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Missing the days of fun TV? Bored with the same old repeats?
Life is just too serious sometimes. You can’t even turn on the TV to relax after a hard day at the office without being depressed by the latest financial crisis, environmental catastro
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3DTV test on satellite, with YouTube videos
3DTV is the futuristic new kid on the block when it comes to cutting edge television technologies, and new 3D setups are appearing at tech shows around the world. Far from the red and blue glasses we wore back in the early ’80s, 3DTV promises r...
SatScene now has the lightbox2 plugin installed
So try clicking on these BBC HD images, why don’t you? If you hold your mouse pointer over the right hand side of the first enlarged image in a post containing multiple images, you can view the whole lot sequentially as a ’set’. L...
Satellite TV versus terrestrial TV - what are the pros and cons?
Now that we have all of the various flavours of Channel 4 free on satellite (and since November, FIVE too!) , just what is it that’s keeping you from ditching terrestrial telly completely? With Digital Switchover coming our way (it’s alre...
BBC iPlayer on Freesat, oh yes
The news may just have passed you by when originally announced, but the good people at Freesat have always had it in mind to provide this terrific addition to the Freesat platform at some point, and amidst recent rumours that this may happen sooner r...
Premiere encryption hacked again!
LOL, those unlucky chaps at Premiere - the No.1 subscription satellite TV service in Germany - have gone and made themselves look stupid again. Just days after proclaiming that they had put satellite hackers in their place with a hugely expensive enc...
Metronic Sat HD 100 Freesat box ‘for sale’
Metronic’s new Freesat HD receiver - the snappily named ‘SAT HD 100′ - was announced a while back now, but here it is for pre-order on Maplin’s website for a predictable £149.99. The early listing on Maplin’s online store gives...
Kaon KSF200 FTA - satellite receiver bargain of the month!
How about this cheap puppy? Kaon KSF 200 FTA Digital Satellite Receiver - 9,000 channel memory - 1x SCART socket - Display - HF Modulator - Loop through - RS 232 - USALS and DiSEqC 1.2 - EPG - Sleep Timer - Software Update via RS-232 port - 25 OSD la...
