PRACTICAL solutions to loss of TV Reception

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Mike Burton wrote:Bruce, connect you laptop to your tv with a HDMI cable, set the tv input to hdmi , I have. Found picture not brilliant but watchable.
I've discovered my Motorola XOOM tablet has a micro HDMI socket. I've bought a micro HDMI adapter and can now connect it to the HDMI socket on the TV. Quality is pretty good.
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Currently watching Flog It using Filmon on a very indifferent WiFi connection. It's not HD but will do.
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Filmon has gone very lumpy but I'm sure it's down to the inadequate WiFi at QdP. It was flawlwess using the WiFi and the Cocktail garden tonight.
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guessing our guest will say it kept freezing during footie tonight. I do wonder as it gets busier so there will be more viewing issues. hubby is holding back upgrading our system, but it is clear CV has been great for Pickwick and Widge so presume at some point we will have to change from Apple box. :cry:
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Our neighbour has had a new 1m dish installed on the encoded satellite by Skyrealm. Cost him €450 but he is delighted with it. Mark has told him they will always be able to break the code!
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laserblazer wrote:Our neighbour has had a new 1m dish installed on the encoded satellite by Skyrealm. Cost him €450 but he is delighted with it. Mark has told him they will always be able to break the code!
So, all you need now is around 30mtrs of cable and you're sorted. :mrgreen:
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That would work MC.
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laserblazer wrote:Our neighbour has had a new 1m dish installed on the encoded satellite by Skyrealm. Cost him €450 but he is delighted with it. Mark has told him they will always be able to break the code!
The potential problem here is that the uplinkers, AQIVA, may well start to change their encription codes more frequently, and your supplier will charge you for modifying your decoder, and if AQIVA decide to up the code to 8 or even 16 bit, it may be very difficult to get the codes.
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I suspect you are right Bruce. It's not a route we plan to take. I think some people will pay whatever it takes to get their TV. They also believe that there will always be a solution.
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What you need is a 17.50 intermittent anflux confiburator attached to a negative megatron search provider, a 70 inch outdoor disc infertration 25 megatron, a defibulated aerial, European standard, a set of r27b headphones and you're cooking with gas. :D
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Pato, don't forget the 2 pin American style plug
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Mike Burton wrote:Pato, don't forget the 2 pin American style plug
Plug?.............I'm talking about clockwork. :roll:
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pato wrote:
Mike Burton wrote:Pato, don't forget the 2 pin American style plug
Plug?.............I'm talking about clockwork. :roll:
Are you Trevor Baylis by any chance? :D
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Trevor Baylis - wind up merchant :) :) :)
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