Well, that didn't last long!
With nothing watchable on this evening's TV, we decided to sample
yesterday's ITV3 version of Marple. Over to Smart TV and programme soon
selected. Sadly it was unwatchable, as it stopped, started and crackled.
I switched off both PCs, connected to the router. That improved it
slightly but not to the point that it was bearable.
Am I right in thinking my ISP's download speed is the stumbling block?
Sir, down in Castletown, uses the same ISP. Do you also use Smart TV?
Gerry Winskill
On 03/12/2014 17:25, Gerry Winskill wrote:
I suppose I should really be asking these questions on Social Media but
fear I'm too aged to use these new fangled devices. Apart from anything
else, who out there is interested in the fact I didn't have breakfast
etc?
To the matter in hand. I've just replaced our disfigured TV with a 46"
Samsung, at almost a quarter of the cost of the smaller unit it's
displaced. To gain access to Smart TV, I've invested £44 in a marvellous
TP Link system that allows me to plug the TV into my router, sitting
several rooms away, via the power plugs in the two rooms. Amazing.
Next step is to set up the Humax Freesat Recorder unit that I bought to
replace our ageing Sky HD box. That leaves me with two posers that
someone may be able to shed light on.
1) For the Humax unit to access previous days' programmes as with the
TV unit's Smart TV function, it also needs to be connected to the
Router. I can achieve this by either plugging it into the TP Link
instead of the TV, or buying another TP Link unit so that both TV and
Humax are wired in. Has anyone coped with this already and able to offer
advice please?
2) This one could save me from serious strife. The old Skybox is
showing its age and sometimes alleges that there's no signal. Swapping
channels brings the picture back. Sometimes fast forwarding stops the
whole gubbins and I have to power down then up again to get it to work.
If I just swap to the Humax these problems disappear(?) but leave me
with the crisis caused by the swap. Amongst the easily sacrificed
recorded progs on the Sky box are two whose loss would leave me in deep
doodo! They are two recordings of Songs of Praise, in the IOM, on which
SWMBO can see herself singing. Is there any way of copying these onto,
say, a laptop, so that she can still see them. Perhaps there's a
commercial outfit offering this type of service? I approached the BBC to
see if I could buy a copy. I can.....price £147 !
Replies in the usual unmarked brown envelope please.
Gerry Winskill
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