Ain't Technology Wonderful

[Rolebama]

We changed to digital TV recently. Had to rescan on the 4th and 18th April for the change. Yesterday, we had no reception. Whether they were transmitting or not I do not know, but if this is the best they can do, I am not sure I will be renewing TV Licence this year. Iplayer isn't that bad.

[tommytwotanks]

i thought you had to have a tv licence if your household had a receiver, whether tv or computer,
yes ive had the no signal blank screen message a couple of times recently, my normal local itv station is westcountry, but i can get itv wales too on the itv+1 station, spotted a program i wanted to watch, set the dvd recorder, what do i get when i watch it back, 30 seconds of previous program and ads and then the screen goes blank, i fast forwarded a bit and it was still blank, so recording that was a waste of time

[tommytwotanks]

im using the bbc iplayer, itv player, 4 on demand, demand5 more and more now, and if you like old cars shows from the 90's on try "wheeler dealers" on 4od on youtube, the prices are well out, lol

[smudger]

Yea! I like watching Top Gear on my phone using BBC I-Player, as my wife likes watching movies , and with my headphones on I don't interfere with her movie viewing, on her I-Pad.

[tommytwotanks]

Yea! I like watching Top Gear on my phone using BBC I-Player, as my wife likes watching movies , and with my headphones on I don't interfere with her movie viewing, on her I-Pad.

im not that up-to date

[smudger]

Ah! TW, go for it,

We got my wife an I-Pad last year, as she is bed bound now, as her illness deteriorates, and after a while she took to it, and now is online quite a lot.

Then, she got me that I-Phone for my birthday, and its basically a small version of the I-Pad, so I found it easier to use then I thought it would