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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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It will be perfect for the world cup, also Wimbledon and snooker. In fact we use it regulrly, especially on ITV becuse it changes it to HD  .
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 5:52 pm
Posts: 1899
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Used it for the odd sporting event but for nothing else.
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TheHobgob
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:33 pm
Posts: 491
Location: UK, England.
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
Posts: 6954
Location: Peebo
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I would use it if my aerial could recieve freeview 
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onemac
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:14 pm
Posts: 1598
Location: Right here...... Right now.......
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I use it to annoy the wife  She doesn't use or understand it and I just explain it's a man thing  It's a bit slow though... Al
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
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Just set up the freesat card, not used the red button yet.... but looking forward to seeing some 720p programming for £25 _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
Posts: 12251
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The Red Button on Virgin Media is so slow, that it’s hardly worth using. If I press it, I get a “Loading” message, 5 minutes later, I may get something worth looking at. BBC iPlayer on it is rubbish.
So I use the PS3 for iPlayer, and avoid the red button as much as possible.
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 6580
Location: Getting there
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My grandma uses iPlayer on her TV.
But I'd never press the red button if it came up during a program. In fact iPlayer is the only TV service I would use.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
Posts: 2967
Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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How's the quality of it? I've got such a rubbish internet connection, I can't use it, which is a pain as it's such a cool feature.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
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What I do is pause it for a bit at the very start, which presumably allows it to buffer somewhat  , then it usually carries on as normal once you un-pause... I also run it off an ethernet cable - I seriously doubt my wi-fi would be up to it  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
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What card did you get mate? MIght be looking at getting a couple for my media server
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LoupiLoui
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:20 pm
Posts: 112
Location: Abingdon
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I don't use it but I have a habit of accidentally pressing it on my remote control when I try and press "guide" in the dark lol.
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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Compro S350 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Compro-V ... pture-CardIt only has a single tuner, but as it has input/output you could have multiple cards as each one has an output dvb-s so you could daisy chain the cables from a single LNB I have been watching some BBC HD today on it, not tried ITV HD but it looks nice on 720p on a cheap tv, better than the standard def programming _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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We don't have a TV, so therefore don't have a red button, my brother uses it quite a lot for keeping up with foopball scores while watching the news (or vicky verky) and my mum uses it to get to the iplayer, but that's about the only experience I have of it.
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