioned in a previous reply CRT images have a lively presence attached to them that you just do not get from LCD sets irrespective of what type screen illumination method they use, otherwise though they do give very high quality images so long as they aren't priced in the lower end ranges, as pictures I have seen on some of these types can be quite appalling, and I will refrain from mentioning names.
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Chris James: I find what you have mentioned rather interesting insomuch that "if" your post code is truly representative of your locality then your aerial is a fraction under 40 degrees out for Sandy, as the predictor indicates Oxford @ 16 mls / 264 degrees and Sandy @ 33mls / 46 degrees from your location.
Of course should the post code be reasonably accurate then that's inclined to indicate that the satisfactory signal you are receiving is via a refection, and so long its of a stable nature all good and well.
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Chris James: Or of course looking at it from another angle, being that should the aerial now be correctly aligned for Sandy then it couldn't have previously been for Oxford or vice-versa, or that its simply the case that its a little out on both stations, as the 180 degree turn around would be error free by being directly visual.
Not that this really matters if the reception is satisfactory, as that's all that counts.
Should say though that Sandy's PSB muxes are indicated as only providing variable reception on that code, so keep this in mind should you experience any seasonal induced problems.
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martyh: On the angle of energy efficiency, between LED and cold cathode illumination, there is very little in it unless a person is seeking to splits hairs, as you can have two LED illumination LCD type flat screen TV's of the same screen size and both will consume different levels of power, let alone any difference between LED and CC.
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Luke: No! as Sky permanently retains access to the recording side of Sky+ boxes and will only allow its use if a subscription is paid, of I believe £10.50 per month.
By the way the box doesn't require a card to view normal channels, although the regional news will default to London without the card if the box has been unpowered.
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samboholt: I cant quite understand the point of your question, insomuch that your Humax HD PVR (recorder) whether it be a Freesat or Freeview (normal aerial) model can be used with any of your TV's no matter what they might be, although to get the benefit of the Humax's HD capabilities requires the TV its connected into (via and HDMI lead) to be at least an "HD Ready" model, otherwise the connection would be via a normal scart connection between the two devices giving a standard definition picture.
In other words, if your new TV can either receive HD or display it because its an HD Ready device the Humax will work with it, whereby any TV's in other rooms will require separate recorders.
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Wednesday 20 June 2012 6:23PM
Peter: Although I might well have missed this somewhere along the line and I apologise if I have, but on reading all of your back postings I cant say I noticed you having mentioned anything about the result of a "manual" tune having being carried out on Ch52, so the question would be have you actually tried this? or if not, is there a reason for not having done like maybe your box not allowing it?
By the way, what model of device are you using?