Recent content by frankman

It's likely all the flats will be supplied by one communal dish. If your neighbours are picking up Sky or Freesat, then there's no reason to believe you wouldn't get it as well.

Difference in bitrates between Freeview and Freesat perhaps? Not that I've compared them but I would assume it could be higher with satellite, and that freeview probably compresses the audio more.

That's strange. I use a Samsung FreeSat box for HD and find the opposite. HD audio is louder and very slightly clearer. A difference in the box perhaps, how are you receiving HD?

Forgot to mention. One of the criticisms I read about the Samsung is that you couldn't pad recordings, to make sure you didn't miss beginning/end of programmes. The Samsung uses the network signal to start recording at the beginning of the programme, and waits until the next programme starts...

I have the Samsung 57800 and I'm very pleased with it. What problems did they mention in the reviews? The one remote works fine with my Samsung TV as well. Once it 'lost' all my recordings, but a reset of the box restored them all again. And ITVPlayer still isn't available - I think that's...

I'm not familiar with Windows photo gallery but it's probably compressing your jpeg image more than the original. Jpeg is a compressed file format and the compression can vary. The more compression used, the more detail is lost. See if there's a setting where you can control the image quality...

Good luck with it ;)

Have you tried taking the lens cap off :lol: If you're using Aperture Priority I'd certainly expect a correct exposure with the lens wide open, even at 100 ISO. What about the other automatic modes, what results do they give? As a starting point I'd recommend setting the camera back to...

What sort of settings are you using, and in what lighting? Maybe the camera simulator at http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/ might help. If you're shooting outdoors then at 100iso an expose of 1/125th and f8/f11 should get you close.

Can you remove the splitter to take it out of the equation? I would imagine the signal is too weak, possibly due to the splitter. On Freeview, channels are multiplexed together into groups. Most of the BBC channels are on Mux 1, while ITV are on Mux 2. (There are also other muxes) Usually Mux...

Yes the water's very soft around here. I've tightened it up as much as I can, so looks like I'll have to try again :( Thanks for the feedback

Reducing the aperture will let less ambient light in, and a higher output flash will have more impact. Try it out. Camera on manual settings. Set the shutter speed to its highest sync speed - probably 125th/sec, and reduce the aperture so that you eliminate most of the ambient light. The...

If I'm reading this correctly what you really need is a flash with a much higher output. Then you can use a smaller f-stop so that the ambient light isn't enough to influence the exposure. Or try using a higher ISO and see how that works. The shutter must be fully open, at the moment of...

I'd second this, or the Samsung Freesat box. The Humax has both BBC and ITV iPlayer while Samsung only has BBC iPlayer at the moment. I don't have a Sky box but am told that they list all the channels in their guide even if you're just using it for the free channels, and you're unable to hide...

Thanks for the replies. Now two days later and no drips at all, but still very slightly damp - only shows if you rub a dusty finger over the joint. Was hoping there might have been an easy way, or someone (honestly) to say it's not enough to worry about :( Looks like I'll have to strip it...