Technology Thread.

[bobo the clown]

Bobo is that 22 on wireless or wired connection? You should be getting better than 22 on wired, I'd have thought.

With my BT Infinity I get the full advertised 80/20 speed but only wired. With wireless it's more like 30 odd down... I probably could muck about with it a bit to try and improve this, but it's no big deal.

well, it's wired from the junction box & into the pc. Wireless throughout the rest of the house.

We are a good way from the exchange & I believe that impacts the speed.

tbh - it is such an improvement to what we are used to I was pretty pleased. We'd been projected onlt 17-18mbps, so it seemed OK. Any advice offered is welcome, but the BT guy showed us through the set-up & he measured it.

[TANGODANCER]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

There are sites that will test it for free, Tango - try a few Google searches to find them.

Ours is 57mps on the wireless - it actually hadn't even occurred that it might be better wired in.

And I'm in Sydenham these days, Bobo, which used to be considered part of Kent - not exactly the centre of the metropolis.

[bobo the clown]

All of 6 miles south of central London then, hardly 'Garden of England, surrounded by restored Oast Houses and English wine country is it ?

If you need food parcels sending you just let us know.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Touché. I'm just grumpy because it was a wrench to leave a place I was living on Fetter Lane (just off Fleet Street).

[malcd1]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

Try this one TD.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bobo the clown]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

Try this one TD.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I just did. It's showing 19mbps at the moment, the max I can expext is 25 according the that test. so looks like I have to be happy with 19-22 or so.

Fckg Wales.

[Always hopeful]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

Try this one TD.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I just did. It's showing 19mbps at the moment, the max I can expext is 25 according the that test. so looks like I have to be happy with 19-22 or so.

Fckg Wales.

Mine's 11.

Fckg Wales

[TANGODANCER]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

Try this one TD.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks Malc, already checked. It seems particularly low in our area, as low as 6.5, but I'm not really suffering any noticable difference. Seems fine so I'm happy.

[davroduk]

We're with Virgin and the wife's laptop tells her she's getting 39. Mine, I don't know as there's nothing there to tell me. Where do you find that info?

Try this one TD.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I just did. It's showing 19mbps at the moment, the max I can expext is 25 according the that test. so looks like I have to be happy with 19-22 or so.

Fckg Wales.

Mine's 11.

Fckg Wales

Mines just over 2.
Fecking B.T.

[a1]

57mps with BT here

Oh and Bobo, if you don't like Windows, there is this other company I know that makes operating systems....

red hat ?

[General Mannerheim]

Is there a 'ctrl f' type function on the ipad, for finding certain words in documents or websites?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Is there a 'ctrl f' type function on the ipad, for finding certain words in documents or websites?

Bbb bbbu but it's just so intuitive..

[BWFC_Insane]

Right, so thinking about a new TV. Currently have a 40" LCD that does pretty well, but its started buzzing a bit and I think its probably on its last legs. And fancy a new one anyhow...

So took a look to see what size TV was recommended for my room, given I sit roughly 9ft from the TV. Looked here.... http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Article/How-F ... -I-Sit.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So apparently 9ft is "off the scale" and 8.5ft would be a bloody 64". As much as I'm prepared to buy a 64" if thats what it takes, I'm thinking it would involve a new TV stand a re-organisation of the room to fit the bloody thing in, and a very irate woman when "she" sees the bill.

Based on sitting that distance (which I assume is not really strange) what would anyone on here advise?

I only watch HD content.....

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Brother in law has a 55" and I'm usually sat miles away from it; it is fine. To be honest, I'd either concentrate on a good quality picture and decent sound (so many tvs have shit sound), or if you want to go large get a decent projector. The bigger the tv screen the better the quality it needs to be and therefore starts to get expensive.

Mine is a 40" and I'm sat about about 7ft away. Again, it is perfectly fine. Certainly better than the tiny tvs we managed with in the 70s and 80s

[BWFC_Insane]

Brother in law has a 55" and I'm usually sat miles away from it; it is fine. To be honest, I'd either concentrate on a good quality picture and decent sound (so many tvs have shit sound), or if you want to go large get a decent projector. The bigger the tv screen the better the quality it needs to be and therefore starts to get expensive.

