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Posted: Mon 28 Aug, 2006 21.59
by tvmercia
Hymagumba wrote:
tvmercia wrote:with a DTT pvr you don't have to pay for EPG data. and certainly with mine you can set it to automatically add x minutes as a safety buffer
what model have you got?
thomson dvr dhd4000

can't recommend it enough - argos were selling them at £100 until very recently.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 00.16
by Nick Harvey
Antz wrote:With Sky+ you can do Manual Recordings
And pay a bleedin' fortune for the privilage.

NO THANK YOU.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 07.42
by MarkN
Gavin Scott wrote:I'm one of those people who don't always put the disc back in its sleeve - the same as I didn't put VHS tapes back in their boxes. While it doesn't particularly harm tapes, it seems to be death to discs.
Back in the early days of CD-ROMs, quite a few CD drive manufacturers decided to make drives that would only allow the use of discs inside protective caddies (the drive didn't have a tray, just a slot for the caddy).

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Unfortunately, the idea never took off, for the usual reason (expense). However, the idea has been brought back for DVD-RAM discs (they're more delicate than other DVD formats?).

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I have seen a Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder that has a special tray that allows the use of both caddies and 'naked' discs. It is a shame that most other manufacturers can't be bothered to produce this type of tray, as the caddies could be useful for providing extra protection for 'important' CDs/DVDs.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 09.21
by Gavin Scott
It really is outrageous that with the economies of scale they couldn't make a protected disc format for everyone. Even a thickly laquer coated disc surface would be better than what we have. Its a far cry from Judith spreading jam on a CD prototype on Tomorrow's World.

The Blu-ray format seems to be a disc in a protective sleeve, but I'll lay money on the fact that it will be DVDHD which will win the format war, simply because it can play standard DVD discs.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 15.31
by Jenny
Gavin Scott wrote:Its a far cry from Judith spreading jam on a CD prototype on Tomorrow's World.
Wasn't it Keiran "Ballykissangel" Prendiville who did that? Though it does seem to have been a standard demonstration at the time, probably suggested by Philips.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 16.26
by Gavin Scott
Jenny wrote:
Gavin Scott wrote:Its a far cry from Judith spreading jam on a CD prototype on Tomorrow's World.
Wasn't it Keiran "Ballykissangel" Prendiville who did that? Though it does seem to have been a standard demonstration at the time, probably suggested by Philips.
I think you're right. You're good with detail, Jenny.

But let's not get into whether it was Howard "Stableford" or "Stapleford". I lost a £20 bet nearly two decades ago, and I still haven't paid up.

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 16.30
by Pete
Fred Dinenage you say?

Posted: Tue 29 Aug, 2006 17.00
by marksi
In ye olden dayes on the radio we used to use those CD cart thingys. They worked nicely and kept everything scratch and fingerprint free. There were spare carts lying around so you could temporarily stick in some CDs of your own. One of those good ideas that never took off.