Recent content by flashgordon1952

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    Film cameras are they the next Vinyl record

    I collect film cameras ! But i wonder if the film camera become what vinyl has done to the record industry ! maybe people like the good old days , maybe this is one "good thing " that happened back in the day . My collection is around 18 cameras now ( including the mighty Nikon F5 )...
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    I calculated the cost per square inch for TVs by size and brand

    what does this all mean ? not a lot i am thinking here. Not taken into consideration the discounted prices of new TVs. Then there is the fact of the import duty on the majority of TVs are in fact imported from the likes of Mexico which i gather running at 25% now This will have a...
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    New 32" or 40" TVs coming out soon?

    better off getting a 32 or 40 inch monitor then plug in your HDMI USBs 32 inch are mainly small bedroom and kitchen tvs 4k 40 inch monitors is the way to go . Not cheap but also they can be connected to the PC as well . so a double usage . I run a 24 inch 100 hz myself
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    Help New TV for 86 year old

    TCL is the cheapest new TV on the market with a 43 or 50 But there is no way of buying one cheaper in Spain There are VAT Spannish tax to pay. I do not know what the prices are in Spain but there is no point buying one here and taking it to Spain as we are not members of the European...
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    sky dishless system

    The fact it is slowwww i have Amazon and the same thing happens ! But will see I have had problems with the dish ,with the amount of storms we have had here ( losing 4 large fences ) . Which having the dishless system would solve the issue . Note our dish is it ground level ,rather than...
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    internet VPN which one

    Now have McAfee its okay But still use Spybot too
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    Question Novice Smart TV question

    I am not a fan of wif fi or ethernet connectors I have direct cable ( quality) to my PC like i do with the amazon and Sky
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    sky dishless system

    I have had Sky TV digital now for only 14 years yes it is not cheap but i watch a lot of tv so does the wife
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    sky dishless system

    Not a fan of NOW TV myself find it a waste of money ! As far as Sky Streaming is concerned , it is the future of Sky TV not the Dish system, which we all know can be affected by rain and winds ,fitted on to a wall of a property. For that reason mine is at ground level about 4 ft on a...
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    sky dishless system

    well looks it will not be long before i go dishless probably sometime next week having the odd problem of losing signal due to weather ( again) . Wind and rain I wonder how many people are useing the new dish less system now and how they are getting on with it . One year on
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    4k vs 8 k vs 1080P

    my idea of a TV is to watch TV as that is it. age 72 now i have TCL 2023 50 inch and a Sony 48 2016 model . I spent 16 hours or more watching have Sky ( as one does with sports too ) Netflix Amazon and the other one that has Star Trek universe in it . Plenty of scope the wife...
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    4k vs 8 k vs 1080P

    but many people do not want to play games ! Especially they payed a lot of money for a new TV. Games can be played on any 4k |TV From what i seen of these so-called games , all they do is kill martians . Before you say ,i do not understand. I do. We had Spectrum back in the...
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    Panasonics why they appear to be behind the others now

    Oh dear me sounds to me they should get there act together quickly
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    TCL C655K (55C655K)

    I have the 50 inch 2023 TCL for £256 . We for at least 6 months had problems with the TV kept on switching on to shop mode every time we switched it on ( yes tried the updates ,so i thought) Then it clicked , press of a button, it never came back on. The instructions for this is in...
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    Panasonics why they appear to be behind the others now

    Strange i remember the good old days of the 80s and 90s and there PLASMA TVs ! They in my opinion made the best TVs ,at that time , not now ! I have had 5 PLASMA all by one (Samsung) have been from them But in recent years they appear to be behind ,with there models ( i gather they...