Sandbox Digibox

b) Dunno. I guess the main difference there would be the software. A decent one would give inset screen during the 'guide'.

c) When is this? I would have thought so.

d) Heh, I saw "Flesh" and was quite impressed by Patti D'arbanville's monologue.

Not wonky scart, no. All scart connections are firm and snug.

I was hoping for expert input from ED and KOOGY.

Potentially loads. If you're in a touch-and-go reception spot then the different senstivities of different digiboxes can make all the difference. My old cheapo Panasonic was pretty dodgy in my new flat, even after aerial was fixed, but then I bought my Humax and it's all been fine since. Also, the picture is much better, quite apart from the lack of drop-outs - ITV4 et al used to be blocky as hell.

So, we got a box anyway, even though it had a 'don't come back expecting a refund if we told you your area is bad coverage' sticker. Oh yeah? You so smart Currys Reading, why you sellin' the damn boxes hmm? We WILL get one if we say so actually!

(it was fine)

Years? alright! The DVD has PIL doing 'Careering' which was awesome then and now, so maybe 'Poptones' might get an airing also.

As I said some time ago, the biggest shock on the DVD was Bob Harris saying "Mock Rock" after the NYDolls famously, but smiling like he enjoyed it as he said so.

I got one that has dual hard disks and you can record two or three programs at once, do time-shifting etc etc. It's quite pricy - about £180, I think, but really, really worth it.

Here's a question - where to buy a Sony VTX-D800U remote control for cheap? We've "lost" ours (by which I mean it's been sucked into our domestic maelstrom of garbage; I did find my house keys this morning, which is a start).

For real? I thought Currys et al offered a 14 day or so no-quibble refund policy on all purchases? Do they specifically exclude digiboxes from this now because they get so many returned?

I have just been ogling Humax.

I seem to remember The Pinefox STANDING UP to watch/listen to the extended red button only post-match analysis on that occasion.

Our dropouts have been increasing of late, which makes me thing it could have a lot to do with the crappy box, which is just over a year old, meaning it is out of warranty. Not that it ever warranted a warranty.

We might have bad cable too.

Perhaps I should go and have a word with the friendly dur-brains at Maplins.

the aerial will be for TV in general but you generally will need an exterior aeiral to get freeview (most places you can rub along with an indoors aerial). so yes get

1x tv
1x freeview box

if you have a video it goes aerial port --> freeview box --> TV.

or video --> TV if you get a video.

£40 is still good going i think so if it's good why not? you can get cheaper. (everybody else is getting digital recorder things like humax now apparently, so i guess set-tops boxes are getting cheaper.)

xpost: gah, f*ckin SCART. Feels like the 1970s.

THE HORROR!

I don't know, but the 1971 Neil Young performance on Friday week is a cracker. He does this thing with the BBC paper cups.

I have never heard about that, Alba.

I do so enjoy "Rock Goes To College".

maybe ed can help? 8)

with mine i plugged it in and it worked but then i don't live in the countryside (sticks). was old itv digital box that i subscribed to so we could watch buffy. freezes up at times (mainly bbc4).

mike, a universal remote maybe, maybe one that does tv and video and set top box. tenner for a 3-way at argos. (sounds a bit rude)

my dislike of scarts is largely to do with the way they come out at an angle, an angle that's almost always inconvenient. i blame the french.

That was a bit longwinded. To sum up:

a) I am a joey.

b) My digibox lacks some kind of "shielding".

c) funny old world.

I want one of those Humax recording things.

I wonder if ITV Digital boxes are collectors' items?

3-way at Argos sounds absolutely delightful. Brings a whole new meaninglessness to "please go to your collection point".

does he talk over the starts and ends of the clips on the dvds? (grrr)

haha showing yr age there boy!

we get dropouts all the bloody time and we have a fuck-off communal arial on the roof. it'd never occurred to me that it might actually be the fault of the pikey cheapo stb.