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gutsygub
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject: The Waltons!! |
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| for anyone who wants a bit of syrupy nostalgia to cheer? you up on these cold days, just found The Waltons on sky 188 (true entertainment) |
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aviddiva
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject: The Waltons |
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I think John Krazinsky (Jim in the US version of The Office) could be Jim-Bob grown up!
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becky sharp
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I LOVE The Waltons,gutsy, but don't have that channel....  |
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quickssandra
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| It's my guilty pleasure in the afternoons. I love it. |
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gutsygub
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| becky sharp wrote: | | I LOVE The Waltons,gutsy, but don't have that channel.... |
it's worth the extra £1 it probably costs if you have sky |
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undiscovered
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Part of my teenage/ early 20's sunday hangovers with the waltons
I don't have sky, Mr Branson in my house only
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| gutsygub wrote: | | becky sharp wrote: | | I LOVE The Waltons,gutsy, but don't have that channel.... |
it's worth the extra £1 it probably costs if you have sky |
No,gutsy,like Dis,it's Mr Branson in my house,too. |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:24 am Post subject: |
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He's in my house too!
What I don't understand is, why does my TV sometimes "pix-elate" whilst watching Virgin fed through a fibre optic cable? I'd understand if it was aerial in windy conditions but a cable underground? don't get it... 
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undiscovered
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Santa
I think it's to do with the way that Virgin receive the signal and how bad the weather is there ?
I think
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ColinB
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | He's in my house too!
What I don't understand is, why does my TV sometimes "pix-elate" whilst watching Virgin fed through a fibre optic cable? I'd understand if it was aerial in windy conditions but a cable underground? don't get it... |
Usually, most cable distribution systems operate a "head-end" - a point at which the main feed is pulled and then re-distributed.
If you're getting what's called mosaic drop-out, that's because the feed is being pulled from either a satellite or terrestrial digital source and where tiny losses in the signal result in parts of the picture appearing blocky where there's no up-to-date information for those pixels so it merely repeats old ones. This is exactly the same symptom as a dirty DVD which produces blockiness on playback.
My guess is that they're pulling a satellite feed, and adverse atmospheric conditions are causing drop-outs in the datastream that arrives at the receiving dish. |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I'm pretty sure the problem does indeed occur in windy or wet weather.. It's not really a problem for us, it's just every now and then and I wondered what would cause it.
When we had an aerial, we would very often get a poor picture due to atmospherics.. sometimes getting ghosting from foreign stations.
I just assumed the Virgin signal piped directly into our TV would be perfect all the time...
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ColinB
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | I just assumed the Virgin signal piped directly into or TV would be perfect all the time... |
It would be if it came via fibre-optic link (very high bandwidth) direct from the source. Unfortunately, any form of over-air distribution has its limitations (witness the abomination that is DAB in most parts of the UK). |
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