Recent content by Chris1725

Thank you for your reply. It had been possible to use iPlayer in Ireland with the Hola plugin the previous evening. While the message about BBC iPlayer only working in the UK was coming up, after around an hour of clicking the Hola Fix it button, the service worked for both catch up programmes...

I am wondering if this the best What Hifi forum suited to my query. Anyway, I'm a UK citizen and divide my time between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Recently, when trying to watch prorammes on BBC iPlayer in Ireland in the latest version of the Firefox browser, using the free Hola VPN...

Seems strange that an electircity supply issue could have resulted in the problem I'd experienced with my receiver, despite it not being on that day. I had wondered if it something else such as an speaker issue might have been to blame in any way. At least it's good to know that the receiver is...

Wasn't really a complete power cut as such, rather a reduced electricty supply. A number of devices including a broadand modem and router in a room dowstairs were unaffected by the mains electricity problem continuing to operate as normal. I wouldn't have though that a reduced level of power...

Thanks for the reply. I'm wondering why there was a loss of audio and video output from the receiver in case it happens again. Has anyone else experience a similar problem? It was the first time something like this had ever occoured with my Yamaha receiver. I don't know if speaker impedance...

I have a 5.1 channel Yamaha RX-V475 AV receiver, to which the centre and surround speakers, along with the subwoofer from a Wharfedale DX-1se package are connected. For the front left and right channels, I use an old pair of Tannoy Mercury M3 floorstanders. The Tannoy speakers were purchased...

While using the Aiseesoft Mac blu-ray player software with an external drive, I've come across several blu-ray titles where the main feature plays in the correct aspect ratio, but the behind the scenes material plays in what seems to be a 4:3 ratio rather than 16:9, with cast and crew members...

Has anyone experienced any issues when playing blu-rays on a Mac laptop?

I've treated myself to an early Christmas gift of a Coolead blu-ray drive and Aiseesoft blu-ray player software. While the software generally works well in playing the high definition disc format on a Mac computer, it creates its own menus, rather than accessing those on the blu-ray titles...

Thanks for the assistance. I'll take a look and see what drives and software meet my requirements.

This confirms what I suspected, that a blu-ray player does not allow viewing of the high definition disc format on a Macintosh computer, given it turns out that there's no way of connecting my player to my laptop. Since the HDMI connection is output only, I had wonered if an adapter might have...

Has anyone actually been successful in finding a simple and relativly inexpensive way of viewing blu-rays in MacOS Sierra, Apple's latest desktop operting system?

I did wonder if a blu-ray player might allow viewing of the high definition disc format on a Macintiosh computer, but that appears not be the case, given it turns out that there's no way of connectiong my player to my laptop, so I'm still looking for external drives and software that facilitate...

I have a Sony BDP-S790 blu-ray player which was What HIFI product of the year in 2012 and again in 2013, which I use as part of a bedroom av setup. I am hoping to find a simple and relatively inexpensive way of playing blu-rays on a Mac computer. I've been considering getting a blu-ray drive...

Thank you for the reply. I'll certainly consider the makes of blu-ray drive that have been suggested and see what extenal models currently available in the UK offer Mac compatibility. Regarding the software, as I don't have a credit or debit card, I'm hoping to find software that either...