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A very empty Tesco. :D
My wife gives me a list now :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
It was quite early. I was getting shafted in Costas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
:eek: least said, soonest mended eh :lol::eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Lol - and knowing you, shweety, you'd have loved it!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
However, you haven't answered the question Barry asked, what was the picture you posted supposed to illustrate?:hmm:
Barry, you can tell whether or not you're in a chav area, by the presence (or lack thereof) of any panic-buying idiocy!;)
Marco [not stopped shopping physically in supermarkets since this 'pandemic' started].
Just that I was in tescos?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Probably unnecessary but the balance of my mind was upset due to a) being out & about b) it being so early
I haven't seen any signs (as yet) of panic buying, either at home in the village, or here in London. A couple of weeks ago the stock of loo rolls in my local supermarket were down, but not exhausted. Now everything is back to normal.
Ah I see... I thought you were photographing something in particular. Hope it felt good being out and about - more 'Covid prisoners' need such freeing!!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
Yup, round here it's the same, and there's been ZERO evidence this time of any brain-dead panic buying. As I said, it's no accident where there's a proliferation of chavs, there's a likelihood of panic buying!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco [can't stand the stupid fucks].
What a right load of old shite on the telly today. Was hoping there would be something half-way decent in the 'movie for a dreary afternoon' slot.
No great hopes, I'd have settled for something like 'Ice Station Zebra' so the sights aren't set especially high. But there's nothing even remotely watchable on even though I've got every channel.
Going to be a long winter at this rate.
I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I'm with isn't *it*, and what's *it* seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...
No way man. We're going to keep on rockin' forever!
Telly? Buy some Blurays or get yerself a Netflix subscription, daftee!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
No, got enough subscriptions already and too many DVDs.
Just ended up watching a couple of mediocre Westerns.
So with all your subscriptions, you still couldn't find anything worthwhile watching - which ones have you got?
Marco.
Everything you can get on Virgin and Amazon Prime.
I had a look at what Netflix has to offer and decided it wasn't worth it. They just don't make the sort of TV I'm into anymore, and film-wise I can't be doing with all the superhero shite which seems to be 90% of Hollywood's output these days.
If you've got Sky Movies, then there should be plenty of stuff, of the type you describe, to watch in the classic movie sections, no?
Marco.
dont use netflix much, but get it free so its handy. i copied all my dvds onto hard drive and can play them easily as files without getting off my ass:lol:
No Sky movies is the worst. I don't pay for that anymore. Plus I've got all the classics on DVD already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I wasn't wanting to go to any real effort to find something to watch, just wanted to quickly click onto some pap and zone out. But there was nothing.
Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Must say I'm rather impressed with this new Panasonic player - the visuals and sonics are stunning:)
Marco.
Can't even watch the Sweeny or The Professionals because ITV 4 has been taken over by the French Open tennis. Bad enough that it's tennis without it being French as well.
And before that it was the Bore De France. There are four ITV channels so how come they always put this stuff on the only one of them that I watch?
yeah my one is great for money.. the pic i believe is as good, and maybe better than the upgraded oppo...especially downgrading 4k stuff to just hd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
the oppo is a better machine in other ways; connectivity for one
Sorry I was ranting. Yes each new one is always better than the old one isn't it? Unlike hi-fi, video does actually improve in quality with each new generation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I bought a quite pricey Denon as my first DVD player back in 2001, got a cheapo Pioneer a couple of years later, was amazed at how much better it was. Sold the Denon to a mate and it's still going strong, gets used every day.
Yeah, good stuff. I reckon this Panny is where it's at picture-wise right now. Multiple forms of connectivity. uber-build quality, apps, etc, mean jack shit to me. All that matters is the audio and visual performance with 4K UHD discs, so this ticks all the right boxes - BIGTIME...:exactly:
Next up, a Dolby Atmos-compatible home-cinema amp, and more speakers!:D
Marco.
Co-incidentally Denon look like they are cinema amps to go for right now. They've been testing various makes on ASR and the performance of most of the others was shockingly poor.
Ain't that the truth!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
You should get one of the latest ones now though, for the very reasons you mention.
Marco.
