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As sad as it sounds...I actually miss British tele.Celeb jungle/eastenders/ramsays nightmares/top gear etc.
Is there any way I can get the required channels bar Orbit for bbc prime(load of rubbish)

Thanks

gezza wrote:As sad as it sounds...I actually miss British tele.Celeb jungle/eastenders/ramsays nightmares/top gear etc.
Is there any way I can get the required channels bar Orbit for bbc prime(load of rubbish)

Thanks

The only way that I know of is using a slingbox which seems to work well from the UK.

use the search function "slingbox" and your questions will be answered

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but dont you have to watch tele on your pc then?

gezza wrote:but dont you have to watch tele on your pc then?

Not if you hook it up to your projector!

I pretty much download 99% of what I watch... I have a HTPC setup for downloading and viewing on TV.

I still pay stupid amount of money for Showtime, but that's just for sports.

^ian^ wrote:I pretty much download 99% of what I watch... I have a HTPC setup for downloading and viewing on TV.

I still pay stupid amount of money for Showtime, but that's just for sports.

what's HTPC?

^ian^ wrote:I pretty much download 99% of what I watch... I have a HTPC setup for downloading and viewing on TV.

I still pay stupid amount of money for Showtime, but that's just for sports.

what's HTPC?

Concord wrote:

^ian^ wrote:I pretty much download 99% of what I watch... I have a HTPC setup for downloading and viewing on TV.

I still pay stupid amount of money for Showtime, but that's just for sports.

what's HTPC?

Home Theatre PC

Concord wrote:

^ian^ wrote:I pretty much download 99% of what I watch... I have a HTPC setup for downloading and viewing on TV.

I still pay stupid amount of money for Showtime, but that's just for sports.

what's HTPC?

Home Theatre PC

Ian

with a TV out on a laptop, can this output be used on any lcd/plasma TV?

arniegang wrote:Ian

with a TV out on a laptop, can this output be used on any lcd/plasma TV?

Probably. I use a projector and use the VGA on it.

PC on TV's are never great, but you can output to TV on most computers these days. It's not bad for watching TV, just don't expect the clarity of a computer monitor.

I use a media centre, similar to this you can get wireless ones and add files from any pc in the house and hook it directly up to your TV or projector, great inventions.

Is the size of a laptop sceen replicated onto the TV or does it expand to the full size of the TV screen?

arniegang wrote:Is the size of a laptop sceen replicated onto the TV or does it expand to the full size of the TV screen?

It can be but it would look fuzzy as crap as not enough pixels.

Best use a low resolution, max 800 x 600.

Try this:

www.liveuk.tv

You pay a monthly subscription and just stream the channels you want.

^ian^ wrote:

arniegang wrote:Is the size of a laptop sceen replicated onto the TV or does it expand to the full size of the TV screen?

It can be but it would look fuzzy as crap as not enough pixels.

Best use a low resolution, max 800 x 600.

excuse my ignorance but how big would that resolution be say on a 32" LCD?

arniegang wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

arniegang wrote:Is the size of a laptop sceen replicated onto the TV or does it expand to the full size of the TV screen?

It can be but it would look fuzzy as crap as not enough pixels.

Best use a low resolution, max 800 x 600.

excuse my ignorance but how big would that resolution be say on a 32" LCD?

Im with him...32 inch lcd samsung hd blah blah....?

Does the TV have a VGA input?

^ian^ wrote:Does the TV have a VGA input?

err not sure, i will have to report back on this one as the TV is in my appt