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Sky Scam Letter?
I purchased a new sky HD box from e-bay just over a month ago. I have now received a letter from the intelligence and investigation bskyb saying that the box has been reported missing from a distribution centre. What is strange about the letter is the envelope is hand written as is the reply envelope and the address can't…
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V+ recording repeats of same shows in series
I have a V+ box and went I was away recently for 2 weeks, I left it to record The Big Bang series. When I came back I found the HD was full and it turned out, many of the episodes recorded were duplicates. There is no way to tell this from the header, which just lists it as The Big Bang. However it was clear on looking at…
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Samsung SMT S7800 pvr
Has anyone got one of these? Would appreciate your views on ease of use, for and against. I have also read that this model is not compatible with HDMI ? I am undecided as whether to buy this one or the Humax Foxstat.
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Technosonic PVR-101 80GB Digital recorder - help needed!!
I bought the Technosonic PVR-101 80GB Digital Freeview recorder from EBay on Monday and had this hand delivered Tuesday. Whilst this records well as I tested it on Tuesday, it seems to "lose" channels and recordings, especially anything on the ITV channels. I was told there could be a 100 channel limit. I have culled this…
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re tuning tv
Hello, We recently noticed a couple of freeview channels said 'no signal' so we re tuned the tv and now we can only receive a small number of freeview channels and the channel numbers are all over the place eg. BBC1 is now number 37 and ITV 1 is number 29 and QVC is now number 1! We have an outdoor ariel and have retuned…
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aerial suitable for digital conversion?
I have just read a poster in Curry's which said that you could test the suitability of your aerial for digital by selecting Teletext 284 and it would display white spots on the screen. If there are gaps, the aerial is not any good. I tried this on my 2 tv's. One is on cable so doesn't matter as much. The other is a 1 year…
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where do i start with getting sky into a outbuiding?
Hi there.We have just had a summerhouse put in the garden.Was hoping to put sky in there.Booked an engineer to come and assess but they have now cancelled saying we need an independant instillation.I think basically i have to get a phone cable put in.But who do i contact to do this?Is it a job for an electrician or an…
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Whatever happens policy from Currys
Hi, I bought a LCD TV from Currys two years ago and was sold a "What ever happens" policy. At the time I signed up I thought it was a good idea and still do but recently when I bought a camera from them the sales agent sold me a 5 year policy which works out to be a cheaper option than the others. At the moment I have…
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what cable do l need for pc to tv
l have a 32" samsung tv hdmi and an acer aspire 5536 laptop can anyone tell me what cable l need to to use my tv as a monitor ? l did ask in currys and guy asked me if tv was hdmi and showed me a cable but it was £54.99 :eek: looks cheaper on line but dont know what to ask/look for thanks guys
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Sky Friends and Family Year finished, now to haggle,
As i said my sky F & F deal is over , whats the best deal i can expect to haggle now ? Whats the current crop of deals ?
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What is the cheapest 50 inch led tv currently available
Hi everyone I'am looking for the cheapest 50 inch led tv currently on the market. I dont have much of a budget. I've searched other comparison sites such as compare4us.com and a few others and seen a few for around £600. Any suggestions would be good and voucher codes for the product. Thanks Lisa
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Dvdshopsonline-Have you shopped there?
I recently came across this site whilst looking for tv series dvds: dvdshopsonline The prices are REALLY cheap,Star Trek Voyager Seasons 1-7 DVD Boxset for R896.60 .It's 999 for one season at musica and 300-400 per season on kalahari. To get to the point has anyone used the site before,I searched the forums and found…
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Alternative to Humax box ??
My Humax box has suddenly died. We;ve had problems with it for a while now, but it has completely frozen now...and I am totally fed up with it. Can anyone suggest a good alternative to it. Don't want to pay subscription costs..so obviously don't want sky or tivo.
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Using old sky boxes to receive Freeview channels
hi there we have 2 boxes and the sky dish but have since swapped to virgin. We have had wiring put into 2 kids bedrooms - one has normal sky box one has HD Sky Plus box to enable them to watch TV as opposed to just DVDs (which they've put up with for 2 years!) the normal sky box works fine in both bedrooms and can be used…
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Currys - Faulty TV - Helppppp
Hi I could do with some advice... I owned a Samsung 50 inch Plasma I bought from Currys about 18 months ago, the screen developed a fault and although out of warranty Currys agreed to look at it for me (Sales of goods act etc) They phoned me today and said there was a fault, that it was a manufacuers fault and they had…
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VirginMedias Tivo Box
Is it worth paying the £150 for the pleasure of lending the Tivo from VM + the activation fee and install fee? My contract is due to expire with Sky and I`m looking at my options.
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recording of call to virgin
Hi all, just a quick question, had virgin XL tv & B/Band installed @ the weekend. I have no issues @ present re the packages just the customer service that i have experienced from virgin. In the initial call to virgin i was promised an 12 month contract & 2 tivo boxes. I have been given a 18 month contract & 1 tivo box & 1…
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bush tv
got bush tv 3 year old and lately menu screen comes up on its own and keeps changing from scart ,pc , av , hdm etc is my tv knackered or as anyone got solution cheers
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Mis-sold tv?
Hi everybody, I hope you can help! I bought a 3d tv on Sunday. When purchasing, I asked the salesperson if I needed to pay extra to watch things on 3d such as Sky etc. He said no & that I could watch anything 2d in 3d as the tv would change it although it wouldn't be true 3d. I've got the tv home & set up but I can't watch…
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Paying £45 monthly to sky for basic tv. Want something cheaper?
We have sky, not even sky plus or anything and we are paying £45 a month. I feel I am being ripped off and want something a bit cheaper. I dont want it with a phone or broadband package though just the tv. What are the best deals around? Thanks
