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Words we cannot abide.
But American 'Color' was NTSC (Never Twice the Same Colour) :sick_:. Thank heavens we never needed a 'hue' knob on our TVs.- rpb424
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- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Words we cannot abide.
'Plug socket' :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:- rpb424
- Post #77
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Words we cannot abide.
Well, erm, Series ? It served us well for decades, and nobody here used 'season' until the early 90's when American imports on Sky got popular, then everyone jumped on the bandwagon of using 'season' instead.- rpb424
- Post #46
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Words we cannot abide.
... and of course 'season' in relation to a TV series.- rpb424
- Post #42
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Words we cannot abide.
Nothing is a 'product' any more but a 'solution' instead.- rpb424
- Post #41
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
All I can see are a measly couple of the usual chain stores (phone shops). Can’t see a single independent any more.- rpb424
- Post #42
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
It's sad that it's taken a tragedy of such epic proportions for him to be shown for what he really is (although coming into it many of us probably already knew). Whether the electorate will take note come November is open to question though.- rpb424
- Post #339
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Content Sharing 101
Bit of a shame that really, though I understand why some people may want it configurable through the SUI if they are not that conversant with going directly into the file system to set it up. To those who are though it's really a 'set and forget' thing to my mind, so having to have it...- rpb424
- Post #8
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
Could you not have scooped them up? They'd have been ready beaten for omelette making :)- rpb424
- Post #301
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Which recordings take the most space?
I heard a story in the early days of digital TV when bandwidth was harder to come by that the broadcasters would progressively over a period of time ‘sneak’ down the bit-rate of the coders (usually overnight) until a set level of complaints regarding picture quality were received. They’d then...- rpb424
- Post #7
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
That was my experience too. A London Underground ticket barrier reader refused my brand new contactless card. Having visited an ATM and entered the PIN number the barrier then subsequently worked.- rpb424
- Post #223
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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PC Construction
'configure' fits both cases, and at least the first 3 letters match.- rpb424
- Post #278
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
I only ever bought one thing on TCR - a Philips S-VHS VCR. I got the assistant who sold it to me to price match a shop down the road. He gave me a 'pained' look having accepted and said something along the lines of 'I'm making no money on this', probably expecting some sympathy, but I didn't...- rpb424
- Post #38
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Sending Decent Quality Audio (stereo)
Indeed, and still is. I've wired up literally thousands of metres of this between IDC ('Krone') blocks (often multi-metre runs between blocks on larger frames) over the last 30 years. And my wiring went to air on BBC1/2, so can't have been too shabby!- rpb424
- Post #12
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Using blu-tak worked for me on the ZX81 RAM pack Had the ZX printer plugged into the port as well. I can still remember the initial tone sequence in my head of how ZX81 programs ‘sounded’ when loading. Also remember holding a mic up to the telly and recording the program that Tomorrow’s World...- rpb424
- Post #25
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Happy days. I remember my Dad modified our TV to add a socket for an external speaker. Unfortunately he used a standard 3.5mm mono jack socket (breaking the TV’s internal speaker connection when used), and this was I was young, naive and before I knew about the difference between line level...- rpb424
- Post #18
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Don’t forget Tandy. I used to buy a lot there when I couldn’t wait a week or more for Maplin mail order, albeit at a higher proce usually. Maplin were good as shops for quite a lot of years but then lost their way, sidelining the hobbyist sector and relying more on remote control toys, DJ gear...- rpb424
- Post #16
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
I didn't actually know that it had all disappeared until a couple of months ago, and apparently the rot was almost complete nearly a decade ago, which shows how long since I'd been there (probably 25 years now).- rpb424
- Post #5
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Back in the day, I think there was a similar area (again, bigger) in Japan (where most of this stuff came from anyway), but can't recall its name. UPDATE Akihabara (Tokyo) I think.- rpb424
- Post #3
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Being a teenager in the 80's and keen on AV tech back then (and still am!), one of the best 'techy' indulgences was a wander around the myriad of hi-fi/video emporiums on Tottenham Court Road whenever I was up in London. Sadly the march of online commerce means that they have pretty much all now...- rpb424
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- Replies: 44
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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Words we cannot abide.
