Hi, Colin, Thanks very much for the information. Best wishes, Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Baxter" <C.R.Baxter@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: o.t. Digital TV > Hi Joan and all, > For about £150 you can buy a digibox and digi-recorder combined. This > works > just like the hard disk on your PC and you can perform all the routine > word > processing and file management operations with what you have recorded. I > don't know, however, whether anyone has tried hooking this system up to a > speech synthesiser. If you are willing to spend an extra £200, you can > also > add a DVD player and burner to the system. > > Cheers > > Colin > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jamie Cuthbertson > Sent: 22 March 2006 20:26 > To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: o.t. Digital TV > > > Joan, > > I'm by no means an expert on this stuff, but I believe that you shouldn't > have to change your television in order to get digital television > pictures, > assuming that your existing telly is relatively modern. > > What this should mean is that you can keep your existing telly, purchase > the > appropriate method of receiving a digital picture and also hang on to your > I-Player to use as you are at present. > > In essence tellies that are being sold as digital tellies are normal > tellies > with the didgi box built in. You can achieve the exact same result by > getting an external didgi box such as a Free View box and aerial, cable > television or satellite telly. For example, if you are in an NTL cable > area, you could subscribe to it and just use your own existing telly. If > you are not in a cable area, you would need to get a satellite receiver or > Free View and aerial. > > Hope this helps (and I hope I'm correct too!!). > > If I'm wrong, I'm sure that someone out there will let me know soon > enough! > > Cheers, > > Jamie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Muir" <wjmuir.twadugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:20 PM > Subject: [jaws-uk] o.t. Digital TV > > >> Hi, Folks. >> Sorry for this not having anything to do with Jaws. >> >> We at present have the I-player for our TV and are wondering if we could >> use it if we bought a digital television. I suspect the answer is no? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Joan. >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq