Thanks to whovever it was

housetrained wrote:
I've always used used "Atlantic" cable. And being barnacle-ized it is
fantastic for all - speaker, digital interconnects, mains, etc. The
difference is staggering. Quite hard to obtain though. One cable does
all, weighs a ton.


So _that's_ why my US internet connectivity went down. You dug up and
pinched the undersea cable to wire your speakers.

I'm telling me mummy of you.

Bad man..... :-)

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Adrian C

In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:
But these things seem to me to be quite sensible matters for teaching in
schools as a preparation for later life.

Naw - all you need is meja studies. ;-)

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*I went to school to become a wit, only got halfway through.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Alan" wrote in message
news
In message , Ivan
wrote

Well Currys Digital are apparently going to close down 77 high street
branches, plus apparently the huge American 'Best Buy' company intends to
make its mark on Europe, according to an electrical retailing magazine I
subscribe to this could well have a catastrophic effect on many of our
existing high street retailers who are already facing an uphill struggle
to survive as it is.

Why should UK companies who have survived for 20 years, or more, by lying
to their customers base survive any longer? How many hundreds of millions
of GBP have these companies extracted from a non-technical gullible public
for unnecessary extended warranties?


Yesterday I had to tune in a LG VCR DVD recorder combi which my sister in
law had purchased from Argos last week, unfortunately it was analogue only
and a check in the catalogue revealed there was only one similar item on the
whole page which incorporated a Freeview tuner, and even then one almost
required a magnifying glass to spot it.

A warning on the page something along the lines of.. ''Please note that if
you're expecting to do time shift recordings or use the Videoplus facility,
this machine will virtually become a useless piece of **** [except for the
limited ability of using a digital adapter via the AV input socket] when
analogue transmissions are turned off in your area".. IMV wouldn't have gone
amiss!


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Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

The "new" cable is much thinner and lighter. The "old" lead covered cable is
no longer used, you can dig it up with impunity or a fork lift truck. It
don't look that good but the sound is wonderful.

--
John the West Ham fan C.E.T.



"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
housetrained wrote:
I've always used used "Atlantic" cable. And being barnacle-ized it is
fantastic for all - speaker, digital interconnects, mains, etc. The
difference is staggering. Quite hard to obtain though. One cable does
all, weighs a ton.


So _that's_ why my US internet connectivity went down. You dug up and
pinched the undersea cable to wire your speakers.

I'm telling me mummy of you.

Bad man..... :-)

--
Adrian C

Ivan wrote:


Yesterday I had to tune in a LG VCR DVD recorder combi which my sister
in law had purchased from Argos last week, unfortunately it was analogue
only and a check in the catalogue revealed there was only one similar
item on the whole page which incorporated a Freeview tuner, and even
then one almost required a magnifying glass to spot it.

A warning on the page something along the lines of.. ''Please note that
if you're expecting to do time shift recordings or use the Videoplus
facility, this machine will virtually become a useless piece of ****
[except for the limited ability of using a digital adapter via the AV
input socket] when analogue transmissions are turned off in your area"..
IMV wouldn't have gone amiss!


I'd return it under their 30 day "I don't like it" money-back guarantee.
Unlike freeview boxes and the like, this item (#533/6872) doesn't seem
exempted ...

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Adrian C

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:05:56 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:

"charles" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I think the Gadget show blew this special cable con out of the water a
few weeks ago as well, no doubt much to the annoyance of the sales staff
at many outlets!


but I noticed yesterday that 'Horrids' were still selling oxygen free
mains
leads with gold plated plugs at a rather absurd price.


But how did it compare to this -
http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...JC EHHYUSBMWS

I must report that i purchased one of these a few weeks ago and am
amazed at how quicly the kettle now boils - I have also note a
distinct improvement in the flavour of the coffee

"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
Ivan wrote:


Yesterday I had to tune in a LG VCR DVD recorder combi which my sister in
law had purchased from Argos last week, unfortunately it was analogue
only and a check in the catalogue revealed there was only one similar
item on the whole page which incorporated a Freeview tuner, and even then
one almost required a magnifying glass to spot it.

A warning on the page something along the lines of.. ''Please note that
if you're expecting to do time shift recordings or use the Videoplus
facility, this machine will virtually become a useless piece of ****
[except for the limited ability of using a digital adapter via the AV
input socket] when analogue transmissions are turned off in your area"..
IMV wouldn't have gone amiss!


I'd return it under their 30 day "I don't like it" money-back guarantee.
Unlike freeview boxes and the like, this item (#533/6872) doesn't seem
exempted ...


Thanks for the advice Adrian, I'll have to have a word with her next week
when I see her, although the prospect of paying another £50.00 for one with
Freeview may not appeal to her, as I know that her finances are now becoming
Tighter by the week.

I've tried to talk her into buying a PVR but she's not keen on the fact that
the recorded media can't easily be transferred to another machine, a fact
which I know prevents a lot of people from buying one, and I have to say a
point of view I have some sympathy with.

IMV it's about time manufacturers got their act together and at least
attempted to incorporate and standardise something like an SD [mpeg 4] card
slot into their machines.

I appreciate that card wise anything above 2gb starts to become expensive,
but I'm sure that if it became a de facto standard and hundreds of millions
of cards eventually started to be sold like VHS tapes then prices would no
doubt very quickly start to plummet.


--
Adrian C

In article ,
Ivan wrote:
A warning on the page something along the lines of.. ''Please note that
if you're expecting to do time shift recordings or use the Videoplus
facility, this machine will virtually become a useless piece of ****
[except for the limited ability of using a digital adapter via the AV
input socket] when analogue transmissions are turned off in your
area".. IMV wouldn't have gone amiss!

Don't worry - it won't last that long.

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*If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...

...snipsy...


One of my regrets is that people aren't taught to solder at school. That
way they could all buy the plugs and cables runs they want from
Maplin/CPC/etc and make up what is required.

Slainte,

Jim



Not sure about that Jim. I work in the electronics industry and I doubt that
I could buy the parts for say a 2 metre scart cable cheaper than I could buy
the equivalent finished article. In fact I think I'd struggle to buy 2
metres of cable - MOQ usually at least 25m.

That's not to mention the pain that is lead free solder and the rapid
degradation of the soldering iron tips due to higher temperatures and more
aggressive fluxes.

Paul Schofield

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Ivan wrote:
A warning on the page something along the lines of.. ''Please note that
if you're expecting to do time shift recordings or use the Videoplus
facility, this machine will virtually become a useless piece of ****
[except for the limited ability of using a digital adapter via the AV
input socket] when analogue transmissions are turned off in your
area".. IMV wouldn't have gone amiss!

Don't worry - it won't last that long.


You don't know how a true that is Dave, the LG is a replacement for one of
two Daewoo units in which the laser unit failed after just two years and it
also looks like the other machine is now on the blink, also some segments on
both displays have diminished to unreadable in the same period of time.

I've now acquired her old machine and surprisingly found that the burner
units are not a million miles away from those used in a normal PC.. apart
from a bit of mechanical 'shoe-horning' to make them fit!

I've just been reading that.. "The FCC has also been busy in the U.S.
collecting $5 million in fines from retailers like Wal-Mart Circuit city and
others for not displaying a "Consumer Alert" label on analogue-only TV sets.
This mandatory label spells out that the sets will require a digital
converter box after Febuary the 17th 2009 - the date U.S. analogue gets
switched off forever"..



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*If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried
before

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.