Recent content by Richard Hunt

By the way I also posted this on Digital Spy, where in the past I got lots of helpful advice. I got a mail back saying I'd been banned for day because my post was deemed "advertising". I wrote back and pointed out that advertising usually requires the name of the product or service to be...

Hi Everyone. I'ma very happy person tonight because a Prague based techie guy has restored me perfect quality BBC TV ,including HD, plus ITV, and C4, and all radio. Obviously he's a pro, and I'm a non techie, but I was very surprised given what I'd read here. He did three things; two were cone...

Hello all. As a non techie in Prague but appreciating this forum, here is an update. After months of hardly bothering to try, I've been surprised to find that since the new year I am consistently getting perfect signal on certain Uk channels from around 21.00 to midnight CET, and this regardless...

Hi Andy That's me referred to above, not been watching much TV recently since the holiday. I'm west central Prague and have a 2.1m dish which was rendered useless in the switchover at the beginning of the year. Before my holiday in July BBC and ITV channels would tantalisingly return around...

MarkW thanks for your help. I am not sure how to PM you in this web format. It would not let me start a conversation with you, so i have left a message on your profile page

Mods, feel free to move this, but I hope you find it interesting. I was always bothered by Greg Dyke's claim that he saved the BBC "£85mill" by moving to the tighter beam Astra. That was supposed to be the cost of encryption so that they could use the Sky platform, and it sounded like a lot of...

That is interesting Micxuc, thank you. I have not tried any adjustments to my set up (well, I'm not capable myself, would get my techie crew round). But to prepare for that I have been logging reception. At 22.00- 00.00 CET time I am regularly able to pick up almost perfectly BBC1SD...

Non-tech viewer here again. My overall perception is that reception has improved here in the last few weeks, to the point where around 21.00-22.00CET reception of these channels I normally watch is regularly perfect : BBC1SD, BBC2SD, BBC4 HD, C4. I usually notice the BBC channels breaking up...

Still getting good evening reception of most BBC TV channels, plus ITV HD (thanks for the tip above).

Well here's a pleasant surprise. All BBC TV channels perfect tonight, as is C4, but not ITV. Settling down to watch timeshifted "Salamander" on BBC4 HD. Weather related? here in Prague weather is notably mild, but hardly clear. Light cloud cover all evening. Any thoughts from you guys, does...

Thanks for your replies. It's now absolutely clear to me that we who currently live outside the UK (I politely reject the term "expats" for people like me) should understand that Freesat is essential for a good chunk of UK based viewers, and any proposal we make must start from that basis. The...

Thank you all for your further comments, including those which are hostile to my proposals. If I may answer several at once: 1. Yes, it would have been much better to start this campaign earlier. But Greg Dyke rather blindsided us, didn't he? 2. I fully agree that no proposal should in any way...

Thanks for your replies so far. All the arguments against are useful, since I will need to take them into account before going "live" TiVu I appreciate the points you make. However as you say, there is pressure for a subscription model anyway. Personally, I favour the licence system, but...

Hello. I am a new member who has joined as a result of the move to Astra 2e. Since there is no sign yet of a reasonable technical solution, I am ready to start a lobby to change the situation by non-technical means. I start from the premise that a lot of people in mainland Europe would, like...

Will do. I believe there is a fairly straightforward commercial solution, which i will outline, however there will be technical aspects to it which I am sure people on here will understand far better than me. Of course this would not be the main forum for such a discussion, just one of many. But...