Recent content by incold

I have seen this and read one or two peoples opinion of it. It seemed the biggest drawback was setting up, which was not as easy as the slingbox. Does it need a fixed IP address, or is there some kind of relay server? How do you control the connected external box, does it include an IR...

The Sky in London is my daughters' and not shared with anyone. I believe the Slingbox does not use all the available space (hence headroom) on the upload link, because if it did it would vary when we use the same uplink with Skype, and it does not. The download speed never varies (the Slinbox is...

Would be interested in an update. I have some questions. I am preparing for Astra 2f in Italy - ie I assume my 3.4 metre parabola will not work. I have a Slingbox HD installed in London and can watch it here in Italy on a 42 inch LG connected via HDMI to an Acer Aspire Revo to connect to the...

Don't laugh, well OK laugh but remember we learn things by fiddling around as kids. I built three small dishes each about one metre. Separated by about 10 metres so around 20 metres in a straight line in my grandmother's garden! You have to remember I didn't have the benefit of current...

I hand built my first parabola after listening to this man talking about his struggle to build Jodrell Bank. One of the last of a really inspiring generation, I later had the priviledge of meeting, together with visiting his laboratory. Along with J Brownoski's lab at the Coal Research...

Small update from Caprese Michelangelo. A very heavy hailstorm (golf ball size for about 1 hour, 1 metre depth) changed the shape of my mesh dish last winter, and I had an interesting time ironing it out. It works about as well as it did before now. The LNB I am using is actually Invacom but a...

FYI Most interesting read. Operating a 3.4 metre prime focus mesh dish(I think it is a Ku band dish from the USA but I got it cheap off the back of a truck) with a cheap LNB I normally get all Astra UK channels up to 10.30 pm(and most of them up to at least midnight) in Caprese Michelangelo...

I am in Caprese Michelangelo (AR). With a 3.4 metre mesh dish SAM (US) dish, and 25 metres of cable plus a Clarke Tech 2100 plus I can get all the Astra 2D FTA, but lose ITV 3 around 10.15pm local time until about 8 am. The others go blocky around 1 am. I am curious to know if anyone gets s a...