But American 'Color' was NTSC (Never Twice the Same Colour) :sick_:. Thank heavens we never needed a 'hue' knob on our TVs.- rpb424
- Post #203
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Words we cannot abide.
'Plug socket' :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:- rpb424
- Post #77
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
-
R
Words we cannot abide.
Well, erm, Series ? It served us well for decades, and nobody here used 'season' until the early 90's when American imports on Sky got popular, then everyone jumped on the bandwagon of using 'season' instead.- rpb424
- Post #46
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Words we cannot abide.
... and of course 'season' in relation to a TV series.- rpb424
- Post #42
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Words we cannot abide.
Nothing is a 'product' any more but a 'solution' instead.- rpb424
- Post #41
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
All I can see are a measly couple of the usual chain stores (phone shops). Can’t see a single independent any more.- rpb424
- Post #42
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
-
R
Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
It's sad that it's taken a tragedy of such epic proportions for him to be shown for what he really is (although coming into it many of us probably already knew). Whether the electorate will take note come November is open to question though.- rpb424
- Post #339
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
-
R
Content Sharing 101
Bit of a shame that really, though I understand why some people may want it configurable through the SUI if they are not that conversant with going directly into the file system to set it up. To those who are though it's really a 'set and forget' thing to my mind, so having to have it...- rpb424
- Post #8
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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R
Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
Could you not have scooped them up? They'd have been ready beaten for omelette making :)- rpb424
- Post #301
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Which recordings take the most space?
I heard a story in the early days of digital TV when bandwidth was harder to come by that the broadcasters would progressively over a period of time ‘sneak’ down the bit-rate of the coders (usually overnight) until a set level of complaints regarding picture quality were received. They’d then...- rpb424
- Post #7
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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R
Since we'll all be locked in our houses, Coronavirus
That was my experience too. A London Underground ticket barrier reader refused my brand new contactless card. Having visited an ATM and entered the PIN number the barrier then subsequently worked.- rpb424
- Post #223
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
PC Construction
'configure' fits both cases, and at least the first 3 letters match.- rpb424
- Post #278
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
I only ever bought one thing on TCR - a Philips S-VHS VCR. I got the assistant who sold it to me to price match a shop down the road. He gave me a 'pained' look having accepted and said something along the lines of 'I'm making no money on this', probably expecting some sympathy, but I didn't...- rpb424
- Post #38
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Sending Decent Quality Audio (stereo)
Indeed, and still is. I've wired up literally thousands of metres of this between IDC ('Krone') blocks (often multi-metre runs between blocks on larger frames) over the last 30 years. And my wiring went to air on BBC1/2, so can't have been too shabby!- rpb424
- Post #12
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
-
R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Using blu-tak worked for me on the ZX81 RAM pack Had the ZX printer plugged into the port as well. I can still remember the initial tone sequence in my head of how ZX81 programs ‘sounded’ when loading. Also remember holding a mic up to the telly and recording the program that Tomorrow’s World...- rpb424
- Post #25
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Happy days. I remember my Dad modified our TV to add a socket for an external speaker. Unfortunately he used a standard 3.5mm mono jack socket (breaking the TV’s internal speaker connection when used), and this was I was young, naive and before I knew about the difference between line level...- rpb424
- Post #18
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Don’t forget Tandy. I used to buy a lot there when I couldn’t wait a week or more for Maplin mail order, albeit at a higher proce usually. Maplin were good as shops for quite a lot of years but then lost their way, sidelining the hobbyist sector and relying more on remote control toys, DJ gear...- rpb424
- Post #16
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
I didn't actually know that it had all disappeared until a couple of months ago, and apparently the rot was almost complete nearly a decade ago, which shows how long since I'd been there (probably 25 years now).- rpb424
- Post #5
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Back in the day, I think there was a similar area (again, bigger) in Japan (where most of this stuff came from anyway), but can't recall its name. UPDATE Akihabara (Tokyo) I think.- rpb424
- Post #3
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
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R
Lamenting the demise of Tottenham Court Road
Being a teenager in the 80's and keen on AV tech back then (and still am!), one of the best 'techy' indulgences was a wander around the myriad of hi-fi/video emporiums on Tottenham Court Road whenever I was up in London. Sadly the march of online commerce means that they have pretty much all now...- rpb424
- Thread
- Replies: 44
- Forum: The Hummy Arms