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    Best general purpose satellite receiver(NOV 2017)

    Thanks for all the advice folks . I'm gonna get them a Technomate TM5402HD Mk 3 i think. I know its a bit outdated now , but it will do what he is asking for and having had one of those myself in the past, i'm reasonably competent at driving it.( oh and its cheap too ) and so be able to cope...
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    Best general purpose satellite receiver(NOV 2017)

    Motorised 1mtre ear to ear line of sight in middle England , no pvr needed, no internet channels needed, no future proofing needed, not bothered about price range within reason, single tuner would be fine, he wants umpapa umpapa channels (bavarian type music ) amounst other things but he...
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    Best general purpose satellite receiver(NOV 2017)

    Hi Folks, I have a elderly friend who wants me to get him a good general purpose satellite receiver to stick on the end of his satellite dish. It needs to be reasonably easy to use and update the channels....Anyone out there any thoughts at what i should look for as i have been away from the...
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    Goteland Island Games

    I had a look on their facebook page and they say there is no TV coverage ..only on-line live streams on instagram and facebook -this is reply to a query i made. What we know, no broadcaster is live all the time. All local media will do their own coverage over the different islands. We will do...
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    Goteland Island Games

    Yeh ...those are the ones CH.. ...but havent been able to find a satellite channel or feed to watch them on so far .
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    Goteland Island Games

    I fancied watching these after see a preview of them on BBC TV earlier this morning . I don't suppose anyone would know if they are being televised and on what channels and satellites it would be on ? I,ve had a look, but not turned up anything yet .
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    Join now - Sats UK Fantasy Premier Football League.

    Yep , i,m in too, Will watch league progress with interest. Just hope we get some of the real big moneyspenders fighting relegation and the minnows scrapping it out for the league title. Oh!.......... I've woken up now.:-rofl2:-rofl2:-rofl2
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    Join now - Sats UK Fantasy Premier Football League.

    And i thought i had got a really good squad of players this time. It's going to be the "Hair-drier" treatment for them now. And if they don't pull their fingers out , it will be time to play the Wild card and boot em all out and start again.....Grrr
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    Join now - Sats UK Fantasy Premier Football League.

    Back in and Ive told my players not to disappoint me this season
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    A short quiz

    Wow, i thought these were catch questions and so to save a bit of time i went to the answers straight away. Great questions . Will it be ok to copy / paste onto my facebook??
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    Top Tip Live UK football 2013-14 on FTA tv channels

    The audio commentary on my ipad (radio 5 live on iplayer) is also perfectly in sync with the picture WOW
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    Top Tip Live UK football 2013-14 on FTA tv channels

    Bayern v Man UTD. On astra 19 east. ZDF. HD. 11.362 Horz. 22000. Sprachen de deutch
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    Gramophones & other old style music machines

    Did you know .... the expression "put a sock in it" comes from the time when in order to turn the volume down on those old horn loudspeakers a sock would be placed inside them to deaden the volume...hence "put a sock in it". From memory my old TV lecturer of 40 years ago used to say that the...
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