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Filmfour has a crystal clear picture usually. Maybe the source of Battle Royale was just crap. Last night I watched "Stuck on You" and it looked perfect. I almost cried when they were on the operating table. I am such a ninny.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link

i guess 'the train' could well have a shitty source. i switched over and indeed 'stuck on you' looked pin-sharp. it would be funny if +1 were lower quality tho.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

it would be funny if +1 were lower quality tho

Yeah, cos it's supposed to be one better, innit? That's the point.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

MORE4 – 10 Feb 2007

15:35 Relocation, Relocation
16:40 Relocation, Relocation
17:45 Relocation, Relocation
18:50 Snowmail
18:55 Relocation, Relocation
20:00 Relocation, Relocation
21:00 Inside Waco
23:05 GBH
00:40 Relocation, Relocation

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 10 February 2007 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

So it's pretty much the same as channel 4, then.

― g00blar (gooblar), Saturday, 10 February 2007 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I have just done a search for the Liverpool Everton thread, but ended up here instead.

So...

I take back what I said about Life on Mars being rubbish. I enjoyed epsiode 2 very much, and although I didn't enjoy episode 3 as much, I think it might be just a question of overdoing it. I am looking forward to the one about wife-swapping parties.

My cheapo digibox's perfromance gets worse and worse. I often switch over to "normal" telly now. I take great comfort in this act of rebellion, but it is not that convenient really.

― PJ Miller, Thursday, 22 February 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe it's a seasonal reception thing - all our ITV channels are blocking and breaking up something chronic thesedays.

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

The damp/rain can play merry hell with any connector or junction boxes you have on the line from your aerial and the damp air isn't great for radio propagation either. It's been wet recently.

― Ed, Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I was worrying that maybe the strong winds in January had loosened something up there and I was going to have to emulate Rod Hull and get a big ladder to fix it. But the junction box is a good one - it's just to the left of our living room window so perhaps I can put a little mac on it.

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 22 February 2007 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

junction box theory is a good one, I meant to say

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 22 February 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

second week running the tivo has turned over to record a (unwanted) second showing of Screen Burn and then try and turn over for Millennium on itv4 an hour or so later only for the poxy set top box to stick on bbc4. on the recording i can see the '28' appear on screen but the box just sticks on '9'. argh.

― koogs, Friday, 23 February 2007 08:50 (seventeen years ago) link

That is terrible news, Andy. May I suggest a HUMAX dual-core model?

I'm not sure we even have a junction box, but the aerial is pretty crap. Previous resident was a Sky person.

Am I right in thinking a new aerial would be in the region of a hundred nicker?

I think I might have asked this question before, so here is an additional one:

And could we take it with us when we move? Assuming we eventually do. Would this involve Rod Hullism?

I wonder if Rod Hull lived in the Thames Valley. Seems likely, after all, it is the light entertainment capital of the world.

― PJ Miller, Friday, 23 February 2007 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link

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