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My Dad called them ''Bin Lit''.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

There's a little piece that the Discovery channels sometimes use to fill in between programmes about a graffiti artist who reckons he's making things look better by cleaning them up rather than defacing them. Maybe we should go around at night with a suitable brightly coloured metallic paint decorating those ugly dishes!

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Parabolics! That's what it's all about. If your "Bin Lid" (no, not the al-Qaeda leader) has the right focal point then it will probably perform better than a Sky Mini Dish due to its larger diameter.

One of my other interests is amateur radio and, in particular, amateur satellites. Some guys I know have made umbrella dishes using brass or similar mesh. It is possible to pick up weak signals from lunar and Mars orbiters with this size of dish!

A Brolly Dish for AO-40
Brolly Dish II: the Portable One

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

What's the point of a 3d EPG? Wouldn't their time and money be better invested in bringing us better content, more HD, more stable STBs etc?

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someone would moan that they aren't getting a 3D EPG :rolleyes:

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There's a 3D EPG coming? Wowzers, tie me down for another 12 months :rolleyes:

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3D EPG coming to Virgin ... wow that is amazing... :rolleyes:

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A 3D EPG does seem rather a trivial thing to be putting time and effort into but I guess they have to showcase the 3D features and people with a 3D TV and a 3D capable box, especially a paid-for-up-front TiVo, will want to have something 'cool' to watch on them, even if the 3D programming is in short supply.

Any day now, you won't need the remote any more, you'll be able to put your hand out towards the projected 3D EPG and manipulate it without having to wipe the finger-lickin' Colonel's secret recipe from your hands first. :cool:

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Remember unlike Sky, Virginmedia do not charge for HD (Premium HD excluded) and 3D, and everyone has access to free catch up.

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This will be great for selecting "Minority Report" on from VOD ;)

If you want to see just how close this is to being an affordable reality take a google at what MIT (and many others) are doing with an Xbox 360 and Kinect

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Despite being a technophile, I still don't have a HD TV, a PVR or, for that matter, a DVD recorder at the moment, so 3D might as well be in another dimension as far as I'm concerned. :)

Maybe this year, around April, I'll take advantage of the likely price drops in HD TVs, PVRs, DVD±Rs and higher speed broadband offerings from VM and 'tool up' to the (almost) latest technology.

I probably won't opt for 3D, TiVo, Blu-Ray recording or 100Mb/s internet just yet but at least I'll be in the twenty first century albeit not the current decade of the century. :cool:

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I agree this does seem a bit of a waste of time and money BUT having said that virgin have to keep up with sky and developing technology such as 3d. They can`t afford to loose customers to sky just because people have 3d televisions and want everything that goes with it to be 3d too. Personally I`m not bothered about 3d and won`t be buying a 3d television for a few years yet(unless circumstances force me to).

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MB, or anyone else, I know that it would be in 'Post One' if there was news but, just in case, are there any likely dates for Five +1 (soon to be Channel 5 +1) or the additional UKTV +1s?

Also, I know that the UKTV channels have traditionally aired repeats from other channels but, with more original programming and exclusive offerings being shown now, is there any expectation that some of these channels will have a presence in the On Demand sections such as Catch Up?

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I am sorry I think this is probably the wrong place to post this, but here goes.

I consistantly find that HD channels are actualy worse than the SD channels. For example I am currently watching Syfy HD and I keep getting "interference" on the screen. The screen appears quite grainy and I get flashing bars of grianeyness (probably a made up word ;-) ) all over the screen.

I have noticed this on BBC1 HD, ITV HD and now syfy HD.

Is this an indication that my V+ box is not working properly, or is this normal with the HD channels?

TIA John

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Yes it is the wrong place to post this:

1- Have you checked that all the cables are in correctly.

2- Have you checked the service status page to see if there are any problems in the area.

3- Have you tried the fix it assistant to see if there are any errors for you.

If you have tried all of these then i would say to call in to check the signal strength for you.