Recent content by philiptech

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    Looking to buy another multiregion BD player.

    I am looking for it to be multiregion for DVDs and BDs/. I purchased it online so even assuming being able to get it repaired for free that still leaves the cost of shipping it back to the retailer..
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    Looking to buy another multiregion BD player.

    I bought a multiregion BD player just over 18 months ago and it worked really well. Just recenly the ethernet jack stopped working so I could not access bd live special features. Then today, some discs which have played fine previously, and have no visible scratches have started to have issues...
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    Constantly being on guard with the remote.

    Finally had a chance to search through the settings and try the movie on movie mode. Unfortunately the issue remains the same and the only modes are standard, movie, music, clear voice and custom. This is the TV in question...
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    Constantly being on guard with the remote.

    I have just poked around into my TVs settings which are currently set to standard, and their is a movie option. So maybe that might solve it. Unfortunately right this minute their is some work being done on the house, so to trying to check the sound difference would be pointless right now. I'll...
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    Constantly being on guard with the remote.

    Whenever I watch a movie I have to constantly be on guard with the remote control due to how depending on the scene in the movie the sound goes from being ok to overloud to to quite after I turn it down during a loud scene and it goes back to just dialogue. Is this due to the fact I am watching...
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    Keep losing itv, ch4 and ch5 on my freeview box.

    Hi I have 2 freeview boxes one in the living room and one in the kitchen I keep losing the above channels on the one in the kitchen one minute they are there the next they are gone. tried rescanning to no avail several times. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Do I need external speakers with the marantz cd6003 CD player and AMP

    Thanks gpi and shropshire lad for your kind words and sorry about your losses also my dad was only 54 so a shock to say the least. have not found the instructons as yet but hopfully will come accross them I also saw that Whathifi had a video on System matching so that was some good advice and...
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    Do I need external speakers with the marantz cd6003 CD player and AMP

    [quote Silly question, and condolences for your dad, but didn't he have speakers as well? quote unfortunately after my Dad got them he was waiting for a time where he would be off from work but for whatever reeason he he ended up hitting the bottle really hard in his remaining years and died...
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    Do I need external speakers with the marantz cd6003 CD player and AMP

    My Dad recently passed away and he had the above CD and AMP I up until now have never thought about a AMP and CD Player the level of the Marantz but as they have now passed onto me now seems the right time to take advantage of something which according to the comments on here are 2 great pieces...
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    humax fox t2 freeview+HD hard drive size.

    I did think he might have been being a bt optimistic especially as he spoke toa guy in store so you never know how honest they are or if they even know what they are talking about. Thank you for helping me out with making sure I got the model with the most hours.
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    humax fox t2 freeview+HD hard drive size.

    My dad got the above freeview set top box and he said it could record up to 1000 hours unfortunately he does not understand about hard drive sizes so could not tell me how many GBs/TBs the drive had. I want to get the same one for myself but don't want to go getting the wrong sized hard drive...
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    Recommended amount of USB storage for BD live.

    I need to add storage according to my blu-ray player in order to play BD live content it has no internal storage but it dos have a USB port. So what size USB stick would be the best size?
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    Do HDMI cables have to be the same make when 2 are used in a chain for best results?

    I am getting a blu-ray player but all the ports on my TV are in use. So I am getting a switch to add more HDMI ports. I am wandering one thing though would it be nessesary for the cable going from the switch to my blu-Ray player to be the same as the one going from the TV to the switch for best...
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    Which (already modded) multi region Blu-Ray player?

    I just wanted to say thank you for helping me out with this decision I have just been reading the specs of the panasonic and it does seem a perfect fit even with one nice feature which I never even mentioned as it was a feature I could live without but would like if it was possible the...
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    Which (already modded) multi region Blu-Ray player?

    Is this the panasonic you are referring to? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMP-BD75EB-K-Booting-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B004MPQR4M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319370488&sr=8-1 I ask as it does not mention multi region on the product page.