Mine is a 40" and I'm sat about about 7ft away. Again, it is perfectly fine. Certainly better than the tiny tvs we managed with in the 70s and 80s

I have an external sound system so I'm not bothered about the TV speakers.

The trouble is that all the specialist TV/Video sites all give you the buy a £990000000000000000000 TV advice. Which is fine for those who have a keen interest in that stuff, and I do a bit, but not to the extent of an unhappy wife and a living room re-design to accomodate it.

What do you think on LED/LCD vs Plasma? I've had a gander at both and prefer the look of the picture on the LED/LCD. However, the experts again will say thats wrong and merely down to how the sets are setup in the shops.

I wish Apple would just hurry up and bring out their TV (joking).

[Annoyed Grunt]

Brother in law has a 55" and I'm usually sat miles away from it; it is fine. To be honest, I'd either concentrate on a good quality picture and decent sound (so many tvs have shit sound), or if you want to go large get a decent projector. The bigger the tv screen the better the quality it needs to be and therefore starts to get expensive.

Mine is a 40" and I'm sat about about 7ft away. Again, it is perfectly fine. Certainly better than the tiny tvs we managed with in the 70s and 80s

I have an external sound system so I'm not bothered about the TV speakers.

The trouble is that all the specialist TV/Video sites all give you the buy a £990000000000000000000 TV advice. Which is fine for those who have a keen interest in that stuff, and I do a bit, but not to the extent of an unhappy wife and a living room re-design to accomodate it.

What do you think on LED/LCD vs Plasma? I've had a gander at both and prefer the look of the picture on the LED/LCD. However, the experts again will say thats wrong and merely down to how the sets are setup in the shops.

I wish Apple would just hurry up and bring out their TV (joking).

Only had 2 TV's since the death of my old CRT one, both plasma........no issues with them. However, the only downside is you need to spend a little time "breaking them in".....otherwise you could end up with image burn/retention.

[TANGODANCER]

Lounge, 32" TV, sat 9 or 10 feet away. No bother. Living room (where I mainly watch) 26", sat 8 feet away. No bother at all. Move your chair nearer the set.

[BWFC_Insane]

Lounge, 32" TV, sat 9 or 10 feet away. No bother. Living room (where I mainly watch) 26", sat 8 feet away. No bother at all. Move your chair nearer the set.

Well indeed.

I think the argument goes that if you're paying for HD signal (in my case Sky) and an HD TV there is a relationship between viewing distance and screen size that allows you to appreciate the "extra HD detail". Which I guess makes sense. Not much point having a tiny HD screen if you sit so far away that you can't make out the details that HD brings to the surface.

I just think the guide I posted seems quite extreme.

I fancy going bigger than 40" but didn't envisage going above 50".

[BWFC_Insane]

Brother in law has a 55" and I'm usually sat miles away from it; it is fine. To be honest, I'd either concentrate on a good quality picture and decent sound (so many tvs have shit sound), or if you want to go large get a decent projector. The bigger the tv screen the better the quality it needs to be and therefore starts to get expensive.

Mine is a 40" and I'm sat about about 7ft away. Again, it is perfectly fine. Certainly better than the tiny tvs we managed with in the 70s and 80s

I have an external sound system so I'm not bothered about the TV speakers.

The trouble is that all the specialist TV/Video sites all give you the buy a £990000000000000000000 TV advice. Which is fine for those who have a keen interest in that stuff, and I do a bit, but not to the extent of an unhappy wife and a living room re-design to accomodate it.

What do you think on LED/LCD vs Plasma? I've had a gander at both and prefer the look of the picture on the LED/LCD. However, the experts again will say thats wrong and merely down to how the sets are setup in the shops.

I wish Apple would just hurry up and bring out their TV (joking).

Only had 2 TV's since the death of my old CRT one, both plasma........no issues with them. However, the only downside is you need to spend a little time "breaking them in".....otherwise you could end up with image burn/retention.

Breaking in? How do you do that? Whip them slowly until they work flawlessly?