Re: Bedroom telly

["graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@i...>
wrote:
> Forget the paper specs unless you want to use it as a PC monitor. 
The
> speakers aren't great - similar quality to speakers that come with
a
> domestic telly - I don't use them though, I use my AV amp. I don't
have
> a tuner, as all reports I've seen is that it is a pile of crap. I 
use
> Sky digital as my tuner, connected via svideo.
> 
>  
> 
> Tim.
> 

Thanks Tim, we don't have anything other than the basic 5 channels at 
the moment as there is no cable in our village and I don't 
particularly want a dish on the walls of the house (I might not even 
be allowed to put it up with the listed status and conservation 
area). At some point I may put a dish in the garden somewhere. As I 
said, I can use Tivo as the source, though that does present a couple 
of minor problems:

1. not possible to record and watch live TV on two separate channels 
(this may not be a problem when Tivo has 'learnt' a bit more about 
our viewing habits as we won't watch so much live TV, but it is still 
a problem during actual live events such as football!)

2. no teletext (not required for TV listings of course, but 
occasionally accessed for sports results, lottery numbers, weather 
etc.)

I suppose the solution to 1. is to use a normal video recorder to 
time shift whatever it is that Tivo would have recorded whilst we are 
watching the live TV. The solution to 2. is probably to use the 
internet to get the information (in fact I could probably cache it on 
the local server and display it quickly over the intranet as most 
information requirements could be predicted).

It is certainly very tempting to go for the Panasonic, I may well 
suggest this when I get home. What sort of mounting is likely to be 
included in the price, or do I have to buy that separately?

Graham



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