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Wannabe Geek

#401005 5-Nov-2010 23:00

Just bought a Samsung 40" LED with freeview tunner built in, I am looking for a DVB-T receiver for my old TV.

lambo

9 posts

Wannabe Geek

#401007 5-Nov-2010 23:11

Got a really flash setup....

Dell DX110 PIII with 128Mb
Windows 98se
ATI Rage II
ViewSonic 22"

ahmad

1937 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#401011 5-Nov-2010 23:28

I have a TV and if I win this I can record TV programs

swalker5872

60 posts

Master Geek

#401013 5-Nov-2010 23:33

Well having just moved house I have a box with a second hand 40 inch Sharp tv with inbuilt freeview and another box with a 7 year old 5.1 Sony dvd player. So until I finish decorating my entire entertainment system consists of a small grey stereo with integrated tape deck!

jimmyfury

3 posts

Wannabe Geek

#401014 5-Nov-2010 23:36

We have a Samsung 42 inch TV Freeview built in, with apple TV which is embarrassingly poor in it's offerings from Itunes being the last country on the flat earth before the waterfalls. Maybe thats why we can rent DVDs generally far cheaper and more frequently from the local Suburban video shop than on Apple. However I like the future vision and being an inept Geek also have a home movie sound system from Onkyo, which is partially installed since we moved here. Add to that VOIP based telephones, and tempted by sky but adding in the cost at an extra nz$50 a month doesn't seem worth it. Basically I think it would be amazing to have something like Netflix here when we can download at will for a cheap sum many of the earths movies. But.. we don't. But we do have Freeview. So work with what we have.

jonathan18

7413 posts

Uber Geek

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Trusted

#401040 6-Nov-2010 07:38

42" Panasonic plasma (only 720p, boohoo! Donations gratefully received to allow upgrade)
Yamaha receiver
Kef 2005.3 5.1 speakers plus Paradigm centre
Vantage Freeview box
Squeezebox Duet...

tigger

50 posts

Geek

#401049 6-Nov-2010 07:53

Ohkay. Nothing like winning a prize to get the keys tapping!

We have a new telly as it happens, samsung 48" LCD (bought after reading a review on here

), propped up on an old coffee table and piles of magazines as we try and work out the right height to have it permanently. Figured to hang on the wall would be too high so settling for looking for a sideboard set up. The magazine piles has been on the go for a while now and looks a picture....

And we have a Sky box. That's it. Pretty limited. This wee item would sort us out no end. Less argy bargy about all the sports as I could have the odd movie stored and ready to watch.

Have a grand Saturday all. x

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Mummaeve

4 posts

Wannabe Geek

#401053 6-Nov-2010 08:08

Phillips 21" Television
Mitsubishi Black Diamond DVD Player
Sony Mini Stereo System

kre8uv

8 posts

Wannabe Geek

#401056 6-Nov-2010 08:47

Panasonic 42 Plasma
Series 1 TiVo
Sky Digital

No Freeview HD here yet but its coming ? ! (Taupo)

dale77

294 posts

Ultimate Geek

#401070 6-Nov-2010 09:35

Samsung 40" LCD, and a home theatre PC.

The HTPC serves for:

- music
- blu-ray & DVD
- Freeview HD/ PVR
- random internet media streams from youtube etc
- kids games

HTPC: Antec Fusion 430, Intel i3, Gigabyte 1050, Corsair 4x1Gb, Hauppauge WinTv, Logitech z-5500, Logitech Harmony 525, Yamaha Rx-v6a, Samsung KS8000 4k, Windows 10, Mediaportal 1.30, BLU-RAY: Panasonic UB820

winzurf

11 posts

Geek

#401073 6-Nov-2010 09:39

I bought a Viewsonic 24" HD monitor and mounted it on a swivel mount in the kitchen, also picked up a 2nd hand Freeview decoder to run it (sits on the bench). The outside aerial doesn't work well so at present this runs off a set of mini rabbit ears which also sits on the bench - only picks up some channels and has to be manually tuned (aerial moved) for each channel. Also gets dodgy if someone moves near the aerial (ie making coffee etc.) which can be a pain during sports broadcasts.

This setup is not great if someone else wants to use the kitchen or we want to kick back in comfort elsewhere in the house, so another modern decoder withn recording would be great!

kitchen setup

JKRNZ

56 posts

Master Geek

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#401086 6-Nov-2010 10:36

Sony Bravia 32"
Sony 5.1 Home Theatre
DSE Freeview DT Receiver

AND

the old Panasonic VCR begging to be retired

gradwefran

26 posts

Geek

#401087 6-Nov-2010 10:38

In lounge we have a 42" Panasonic plasma with MySky HDi and a crappy Panasonic home theatre system

In our kitchen we have a wallmounted new Sony 32" LED tv
and behind the wall in a cupbord backing onto the tv we have an Oppo BDP 83 blu ray player, an entry level Onkyo receiver and oa Homecast receiver just like the prize in this competition. All controlled in the kitchen via an infrared eye.

The kitchen also has a a combination of wharfdale ceiling and mission speakers/subwoofer.

I strongly recommend the Homecast as the best alternative for someone who is sensible enough not to subscibe to Sky sports (not me, sorry). Very easy to use. The 500GB harddrive is a great size and is a no brainer as far as I am concerned measured against offerings with a smaller harddrive. If you are like me you really enjoy the time shifting ability to record but with not a lot of free time I do not hget around to watching that much tv and so the hard drive does tend to fill up quicker than one would have imagined.

If I won a new one it would go to my mother in law!

njb

12 posts

Geek

#401108 6-Nov-2010 12:16

We have a TV card in one of our computers and a second screen. Thus can have FreeView running while the computer is used. can record to the HD. But the arials that come with the cards are completely useless. Need a roof top arial.

photoman

217 posts

Master Geek

#401110 6-Nov-2010 12:28

Current setup comprises the following:

40" Samsung LCD - 3.5 yrs old
Yamaha amp and Mission AV speakers - 15 yrs old
Samsung Bluray player - 6 mths old
Panasonic DVD/HDD Recorder - 2 yrs old
Sky - bog standardQnap TS-219P NAS for streaming files
Apacer AL460 for receiving streamed files

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