It'll defo be a Denon. The current one is Denon, and it's great, even with music:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
Yep but the longer you leave it between upgrades the more you notice the benefit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
besides, the Pioneer I have now I got for free and I want to squeeze every penny out of it. :D
Ha - ya gots ta lurve tightwads!:eyebrows:
Marco.
My blu ray player is Panasonic, but it's about 4 years old now. Probably not quite good enough for my LG OLED telly, and I can't summon the enthusiasm to replace it. Just laziness I guess. The last blu ray disc I bought was "Once upon a Time in Hollywood", it was months before I got round to watching it, then 5 minutes later it was on Sky Movies.
The problem is, my armchair is here, and the discs are all the way over there. Strange how I'm happy to get up every 20 minutes to turn a record over, but for viewing I just want to press buttons.
Also the picture is a bit crap when everything is going through my ancient Sony AV receiver, so just using telly sound at the mo. Everything changes so quickly, but I will have to address this - Anita misses the big bangs (this is where you jump in, Marco) :eyebrows:
I've never run the picture through the amp, don't see the point of it. I only use a standard 2 channel hi-fi amp these days though, it has a DAC with optical in and I just run optical from the back of the telly into the amp. You forget how crap the built-in TV sound is until you plug in a proper amp and speakers. So much more enjoyable with decent sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
But are you sure that your optical is just carrying the audio? I'd always assumed that the optical and HDMI outs from the telly carried sound and picture. This way sound and vision was always in synch. maybe I was just being thick - when it came to A/V i just moved wires and switches about till something happened, then left it alone. A case of "well it's working, but I've no idea why"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Hdmi does audio, video in sync. Before that you needed to use an audio cable and video. Best bet was optical audio and a dvi plug to keep sync
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Previously used a Sony 7 channel HT receiver for sound -coax from cable box into the receiver for sound and scart from cable box into telly for picture. No sound sync issues
Then telly and cable box got upgraded so couldn't do that anymore as no scart outputs or inputs - The bloke in Richer Sounds where I got the new telly told me to use optical from telly into a DAC. Since I had an amp with built in DAC lying about doing nothing it was a cheap and easy solution, £7 for the optical cable and Bob's your mother's brother.
I've also got an optical cable that has a DAC built into it so I can use an amp that doesn't have a DAC in it. But that's still in it's box, never tried it. Think that was only a tenner.
I started out last Christmas (when I bought this 4K telly), running a HDMI from the Sky box to the Sony AV amp, then HDMI from that to the telly. I assumed the HD credentials of the amp were the weak link as the picture didn't look right. So I cut out the amp and speakers and just run the Sky box straight to the telly. that improved the picture but now I just have sound from TV. Seems a bit of a waste, as the surround sound stuff is all MA Radius speakers, and a decent BK sub.
I should have a word with the good men of Richers on how best to make it all work :)
Don't get it... I'm doing exactly the same as you, with very similar gear, hooked up via HDMI, (Monoprice 4K compatible cables) and I've got the Odeon in my living room!
Summat ain't right...
Marco.
Cables may not be of right spec. Maybe get better ones(not Ness dearer)
Some have wrong spec, and swapping in a different cable fixes it.
Also need to check that all setti gs are correct
Run an optical from TV into the Sony amp apropos achieving surround sound without running picture signal through the amplifier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Does the optical not carry picture then? If not, that could the answer :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
No, no picture, just sound. Cost you about £8 for the cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Cheers Martin, I think you may have the solution there. I think I have an optical lead knocking around, I'll have a search tonight. Or get one off th'Amazon :)
Just been down the offy for a can of beer, imagine my surprise to see that The Mystery Machine was parked outside.
Probably looking for those pesky kids stocking up for a uni house party...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Coincidentally, so have I, first beer for ages. Probably won't enjoy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What is "The Mystery Machine"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
...asked Barry the evil lighthouse keeper :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
If we told you, it wouldn't be a mystery any more...
Ok then, it's what got Scooby Doo et al to their adventures, a rather psychedelic VW microbus iirc, and was almost as cool as the "A Teams" van.
This one was a Vauxhall Vivaro Turbo so I guess Freddie must have traded in the VW.
It's a long way to the nearest amusement park, abandoned or otherwise, so don't know what they were doing round here.
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