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Hi. I've got a projector in my man-cave. I connect my Virgin HD box via an HDFury2 with an HDMI input and VGA cable output to the projector. Everything fine, my HD ready projector now plays HD video. Last week I bought a £22 HDMI player from Ebay. Plug a USB stick in with any format video on and...

Thanks to you both. I'll try Joe90's approach first and hope for the best. I have both items so away I'll go. JobAndKnock - Thanks for your detailed, informative reply. And your time writing it. Very interesting. I know if the first option doesn't work, all is not lost. Thanks again. John

Hello to all. Bought an old solid oak sideboard from a junk shop, coming next week. Guy said it's not varnished because they didn't use varnish when it was made. I've found loads of stuff of how to strip it back to bare wood, but all conflicting advice. Use wirewool - Don't because the steel...

Yes, I got the £39.99. I'm sure it was just an 'oversight' on the salesman's part. I hadn't noticed because the dog chewed up all the paperwork as soon as I put the box down. I had to tape it up best I could. The paperwork, not the dog.

Getting a bit deep now! Just to update - Took it back today and got my money refunded without a problem. Except... what the lad said was a half-price £60 cable at £29.99 was actually charged at £39.99! He showed me the £29.99 on the screen at the time? I know you only have my word, as Lucid...

Thanks for that, JohnD. Seems to be plenty of places that stock it, so that's me sorted. John

Hi. Got a brand new red and black kitchen. Had a white Nespresso bought a few months ago. The wife wants it painting red to match. I'll be taking the plastic outer-cover off to do it. For anyone who thinks it won't come off... it will;). Most info I've found is aimed at the American market, with...

In response to winston1, as I said at the start, the lad said the power and the signal the 'smart' TV needed via the HDMI cable could not be met by a cheap cable. Inferred the TV could be damaged by a cheap one which would not be covered. I know nothing about 'smart' TV's, and the argument that...

Been to sunny Scotland for a few days. Thanks for all the replies. I'm copying and pasting and printing the main points to take with me to Currys. I read the link you posted ch427. Now that was funny! The reveal said it all. Not the same as HDMI as you said, but perhaps the hype and principal...

Hello to all. Bought a new 50 inch smart TV a couple of weeks ago from Currys. Lad said I needed this silver HDMI cable. Half price at £29. I said I didn't because I read a report a while ago from Which? I think, saying buy the cheapest you can find as there's no difference in picture quality...

Hello to all. Got a sample quartz tile sent. Scratched hell out of the nice shiny surface with a screw and not a mark. Guy online said they needed sealing, However, in 2012 on here, TPT said to put water on tile for 10 minutes. Wipe off. If no mark left then sealing not required. I just put...

Sorry, scrap that! Just found by accident previous posts you made in 2010. Butted them up and clear silicone. Not really an option for me with quartz, so I've read. I need the 6mm gaps. Plus, just been told by the supplier they have a slight bevelled edge. Not sure how that would look on a...

Hopefully you got this. Didn't know where to ask, but you seem to post in here often. I was looking at your kitchen photos. The workmanship and finish on those tops is superb! You said you tiled them, but I can only see one join. How did you do it! I want to do ours with the red, sparkly...

Already ordered. Just opened a laminate sample that's arrived. Scratched it with a screw. It scratched! Who'd have thought it. Waiting for 2 quartz samples. I found various products for keeping the shine and offering protection. My problem is getting the wife to be a LOT more careful with...

Hello to all. Just surfed net and found a post by 'foxhole' in carpentry forum. He posted a pic of his tiled kitchen worktops, which look superb. Wife wants the red, sparkly, gloss, laminate worktops, which I've read are prone to all kinds of scratching/staining etc problems. 'Foxhole' used...

Thank you all for your free time, I appreciate it. Seems it's not as simple as saying to him, 'Oi! Get orf moi laaand'. Plenty to think about. Luckily I've got a medicine chest with my name on it to help. God bless Joshua Tetley. Thanks to all of you again. John

Thanks to both of you. A detailed, precise explanation, which I thank you for. Doesn't look good then. Something I thought was in my favour turns out to have little meaning. He did block me in with his car. I'd never met the man and asked if he could move back a few feet so I could get out. He...

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean they don't need permission as it's unregistered land? As I said, I have rights to cross as set out in my deeds. Do you think I should get the more detailed version? If that doesn't mention rights of way, does the fact it's unregistered mean anyone can use...

Thanks for the replies so quickly. Just downloaded the register title for £3, and it looks like they have no right of way. They have an original entrance/drive on the other side of the house, which it gives rights of way for from the 1920's. The one at this side is in a boundary for some land...

Hello to all. Without boring you with too many details - I will if you want to know - I have a right to access my land at the rear with my car. It's in my deeds. The access is over unregistered land. If, by a remote chance, someone turns up and claims it to be their land, there is an insurance...