BT Vision

BBC on-demand joins BT Replay

2008-06-09T10:03:34Z

After a period of being 'free' BBC content has joined Channel 4 as part of the BT Replay package. Not unexpected and whilst the content is free on iPlayer the quality is much better. Now all we need is to add in ITV.

Technorati Tags: BT Replay,BBC,iPLayer

BT Broadband Anywhere Mobile Usage

2008-06-08T08:42:58Z

This question has vexed the forums but the answer is very simple:

1. Make sure you have joined BT's on-line billing with your main phone/broadband account

2. Look up the direct debit reference number at your bank for your new BT Mobile account (starts GB********)

3. Go to you BT account and add account

4. Use the reference number and your Mobile number and there you have it -usage monitoring

Note: the monitoring lags by about 24 hours so beware!

Samsung LE46A656 setup

2008-06-07T17:02:54Z

Backlight - 5
Contrast - 95
Brightness - 60
Sharpness - 5
Colour - 56
Tint - 46/54
Black adjust - off
Dynamic Contrast - off
Gamma - +1
Colour Space - Auto
White Balance:
R-offset - 15
G-offset - 15
B-offset - 14
R-Gain - 19
G-Gain - 15
B-Gain - 26
Flesh Tone - 0
Edge Enhancement - off
Colour Tone - Warm 1
Digital NR - off
HDMI Black Level - Low
Energy Saving - Low - IMPORTANT

I feel these settings are superb for watching Blu-rays via a PS3. I have my PS3 setup so that the AV output is RGB, not automatic. You will need to do this if you want to control the HDMI Black Level. Also, make sure you have RGB range set to LIMITED and not full.

I advise using virtually the same settings for gaming as well. Change the backlight from 5 to 6, change the colour tone from Warm 1 to Normal and change the sharpness to 25.

Technorati Tags: Samsung LCD,LCD Settings,Series 7

More on Satellite Direct UK bad practices

2008-05-17T14:55:40Z

Having blogged about these 'bandits' already I was interested to note that the BBC's Watch Dog have reported on them already!!!

More on Satellite Direct UK bad practises

2008-05-17T14:54:26Z

Having blogged about these 'bandits' already I was interested to note that the BBC's Watch Dog have reported on them already!!!

Satellite Direct UK - Do not deal with this company!

2008-05-16T09:14:30Z

As anyone will know who has followed my various blogs last June I shifted from Sky to BT Vision and all has been well!

I moved for a number of reasons:

Cost - £40 is just too much
Content - what was I watching: well it wasn't on Satellite only
Picture Quaintly - one of the main issues (Sky told me to upgrade to HD!!!) in fact it is caused by a large tree just off my drive that has a preservation order on it! Sky guys took 4 visits to work this one out. Solution - move to HD and double the size of the dish (only £400).

So we (I) made the choice and cancelled (story in its own right!!) and sold off the kit.

Now to the meat of the blog: I had a repair insurance with Satellite Direct UK of Arundel (www.satellitedirectuk.com). So emailed them to cancel, phoned them to confirm after no reply. Was informed no rebate like real insurance copies give but all was cancelled. Waited for letter, never came and of course forgot all about it!

April 2008 credit card statement arrived with a new entry - Satellite Direct UK - and to add insult to injury for more money than the previous time. So I phoned them up and asked why. You know what's coming....you never cancelled!

Now to the really nice bit - they should have advised me of the increase, but didn't, of course they said the sent me a letter so I must have known, but they didn't - when I asked the customer services bod for the date of the letter he explained it wasn't policy to send them!!

Because I didn't know I was about to be charged I missed the chance to cancel (a second time). Phoned a number of times but no joy not even a 50% refund. And today received a letter telling me my equipment will be covered for another 12 months even though they know I don't have any equipment!!!

BT Vision Announces HD box supplier

2008-05-16T09:13:21Z

BT has announced that Pace Group will build its next generation of BT Vision digiboxes featuring a more powerful processor, better energy efficiency, and hard drive capacity able to store around 80 hours of standard definition video content. It will continue to offer IPTV functionality, for delivering Video on Demand and interactive functions, and could also offer high definition video, hence the more powerful processor. The new boxes likely won't be available until some time next year...

Information care of InfoTech

It's sad I know.....

2008-05-13T13:53:52Z

I'm really, really happy with my BT Vision package. It does what it says on the can and it does it every time. I've just added picture box and watching a movie on it is a dream.

So why is everyone moaning about BT Vision?