Technology Thread.

[Bijou Bob]

Argos currently have an edge lit LED 50 inch smart Samsung TV on offer for £399. Buy it and spend the rest on a holiday. Job done, you're welcome.

[ChrisC]

Get them to do free delivery

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in 50 degrees?

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in the pissing rain, running after it, missing it, and then pretending you didn't want to catch it in the first place?

Me neither

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Get them to do free delivery

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in 50 degrees?

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in the pissing rain, running after it, missing it, and then pretending you didn't want to catch it in the first place?

Me neither

I guarantee you'd be wetter in the 50 degrees than the pissing rain

[ChrisC]

Get them to do free delivery

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in 50 degrees?

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in the pissing rain, running after it, missing it, and then pretending you didn't want to catch it in the first place?

Me neither

I guarantee you'd be wetter in the 50 degrees than the pissing rain

I guarantee I wouldn't! I would be sat dry and cool in my car with the air con blasting Wouldn't catch me selling my car for no TV

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Get them to do free delivery

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in 50 degrees?

Have you ever tried to catch a bus in the pissing rain, running after it, missing it, and then pretending you didn't want to catch it in the first place?

Me neither

I guarantee you'd be wetter in the 50 degrees than the pissing rain

I guarantee I wouldn't! I would be sat dry and cool in my car with the air con blasting Wouldn't catch me selling my car for no TV

You might want to pimp your ride with some tinted windows too

[clapton is god]

Thanks for all the advice, chaps.

I opted for the Samsung 6670 Smart 3D, a 2014 model on a weekend offer at Currys, reduced by £350 down to £799 and then a Samsung wireless soundbar to go with it.

Just got to put the buggering thing together now.

[Dujon]

I thought you said Curry's, not Flat Pack Heaven.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I discovered an ace bit of software yesterday. If you torrent or have a digital library of tv/movies then read on...

Software is called Plex. It's a media server. It basically will organise your library, download meta data and DVD covers etc, making it easy to browse your collection and play. Additionally you can get an app for your ipad/android/Windows 8 device and access and view your library from anywhere. You will of course need a half decent Internet connection. You can also share with friends. It's kind of like a private Netflix

[General Mannerheim]

thats all very nice but i just watch and delete. dont see the point in hoarding all this stuff.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

You obviously don't have a wife that watches stuff time and again. She'll even watch the same movie 3-4 times in a week

[thebish]

fortunately apple product users are notoriously smart and wouldn't fall for such a thing... would they?

[thebish]

last year Mac users were duped into wiping their hard drives to access mined BitCoins;

and there was the iOS 7 "waterproof" hoax which duped many people into destroying their iPhones too.

[bobo the clown]

^^^^ Microwave your eye-fone. Brilliant

[Dujon]

Apple's latest 'phone was released in Sydney yesterday. According to the local press people queued for days. By the time the doors were opened it seems that the line was hundreds of metres long. I don't know what drives some Apple lovers, I really don't.

[KeyserSoze]

The queue outside the apple store today was ridiculous. Like, laughable.

[thebish]

The queue outside the apple store today was ridiculous. Like, laughable.

what revolutionarily exciting thing will this new iteration do that the last one didn't?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

The queue outside the apple store today was ridiculous. Like, laughable.

what revolutionarily exciting thing will this new iteration do that the last one didn't?

It bounces, as demonstrated by Australia's first in the queue demonstrated on telly

[bobo the clown]

Right .... I have fully functioning Smart TV .... no Sky or any other supplier, simply Freeview.

Some channels come up showing a blank screen with "data service" in the middle. The channel mummy's Chinese art thingymyjig ... Propeller TV is an example, channel 229 in this case.

Is that it ? I just can't get them as I'm a tightwad .. or is there any soft-shoe shuffle I can do and get them working ?

[Worthy4England]

Right .... I have fully functioning Smart TV .... no Sky or any other supplier, simply Freeview.

Some channels come up showing a blank screen with "data service" in the middle. The channel mummy's Chinese art thingymyjig ... Propeller TV is an example, channel 229 in this case.

Is that it ? I just can't get them as I'm a tightwad .. or is there any soft-shoe shuffle I can do and get them working ?

I'm not sure that channel is broadcasting at this time on Freeview (or at least not 24*7) - when you look on their website, they seem to have a live slot at 07:00 - 07:30 then one at 12:00 - 12:30 and finally one at 12:30 - 12:45. They don't have any other timeslots mentioned.

Babestation hasn't started yet, either.

[bobo the clown]

Right .... I have fully functioning Smart TV .... no Sky or any other supplier, simply Freeview.

Some channels come up showing a blank screen with "data service" in the middle. The channel mummy's Chinese art thingymyjig ... Propeller TV is an example, channel 229 in this case.

Is that it ? I just can't get them as I'm a tightwad .. or is there any soft-shoe shuffle I can do and get them working ?

I'm not sure that channel is broadcasting at this time on Freeview (or at least not 24*7) - when you look on their website, they seem to have a live slot at 07:00 - 07:30 then one at 12:00 - 12:30 and finally one at 12:30 - 12:45. They don't have any other timeslots mentioned.

Babestation hasn't started yet, either.

There are others do it ... One called Vintage on 242 which had programmes showing when you look on the Guide but still get that same "data service only" message.