Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])
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There's a reason Pete Townsend plays a telecaster and it's not because it hits hard
No. I'm not man enough for you two
Not what I've heard, far from it infact - don't be so modest
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great looking bathroom & love all the murder scene photos on the wall!Trying to get the hall sorted out at the moment.
Some Rorschach prints for the main bathroom:
Nice, have you used anything in particular to stop steam / moisture getting to the prints?
We've bought some photograph prints to go in our shower room and have been looking at sealed frames
Would be good to know how you get on with it, I've heard mixed reviews
Mini review from day and half of use:
Positives:
- Box is quick (almost as quick as SkyQ), certainly faster than Youview+ box or similar
- If you select SD Channel and a HD version is available, it asks you if you want to View or Record in HD.
- On demand Apps seem to work fine (Netflix, Youtube, iPlayer, itvHub, Channel 5)
Negatives:
- TV Guide defaults to Now/Next, and doesn't show actual times until you scroll forward slightly
- Remote control conflicts with Humax devices (including Youview+ box) and can't/won't be changed
- No 4 On demand app, or 4 HD Channels due to Channel 4 politics (although channels are potentially available in non-freesat mode)
- Non-Freesat operating mode incomplete (no manual transponder options), and forces a full channel rescan when switching back to Freesat mode
- EPG Search functionality not yet available (to come in a future firmware update)
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I bought the 500 gig one a few months ago thinking it would be a massive improvement over the old one.
It's now sitting there unplugged and old one back on - We just couldn't get used to the menus system - To us the old clunky menu is more logical and easier to understand.
Perhaps one day I will plug it in again -
You will probably roll into it with no problem being I assume young - ie under 50.
Edit
I have since bought a new TV so don't need Humax box for catch up -youtube etc.
Thanks for this, very useful. I heard about the C4 thing, and thought it was completely mental.
I've cancelled sky and was looking at alternatives, freesat amongst them, but decided on moving to Virgin as we've just had it installed in our street, and we can massively upgrade our broadband speeds for half the price Sky were offering.
Stick it on the MM or ebay - the few I've seen on ebay have sold quickly, so I'm sure demand is there
I've just cancelled SkyQ as the £78 a month we were paying is quite frankly ridiculous considering we were hardly using any of the Sky specific features (e.g. Sky channels, boxsets or movies)
For the odd couple of "premium" channels my wife wanted, we've got a Youview+ box that I've put upstairs in the bedroom, which will also help with the transition away from Sky multiroom.
Still using my Humax HDR-1000S for broadcast TV. Great picture on the HD channels.
Saw this, checked that there are currently no 4k Freesat broadcasts. Why buy it at this stage? The Humax boxes are reliable and work well. Perhaps a bit long in the tooth around smart features, but if you have a 4k TV you probably have in-built apps or something else to drive online content anyway (Apple TV, Fire Stick etc.).
Saw this, checked that there are currently no 4k Freesat broadcasts. Why buy it at this stage? The Humax boxes are reliable and work well. Perhaps a bit long in the tooth around smart features, but if you have a 4k TV you probably have in-built apps or something else to drive online content anyway (Apple TV, Fire Stick etc.).
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I bought a wonky lens
I guess I'll ask then. Why?
I wanted a drop in replacement for the SkyQ box - the older Humax are unavailable new and would require me to get the SkyQ Wideband LNB swapped back to an old one or Hybrid.
Our internet connection isn't particularly great (<30Mbps FTTC), so having some kind of non-internet TV recording ability, helps reduce our reliance on on-demand etc.
We record live broadcasts as much as we watch on demand stuff, as some live stuff isn't available on demand for ages, or at all, so I agree.
It has the ability to change how the image is projected on to the camera sensor by moving the elements of the lens to different angles or horizontal/vertical positions. A zoom lens moves the elements allowing objects to appear closer (zooming in), with a tilt shift lens you change the angles, most common is making a building appear upright || instead of angled /\ when standing below it (or above), or being able to shoot someone directly in front of a mirror without being seen in the mirror yourself. Also it has the ability to change the angle of the focus plain so you can shoot with a length in focus front to back instead of a horizontal plain (side to side), this is often used to create the miniature look from above but it can be used to keep for example a line of buildings in focus along a pavement with the rest of the scene out of focus.
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Tilt Shift Lens...this forum mock me for DoF...they haven't seen me play with a TS lens 
New set of wheels, centre caps and tyres on S2000 though upon getting home I have discovered garage have fitted none XL tyres on rear and I specifically requested 95Y XL for rear in writing so hoping they get them swapped out without hassle but a shame for them as tyres are technically not new now as I've just put 10 miles on them.
However love the AP2v1 wheels and can't wait to see the finish sparkle in the sun being diamond cut and sparkle silver:
However love the AP2v1 wheels and can't wait to see the finish sparkle in the sun being diamond cut and sparkle silver: