tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.comments2023-05-16T06:56:27.709-07:00BBC FREESAT HD TV BLOG.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-71841172521275736282011-08-26T04:19:26.147-07:002011-08-26T04:19:26.147-07:00I've copied a film from the HUMAX Foxsat HDR t...I've copied a film from the HUMAX Foxsat HDR to a portable harddrive and ran this on my windows7 laptop in HD quality via the VLC media free software.<br />Start the VLC program > select the media (copied film) to run from the drop down box (shows your USB input folder).<br />Works greatSoapy Towelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570808922359698602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-50165052222931453052011-08-26T04:14:02.618-07:002011-08-26T04:14:02.618-07:00I,ve managed to copy a film from the Foxsat HDR on...I,ve managed to copy a film from the Foxsat HDR onto a portable hard drive and it ran in HD quality on my laptop using windows 7 via the free VLC media software. Open the VLC media program & select the media yo want to play from the dropdown box of the laptop folders. Fantastic as I travel a lot & dont always get the chance to catch up on series etc.Soapy Towelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570808922359698602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-30806418718110460502011-02-18T22:33:39.765-08:002011-02-18T22:33:39.765-08:00I'm having a problem, it used to work great,bu...I'm having a problem, it used to work great,but since the new beta release I get an error that tells me the programme isn't available and Ishould try later. Ihope there's a fix. I'm on firefox on XP. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2009/02/using-iplayer-abroad-viewing-bbc-via.html" rel="nofollow">BBC iplayer</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-38788843119289812682010-07-24T08:24:37.180-07:002010-07-24T08:24:37.180-07:00When will the BBC iplayer be available for LG LF77...When will the BBC iplayer be available for LG LF7700 FreeSAT HD Televisions.<br /><br />LG had mentioned MID-JULY !<br /><br /> http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/NF13735685?thread=7622774Snaggledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635358259174067569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-85375448706992210602010-02-15T02:36:52.443-08:002010-02-15T02:36:52.443-08:00I heard that a number of other providers will be r...I heard that a number of other providers will be releasing iplayer to their devices.<br /><br />I've got a sagem box so I'm hoping that they will next:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sagemdigital.co.uk/freesat.aspx" rel="nofollow">Freesat</a>Project Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965664906804865956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-23651312203279633852009-05-22T08:12:42.617-07:002009-05-22T08:12:42.617-07:00Hi! Arun,
for those buyers looking for thi...Hi! Arun,<br /> for those buyers looking for this Medion Akoya MD 96640 there are newer models out.<br />One point that was raised with this Laptop was people were having problems getting any TV - but it can get TV easily enough if when starting simply plug in your household TV antena and tune in - after this it can be used roaming.<br />A Good machine & good value.<br />regards..:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-16144643219965902362009-05-22T06:13:12.013-07:002009-05-22T06:13:12.013-07:00Hi,
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We are delighted to invite you to submit all your future posts to the <A HREF="http://www.blutooth.info" REL="nofollow"> directory </A> for getting a huge base of visitors to your website and gaining a valuable backlink to your site.<br /><br /><br />Warm Regards<br /><br />blutooth.info Team<br /><br />http://www.blutooth.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-24019042258538289992009-01-17T09:39:00.000-08:002009-01-17T09:39:00.000-08:00Thank you Jonathan, good info this ...Thank you Jonathan,<BR/> good info this for those who have Mac equipment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-76368689230266832012009-01-17T07:04:00.000-08:002009-01-17T07:04:00.000-08:00Download a copy of VLC Media Player from VideoLan ...Download a copy of VLC Media Player from VideoLan to play the Humax's files. It's Mac only I'm afraid, but it works wonderfully well for everything I've thrown at it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00023513756204028974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-5567332359632981712009-01-02T10:17:00.000-08:002009-01-02T10:17:00.000-08:00In answer to John, sorry to say Jo...In answer to John,<BR/> sorry to say John we have not found any player which will show the copied HUmax Files.<BR/>Even the ultra reliable Classic Media Player cannot play the files.<BR/>I think the message is clear - the files stored are only for use with the Humax Foxsat HDR.<BR/>regards..:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-64924914874259812742008-11-28T02:07:00.000-08:002008-11-28T02:07:00.000-08:00Hello SC, you have very good points there and we a...Hello SC, you have very good points there and we agree with a lot of your thread.<BR/>The phrase;<BR/>"Content Protection and Copy Management is only concerned with content AFTER it has been acquired, it does not concern itself with the Conditional Access or Digital Rights Management that protected the content on it's way to the consumer."<BR/>this phrase makes pointed directions about possible introduction of encryption or rights management once your choice of programme has been downloaded to your (for example) High Definition Recorder. Maybe this would be in the general idea of Pay-Per-View from the internet but the precise mechanism is still too early to be precise. It does point out that whatever you as a viewer pay for, you are not allowed to share it with your next door neighbour for example. It also directs the reader into thinking that it does not expect a whole street to be watching the same programme, but it sort of points to the idea that if that street had 100 viewers they could all be watching different programmes and have their individual programmes restricted within their household or household boundaries. This would have a devastating effect on T.V. as we all know it and makes you wonder who the minority viewer will be; ie; the internet viewer using the ethernet port from your chosen freesat equipment, the sky viewer with the eternal pay to view box of tricks, or the viewer who only watches the T.V. when it's raining outside.<BR/>regards;...:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-74693681415585596862008-11-27T13:28:00.000-08:002008-11-27T13:28:00.000-08:00When all the content is transmitted unencrypted th...When all the content is transmitted unencrypted the application of a copy protect flag honoured by freesat boxes alone is bizarre and ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>Over time other (non-freesat) boxes will come that quite legally use the freesat EPG data without being officially freesat.<BR/><BR/>This will make the situation even more ridiculous - cheap boxes will be able to archive copy protected content legally whilst more expensive freesat boxes cannot.<BR/><BR/>If Freesat wanted to ensure that it was one thing or the other (i.e. no copy restrictions or nice EPG but not both) then they should have encrypted the EPG data.<BR/><BR/>If some of the other (frankly stupid) restrictions, like not being able to organise your own channel list in the EPG, aren't relaxed, then the "freesat" logo on a product will become something to positively avoid ..... Freesat need to reconsider what they are trying to do with this branding.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385678026781294000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-53591841124412968622008-10-23T02:39:00.000-07:002008-10-23T02:39:00.000-07:00austin316gb, thank you for your comprehensive thou...austin316gb, thank you for your comprehensive thoughts.<BR/>We had thought on similar lines and thought having the directive;<BR/>You need a TV licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a television set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.<BR/>*******<BR/>followed by the comment;<BR/>If you are only watching on-demand services, after programmes have already been broadcast (e.g. BBC iPlayer), you will not need a TV licence,<BR/>*******<BR/>IE; first the directive telling you some of the possible equipment(including mobiles), then the suggestion you can watch the iPlayer without a licence, we would like to know what other bit of equipment can receive T.V., so we consider this needs clarification.<BR/>The twenty six countries who have shown interest in the NEW European licence for T.V. channels on the internet must also be factored in.<BR/>The prerequisite for these licences is that each country wishing a licence must be able to spot beam at least 40% of Europe and be able to cover their own country by a 60% beam, so times are changing big time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-41066118369219137562008-10-22T13:57:00.000-07:002008-10-22T13:57:00.000-07:00I can see why they have had to put this clause in....I can see why they have had to put this clause in. Every morning I have to drive past a massive billboard with the Nokia N96 emblazoned all over it. And the focus of this particular advert? The fact it has the BBC iPlayer built in.<BR/><BR/>If the trust hadn't put this clause in then I would imagine that would leave some ambiguity as to if a person with an N96 and no other equipment in there home would have to have a TV license (Unlikely I know). It may also have to do with enforcing the license. Would the TV licensing van have the power to ask to see your mobile phone as your walking down the street?<BR/><BR/>You should also remember that all retailers, such as Comet and Curries, are obliged to forward details of every customer buying a television to the TV license people who check the address has a license. Why should these retailers be forced into this extra hassle if, say, Carphone Warehouse doesn't have to forward the details of all those who buy an N96.<BR/><BR/>I can also see this feature becoming more and more prevalent on new mobiles making it even harder to enforcethe manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110566157516688425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-61221793804399076142008-08-05T11:57:00.000-07:002008-08-05T11:57:00.000-07:00We tend to say your correct Allan, the BBC have ma...We tend to say your correct Allan, the BBC have many wrinkles and Old Father Time shows no mercy.<BR/>As only a select few will view HD and be able to watch the sweat dripping from the Beijing Olympics athletes many will miss the boat with respect to BBC Television being once again the first to plunder multi-screen viewing and what was 1000 hours the last Olympics over 2 and a half thousand hours are scheduled this time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-51333554233071715562008-08-05T02:06:00.000-07:002008-08-05T02:06:00.000-07:00Reporting line up contain excellent choices, howev...Reporting line up contain excellent choices, however, now that we view in HD which is stunning & must surely be the envy of the world, I think the main presenter must match the incredible visual experience. Now someone has to say this, but Sue Barker I am afraid has become a victim of HD in that it shows every line & wrinkle, scar ? & imperfection, even under some of the heaviest makeup I have seen on TV. Sorry Sue, but that's the way it isAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857544447130548799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-79774963931398579232008-07-31T03:54:00.000-07:002008-07-31T03:54:00.000-07:00Nice comprehensive post Frank, you ha...Nice comprehensive post Frank,<BR/> you have just proven that it does not take a monthly mortgage or should that be a monthly holiday fund to watch free tv. We especially liked your comment about the satellite finder at £14 which is excellent value and tells anyone that fitting your own system does not cost the earth. Nice comprehensive tutorial there for anyone wondering how it's done. As many more free channels are expected this year it has to be monies well spent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-52314187989046793062008-07-30T09:13:00.000-07:002008-07-30T09:13:00.000-07:00I have just finished installing the second Fortec ...I have just finished installing the second Fortec Kit from MAPLIN including 65cm Satellite Dish, brackets, cables etc and HD Fortec Passion receiver on my partner's roof. I installed one for myself 1 month ago. (At present the kit is £159 in Maplins - excellent value) The remote control was trouble because the battery chamber coil spring contacts did not make contact with the AAA batteries. All you need to do is gently pull the coil out so that it contacts the end of the battery. After that FINE. The Dish and bracket fittings are well made and easy to install. I bought a Labtec Satellite Finder from ScrewFix for about £14 and it took me just a few minutes to align the dish provided you have some idea in which direction you must point the dish. It helps to do some advance homework - You need to know that for UK FReeSat (ie BBC and ITV) you must align the dish to satellite "28.2E Astra 2A-B-D" which is also the SKY satellite and is located at elevation 25.3 degrees (markings are on mounting bracket) and azimuth 145.254 degrees ie 145 degrees from north in a clockwise direction - use Google Earth map or an Ordnance Survey map to find the rough direction within a few degrees then use a satellite finder.. The skew (tilt of the satellite dish LNB pickup) didnt seem to make much difference. I set it to recommended - minus 13 degrees anyway. My partner wanted FreeSat in Kitchen AND in front room so I bought a twin LNB pickup and subsitituted the single LNB supplied in the kit. This also meant a second run of cabling and an additional receiver was required - but she now has satellite TV in both these rooms as of yesterday evening. Only thing missing is Channel 5 - until later in the year - I scanned for other satellites as well as 28.2Astra and I found about 1700 channels altogether of which half were encrypted/scrambled (pay to view) and many of the remainder were French/German etc but that still left many hundreds of free English Language freeview channels inc of course all the BBC and ITV regional variations. ALL FREE!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511815015812284959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-50714089960070505442008-06-28T02:24:00.000-07:002008-06-28T02:24:00.000-07:00Bought a Humax, plugged it in and all worked fine....Bought a Humax, plugged it in and all worked fine. All cables supplied. Still working fine.<BR/><BR/>Then I bought a Grundig. No HDMI cable in the HD box but there was a scart. What's the point, you need HDMI to see HD.<BR/><BR/>Connected up and Scart worked but HDMI didn't. Eventually HDMI started working but I don't know why. After a week the channel number selection feature stopped working only leaving the up/down control. After another week the sound packed up. So I sent the thing back and got another Humax. All now works finegavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673712352902285938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-18840893521837311082008-06-27T06:53:00.000-07:002008-06-27T06:53:00.000-07:00thanx for ur post . I'll take caethanx for ur post . I'll take caeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-15444668500097173242008-06-26T15:29:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:29:00.000-07:00I wish all reviewers would start testing Subtitle ...I wish all reviewers would start testing Subtitle performance<BR/>When deaf people rely on Subtitles or the many thousands of users that put it on as an English teaching aid subtitles are really important, sadly sky platform can be appaling, sometimes its down to weather, or dish alignment is not spot on, or subtitles lag so you can be reading what happned five mins ago.<BR/>Worse offenders are advert breaks, a big splash across your screen imploring you to BE KIND TO YOUR BOTTOM - Andrex ... and it stubbornly remains there 5 mins into the next programme until your forced to change channel and back.<BR/>The Font and Big Bold helvetica font has not changed in 30 years. Its awful, time has moved on when will at least one manufacturer at least try to offer an alternitive.<BR/>choose a font, a colour scheme, transparancy, with or without background.<BR/>We want real subtitles, not something dreamed up in the days of CEEFAX time has moved on.<BR/><BR/>Deaf and hard of hearing adults in the UK *<BR/><BR/>These are the latest estimated figures for the number of deaf and hard of hearing adults in the UK. There are:<BR/><BR/>* 8,945,000 deaf and hard of hearing people<BR/>* 2,474,000 deaf and hard of hearing people aged 16 to 60<BR/>* 6,471,000 deaf and hard of hearing people aged over 60<BR/>* 8,257,000 people with mild to moderate deafness<BR/>* 2,366,000 people with mild to moderate deafness aged 16 to 60<BR/>* 5,891,000 people with mild to moderate deafness aged over 60<BR/>* 688,000 people with severe to profound deafness<BR/>* 108,000 people with severe to profound deafness aged 16 to 60<BR/>* 580,000 people with severe to profound deafness aged over 60.<BR/><BR/>*RNIDdaviddbukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182893272891856635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-29070056343529471602008-06-23T07:18:00.000-07:002008-06-23T07:18:00.000-07:00i did have trouble buying my freesat box. i bought...i did have trouble buying my freesat box. i bought the humax foxsat box. my only concern is that i cannot play output via the component connection. my plasma is one of the first with only component or composite connections...Vinny or Vinnychoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402045155334681495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-24172930886019252502008-06-21T02:59:00.000-07:002008-06-21T02:59:00.000-07:00I wonder if you can help me? i have tried to switc...I wonder if you can help me? i have tried to switch off the HD analogue Output. thinking that i can put a hd channel picture to a component lead to my plasma? the sync keeps failing. i guess this means the humax does not have a component ouput or that it has been disabled in the software update?<BR/>regards VinnyVinny or Vinnychoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402045155334681495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-13978926220929492092008-06-20T16:35:00.000-07:002008-06-20T16:35:00.000-07:00note, US fuel is of a much lower quality than fuel...note, US fuel is of a much lower quality than fuel in Europe.Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720526306910383229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155269082870505253.post-38447922834255488562008-06-13T06:24:00.000-07:002008-06-13T06:24:00.000-07:00Hello ike 1998, the USB in your ques...Hello ike 1998,<BR/> the USB in your question is at present disabled and it has been suggested will be used for manual updating. This may of course change in the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071832215944297326noreply@blogger.com