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Four major acts cannot be played by the BBC at present

Or : 1. The BBC are about to get a large bill... 2. The BBC have arranged a deal for some radio play but not under the blanket agreement (which means that TV and other uses may still be problematic?)

By DVB Cornwall

4 replies

2,401 views

NG 15 Oct 2015 10:57amnoggin

A GOOD USB TV recorder.

ISTR that the DVB-T muxes always carried EPG information for the DVB-T2 muxes, and they just carry it using the proprietary Huffman compression that was introduced for the HD services' EPG. There...

By A former member

10 replies

4,074 views

NG 20 Sep 2015 12:07pmnoggin

Windows 10

Launches 29th July

I had a bit of fun & games... For some reason the user permissions didn't transfer properly, resulting in some programs only running when run as administrator. A quick manual correction of permissions...

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By bilky asko

64 replies

14,294 views

CW 17 Aug 2015 6:02pmCharlie Wells

Demand 5

Adverts not playing

On the always buggy Demand 5, on the Now TV box, there are gaps where the buffering wheel spins where adverts are supposed to be, while on LG, the app doesn't play the ads, nor the tv programme selected....

By London Lite

0 replies

584 views

LL 28 Jul 2015 5:27pmLondon Lite

You Tube removed off pre-2013 smart tv's

For when there is nothing on the other 40 odd channels

For anyone interested - just got off a live chat with a Ruku tecchie - and it's all sorted. It was what I thought. As I used a browser with a VPN mask pointing to the US, it thought I was there....

By Hatton Cross

9 replies

2,715 views

HC 21 Jun 2015 5:25pmHatton Cross

Mobile Phone Unlocking

a detailed summary

iD Mobile, which is the new MVNO from the Carphone Warehouse works in 3 handsets as they are the backbone of the network. But as it states, all of 3's handsets these days are unlocked as standard.

By DVB Cornwall

3 replies

1,319 views

GM 10 Jun 2015 8:13pmGary McEwan

Sonifex Discart / Micro-Cart

This is harking back a bit in technology terms, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience of using Sonifex Discart / Micro-Cart systems for playing out e.g. radio jingles from floppy disks?...

By itsrobert

0 replies

778 views

IT 1 Jun 2015 6:26pmitsrobert

Live Field Acquisition

Why does it seem news stations rely solely on satellite?

How do you work there sounds like my type of place

By Rkolsen

10 replies

2,489 views

HA 17 May 2015 11:52amharshy

Youtube's New Player

Adblock - uninstall an reinstall the easylist subscription

By cnnfan1230

11 replies

1,987 views

DO 9 May 2015 1:54amdosxuk

Election night viewing

how many screens is too many?

Oh, there's a thing. VLC can generate its own mosaic. Shame the howto is a little bit obtuse and the web wizard doesn't appear to work, but I've got a few days to see what I can come up with...

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By thegeek

15 replies

3,229 views

GE 3 May 2015 9:43pmthegeek

Exporting a frame from .avi

Indeed, just make sure the settings are set to 'png' instead of JPG, for the highest quality.

By jonnieh

8 replies

1,462 views

DB 30 Apr 2015 1:18pmdbl

Ofcom changes to phone in charges

It's about time, really. I can imagine the number of prank calls to 0800 and 0808 numbers going through the roof, though.

By Charlie Wells

1 reply

641 views

BA 28 Apr 2015 11:45ambilky asko

To hide or not to hide...

concealing TV's when not in use

Now at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton with Bradley Walsh.

By Nick72

11 replies

2,543 views

DA 15 Apr 2015 8:26amdavidhorman

Broadcast Safe Colours

Colouring your entrainment since the introduction of Colour TV

Legal and legaliser are the terms I come across far more frequently in studio/OBs and general editing. Safe always refers to 'safe areas' in these areas in the UK. Global software releases often...

By Jimmyson

3 replies

1,991 views

NG 26 Feb 2015 1:02amnoggin

Foxtel iQ3 - Making Entertainment Sexier

A discussion of Foxtel's new HD box.

Hopefully this will be basically the new Sky box here in New Zealand. All the current boxes we have are just rebranded Foxtel.

By Michael Power

1 reply

829 views

JU 2 Feb 2015 3:14amJustin

Info on frame rates/refresh rates etc.

1/50th and 1/25th shutters for 50i and 25p are both fine. It's when you start running at >50Hz sampling you get issues. You see nasty lighting flicker on 3x frame rate SuperSlowMo which runs...

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By Larry the Loafer

12 replies

2,503 views

NG 11 Dec 2014 11:57pmnoggin

Dial the Code

Changes to making calls in five local areas

To be clear, BT do not claim to have a 'fibre' service in my area. My phone line goes back directly to the exchange via the underground chamber. The connection speed is 8MBps, and is profile limited...

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By VMPhil

25 replies

6,202 views

BL 1 Nov 2014 1:55pmbluecortina

Best TV to Buy?

With conventional moving-coil loudspeakers yes. But there are flat speaker technologies like NXT (although that seems to have died a death which is a shame when I've heard some decent sound from...

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By AJ

22 replies

21k views

CW 6 Oct 2014 8:04pmcwathen

Help with aspect ratio?

Just a thought... Sky can upgrade your SD box to HD for free:

By alexhduk

8 replies

1,999 views

DB 4 Oct 2014 9:04pmdbl

Best of All Worlds

A Smart TV/XBMC combo

Chromecast and ROKU also do NOW TV with the benefit on ROKU of having other channels available.

By Ne1L C

4 replies

1,227 views

MI 3 Oct 2014 10:37pmMichael