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178 hours to go
« on: 30 September 2007, 09:59:04 »
Until 20:00 next Sunday for the best programme on TV :y :y :y :y
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #1 on: 30 September 2007, 10:26:10 »
Whats that then????Top Gear by chance 8-)
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #2 on: 30 September 2007, 10:27:48 »
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Whats that then????Top Gear by chance 8-)

Nothing else :y
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #3 on: 30 September 2007, 10:28:33 »
Byggery!  And I'm out of the country.   >:(
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #4 on: 30 September 2007, 10:31:45 »
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Byggery!  And I'm out of the country.   >:(

Record it - or download it - there are fully legal ways
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #5 on: 30 September 2007, 10:41:25 »
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Byggery!  And I'm out of the country.   >:(

Record it - or download it - there are fully legal ways
Yeah, but you can't get VHS tapes that you can record more than once or twice with any more.  Also have to leave the cable box on for 2 weeks.  Screw saving energy, have thousands of people record it instead of offering on download.  Don't get any reception here despite being in the center of town.  Then the cable box firmware crashes regularly so no idea if it will actually be able to record anything.  Maybe Virgin will offer it on their free download afterwards, but no way of telling beforehand that I know of.  Gotta love modern technology!  Almost everything is junk these days.  >:(
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #6 on: 30 September 2007, 11:04:21 »
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Almost everything is junk these days.

.. and a lot of it defective by design ::)

I will probably record it on my HDD recorder. I'd put it on a DVD for you but will it let me? :-/

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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #7 on: 30 September 2007, 11:14:10 »
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Almost everything is junk these days.

.. and a lot of it defective by design ::)

I will probably record it on my HDD recorder. I'd put it on a DVD for you but will it let me? :-/

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Don't worry about it, don't want to tread on sensibilities.  I have one of these http://www.neurostechnology.com/  They have done several updates, so it should work better now.  However, that only solves the problem of the VCR tapes unless the IR Blaster is working too now.  Wait, I was going to take the external HDD with me . . .  :-/
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #8 on: 30 September 2007, 11:40:04 »
I ddin't know you could still buy vhs tapes - I thought they had stopped making them years ago.

As a PVR owner I cannot imagine any other way of recording TV now.

Being able to watch a programme while it is still being recorded is briliant
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #9 on: 30 September 2007, 11:48:22 »
I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #10 on: 30 September 2007, 13:16:12 »
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I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
It does sound tempting what with the little I know about it.  However, that would involve buying a computer with the appropriate hardware.

I'm not buying Sky and paying an extra 10 quid/month for the ability to record stuff.  That's 120 a year when a VCR is 30 quid.
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« Reply #11 on: 30 September 2007, 13:37:17 »
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I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
http://www.news.com/DRM-troubles-drive-ex-Microsoft-employee-to-Linux/2100-1016_3-6210131.html?tag=nefd.pop
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« Reply #12 on: 30 September 2007, 14:10:52 »
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I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
It does sound tempting what with the little I know about it.  However, that would involve buying a computer with the appropriate hardware.

I'm not buying Sky and paying an extra 10 quid/month for the ability to record stuff.  That's 120 a year when a VCR is 30 quid.

Stuff paying to record stuff - paid £350 for the PVR when it first came out £80 for a 100GB drive last year, 55 hours of recording time.

PVRs start just over £100 now
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« Reply #13 on: 30 September 2007, 14:16:31 »
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I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
It does sound tempting what with the little I know about it.  However, that would involve buying a computer with the appropriate hardware.

I'm not buying Sky and paying an extra 10 quid/month for the ability to record stuff.  That's 120 a year when a VCR is 30 quid.

Stuff paying to record stuff - paid £350 for the PVR when it first came out £80 for a 100GB drive last year, 55 hours of recording time.

PVRs start just over £100 now
The problem is getting it to work with this POS cable box.
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Re: 178 hours to go
« Reply #14 on: 30 September 2007, 14:51:50 »
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I've said it a few times now - Media Center Edition is the way to go ;)
It does sound tempting what with the little I know about it.  However, that would involve buying a computer with the appropriate hardware.

I'm not buying Sky and paying an extra 10 quid/month for the ability to record stuff.  That's 120 a year when a VCR is 30 quid.

Stuff paying to record stuff - paid £350 for the PVR when it first came out £80 for a 100GB drive last year, 55 hours of recording time.

PVRs start just over £100 now
Or just use your old naff 2.4 P4 as an MCE (about £50 for OEM copy of XP MCE), stick in a 500Gb HDD and some freeview tuners. And it has the advantage it can play most sources, slideshow pictures etc, all without messing about.
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