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LIGHTNING COCKS UP EURO 2008 COVERAGE
Posted on 2008-06-25
Television viewers across the world missed out on a chunk of the second half of tonight's Euro 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey due to lightning messing up the television signal.
Shockingly, this did not stop the two teams from playing, which was a bit selfish of them, really.
To make up for this, have a look at BBC HD's error message. Oooh, flashy.Comments (1)
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"BEDROOM TV IS RUBBISH", SAYS ME
Posted on 2008-05-19
Bedroom TV is a waste of transponder space that (with the help of its website, bedroomtv.com) allows users to upload their bedroom-made music videos, so the world can see them lip sync badly to a load of rubbish music that nobody but them likes.
The majority of videos shown consist of either a slightly overweight and most definitely ugly girl trying her best to improve her fragile confidence, or a kid in a hoodie who looks like he's about to stab you through your TV screen.
It's covered in adverts and DOGs, and it costs just £1 to text in your worthless video choice from the seizure-inducing spinning playlist at the bottom of the screen.
All this said, it's still better than Lily Allen's programme. Check out Bedroom TV on Sky channel 376, if your curiosity gets the better of you. |
CHANNEL 4 FOUND FTA ON SKY
Posted on 2008-04-19
Channel 4 (as well as S4C Digidol) has been found hiding FTA on 28.2e. The two channels are probably there as a test of the whole Freesat thing, which is all about to kick off.
Tune in to 10729 V 22000 for Channel 4, and 12129 V 27500 for S4C. Marvellous.Comments (4)
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BBC HD SHOWING HARRY REDKNAPP IN HD
Posted on 2008-04-04
Don't forget to tune in to BBC HD at Noon tomorrow to watch the hilarious Portsmouth take on the equally-as-hilarious West Brom. You'll get to see all your favourites, including Harry Redknapp, the midfield wonder that is Sulley Ali Muntari and Alan Hansen's over-trimmed eyebrows.
Why does he always over-trim them? Doesn't he realise how stupid he looks? You can't take defensive wisdom from a man with 50% of his eyebrows missing. |
RUSH HD FOUND HIDING ON SKY
Posted on 2008-03-26
American extreme sports channel Rush HD has been found hiding away in the oddly-numbered doldrums of 28.2e. It's living at 12607 V 27500 and it's named 55355.
It's transmitting in glorious 1920x1080 and it's even carried over DVB-S, but the encoding headers being sent out seem to have got your every day DVB-S PCI card confused, so this is one for set top boxes only... For now.Comments (5)
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DON'T MISS THE IDEAL WORLD CHRISTMAS TREE SALE!
Posted on 2008-02-29
Tomorrow is the 1st of March, and what better way to ring in the first month of Spring than by buying a Christmas tree? Yes, Ideal World will be running their annual Christmas tree sale tomorrow, starting at 12 noon. Impress your friends and neighbours by being ready for Christmas 9 months early!
Ideal World can be found at channel 21 on Freeview and at channel 634 on Sky, in case you had somehow forgotten.Comments (0)
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OLD PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT RUGBY
Posted on 2008-02-27
BBC One aired an 8 hour marathon of live Six Nations rugby last Saturday, and all they got in return was 124 complaints from miserly old gits who don't like rugby.
For any of the 124 fossils out there who happened to file a complaint: WHY DON'T YOU TRY ONE OF THE OTHER 400 CHANNELS, GRANDPA?
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DOES A CRISP PACKET INCREASE SATELLITE DISH GAIN?
Posted on 2008-02-25
Don't you just know what it's like to have a load of old crisp packets lying around the house? I know I do, so I decided to make use of them the only way I know how: irresponsibly.
The goal of this experiment was to answer the question "Does a crisp packet increase satellite dish gain?". The tools I used were a computer fitted with a SkyStar 2 card, an 80cm satellite dish with a cheap Korean LNB on the end, and an old crisp packet. The crisp packet (ASDA Smartprice, Ready Salted) was placed over the whole of the LNB face and most of the LNB body.
Now for the readings. The dish was aligned to 1w, and tuned to transponder 11325 H 24500.
Before crisp packet:
After crisp packet:
As you can see, placing the crisp packet over the LNB has no effect upon the signal strength recieved. As such, the crisp packet cannot be recommended as an item to increase satellite dish gain, but it does look quite snazzy and may make a short-term alternative to LNB joint sealant.
Further things to try: different flavour crisps, foil-lined crisp packet, using tape to hold the crisp packet in placeComments (4)
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YANKS TO SHOOT AT SATELLITE
Posted on 2008-02-14
The US military are planning to shoot down the wayward spy satellite that's on course to smash down to earth next month. Unfortunately, they'll probably end up shooting one of our satellites instead.
Either way, their plan involves blowing it up before it gets back into the atmosphere, because it's got a load of fancy technology on that they'd like to keep secret.
The secrecy surrounding the satellite is likely related to the President's astounding capability to confuse everybody in the room whenever he makes a speech.Comments (2)
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DON'T FORGET ENGLAND U21 TONIGHT
Posted on 2008-02-05
Don't forget that England Under-21s are playing tonight, live on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports HD1 at 7:45pm. It'll be nice to watch an England team win for a change.
To pad out this post, here's a haiku about Theo Walcott:
"Theo Walcott went,
To the World Cup in Deutschland,
Stupid bloody Sven." |
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