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  1. Sam Gangee

    Samsung 50" 3d tv [plasma] black lines.

    See https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=samsung+50+3d+black+line
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    Can you get an unlabeled WF100 cable? Have I been conned?!?

    You've resurrected a three year old discussion.
  3. Sam Gangee

    Mk3 or Mk 4 LNB?

    You can't "slot" something inside the C-section arm channel unless you bodge it. The MK4 LNB sits over the arm - saddle fashion. See the page that I linked to.
  4. Sam Gangee

    ceiling speakers

    Ha ha. A 300m drum will cost well over £100. That's money taken from an already too-tight budget. So, whilst I agree with you about such "futureproofing", he simply can't afford it if he goes for the proposed ceiling speaker system. My advice would be: save up another £1000 and do the job...
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    ceiling speakers

    More than acceptable. You'd be crazy to ignore him. Lucid's been in this business for decades. One of the country's leading experts, I'd say.
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    NAS or SAN?

    True but the outage I mentioned was less than a second. The guy is now faced with a recovery bill of something in excess of $500. Of course, if there's nothing unique on the drive (and there shouldn't be) then it doesn't really matter if it gets trashed. However, a £100 UPS will probably give...
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    NAS or SAN?

    I just came across an instance where a Mac user was using a NAS RAID 1 system for all his backups. A momentary power glitch corrupted the data on both drives so now he's looking for a data recovery company (in the USA by the way). The lesson, here, is that the NAS drive system should be running...
  8. Sam Gangee

    Wharfdale 10.1 Speaker Stopped Working

    Decades ago, when I was at university, my house-mate bought a pair of Wharfedale "Unit 5" kits. He drove them from a 50+50 Watt RMS stereo amplifier at a volume that wasn't high enough to cause discernible distortion. Twice the mid-range unit died. Twice we drove all the way to Brighouse to get...
  9. Sam Gangee

    Re-fitting 'F' end on to WF100 cable?

    A correctly fitted compression plug doesn't simply pull off. This fact suggests that you gave a darn good yank or else the lead was faulty. What was SatCure's response when you informed them? In my experience, they would send you a replacement without hesitation...
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    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    We are going to have to disagree on this, unless you can direct me to your peer-reviewed test results. (I have never found any test measurements comparing the two types.) Correctly chosen and correctly fitted twist-on types will never unscrew without considerable force being necessary. I grant...
  11. Sam Gangee

    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    WF65 "shotgun" cable will be fine for such a short length and is more flexible. (Goodnight.)
  12. Sam Gangee

    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    Is it the type and colour that you want? If it is, then, yes. I see that it's twin cable. Do you need twin? Do you prefer it to two singles? Did you choose WF100 for minimum signal loss, instead of WF65, which is thinner and more flexible?
  13. Sam Gangee

    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    See http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page7.htm#complug
  14. Sam Gangee

    Sky dish location

    Oh, you've just discovered trees? How high does the dish need to be to clear the trees? Are you certain that it can't see the satellite at ground level? (You'll have to look up the elevation for your location, the compass bearing and work out the angle between the top of the trees and the ground.)
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    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    Is this what you are asking? Best way to join or extend a coaxial cable: http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/extend_cable.htm
  16. Sam Gangee

    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    All outputs ought to be connected, otherwise you have an impedance mismatch, which can make reception of some frequencies even worse. Yes, it's typically reduced to 40% per output, regardless. It's like chopping an apple in half with a blunt axe and giving the 40% chunks to two people, say Joe...
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    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    Try http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cablespecs.htm and http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm Hopefully it's something decent like WF65, which has only double the signal loss of WF100. Whatever thin cable you use, it will have at least twice the signal loss and maybe a lot more. Any of those...
  18. Sam Gangee

    Bloody Brexit

    Getting back on topic - in case anyone has bothered to wade through ten pages of this slanging match... The "trade deals" affect less than 1% of businesses in the UK. These are mostly foreign-owned, huge, and pay little or no tax in the UK. The other 99% of businesses neither have, nor need...
  19. Sam Gangee

    Fuji Finepix S4300

    I use Sanyo ENELOOP rechargeable AA cells in my Fujifilm Finepix S8200. Best ones ever (and I've tried plenty). Mine are rated at 1900mAh, which is more than enough for a week's shooting.
  20. Sam Gangee

    What are these cables coming through my wall? And what cables do i need?

    Maybe you should start here: http://www.satcure.co.uk/book.htm#under and http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/martinpick
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