You could write VBA to do it but thats prob more of a pain than opening them all and doing a bit of a ctrl-c/v frenzy

Remote design is defo lacking, love my Denon AV amp but the remote must have been designed by a 12 year old on work experience.

I have. Really for me now though, it’s good money after bad. What I need (and want) is a new amp.

Last time I looked at the Harmonies, there seemed to be a bewildering number of models in the range. Logitech’s website was a bit thin on explaining the differences and I thought “you know what, I don’t care that much” and closed the page. (-:

If you buy a new amp same brand as your tv you may find it has some of the main controls on the remote for your tv? or vice versa?

not read all this, sorry, not sure if this has been asked but Ton where do you work, i am just about to buy a blu ray player and would rather give ca$h to someone I knew

Matt

Isn’t Ton the one who said he buying things for £2.50 and sells for £49?! I wouldn’t give him my money!

I did ask where he worked but obviously wouldn’t say.

I was hoping the ARC would work properly so it would all be convenient and could all be used through 1 remote, auto power on/off etc, but it looks like even with a £500 system (plus about £900 for the telly) you can’t get this Bit crap but I guess we’ll have to use the “old fashioned” methods til they can sort it out!

If you want everything to be nicely integrated, shared remotes, hidden cables etc etc then you have to be looking at B&O. Just don’t ask here if its worth it!

Recommended I use the sky’s optical audio output straight into the amp so I’ve just ordered an optical cable

I think we told you that! :wink:

If you have a friend willing…

@higgo – like I said, try it, best way to satisfy yourself with facts/science.

Audio delay makes it worse, as the picture comes out before the audio – as I said if anything we need picture delay. Apparently the device has an “auto lip sync” feature I’m gonna try, but it looks like it only delays the audio. Apparently the Panasonic ARC/Viera Link may need a 1.4 cable, the one I have is a 1.3a if that makes any difference? Gonna ring em up to see what type it actually needs as the manual is bloody useless!

It seems to work fine and in sync using the RCA Aux output from the tv into the Aux input of the amp which makes me think the ARC feature just isn’t good enough. Ok so I could just make do and use the aux but the amp doesn’t default to aux and takes ages to switch between input sources… considering we paid about £500 for the cinema system we shouldn’t be doing this.. which is what I’ll tell Panasonic tomorrow.

Not sure then, maybe worth speaking to SKY as perhaps the box is slow processing audio. Is it only on HD channels? Maybe you have this issue? http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/123963.aspx

damo………….i love customers like you…..

Why don’t you tell us your shop/store? Maybe I’ll buy something?

I don’t see why you can’t tell us?

because it’s a human listening to them.

Or maybe its timing? http://www.stereophile.com/features/368/%5B/url%5D

hilarious

Why dont you get your Blu Ray player and your HD projector set up and try swapping between a cheap 10m cable and a decent 10m cable?

danmo……..my prices are trade………just think of the mark up people like richers/maplins/currys/comet are making.

get real boys………..a cheap £1.99 one is just as good. it just aint packaged as nice

Retailers make pretty much the same mark up across products in one segment. For example in fashion, pretty much everything is marked up by 2.7 to 3 times.

If you are buying something at £2.50 and selling at £49.99 then either you are selling way about the manufacturers RRP or selling something cheap for a very expensive price.

There is no manufacturer who would allow a retailer those kind of mark ups. They would take it for themselves if costs were so low and such a high market price (relative to cost) achievable.

I stand to be corrected though, who is the manufacturer? Or are you just passing off cheap products?

just a quick heads up for you guys that think a costlier hdmi lead is a better one.
i buy them in 100’s.
ones i sell at £1.99 cost me £0.79p
ones i sell at £49.99 cost me £2.50

Where do you work? Do tell.

That to me isn’t an issue with cable quality, its an issue with unscrupulous retailers.

@sas – well done, that was exactly what I was on about.

I’d say there’s always evidence something is better. Its just the extent of how much better – and what that means to you.

I suspect there’s a 3rd group, those that swallow advertising bumph & fuzzy scientific claims – hook, line & sinker

True. At least they’ll be wearing good suits though. :wink:

Unless you mean some people from both groups may wear cheap suits. :o

Reminds me I must start a thread on bespoke suits.

I’d say they are, something that “works and is good enough” is not the “best possible performance and quality”?

Ah right – no Coventry for me. Are you still in the auto industry?

I went to work in the City!

Anyway what I’ve noticed after getting into various discussions about the best bike cleaner, the best cables etc etc, it that there’s two groups of people.

The first is interested in learning and finding out what the best possible performance and quality they can obtain is. And is willing to pay for it.

The other is interested in getting something that works and is good enough.

No problem with either approach. Except the latter probably wear cheap suits. :wink:

I said the same DAC…

And if a digital signal is just a digital signal why do all CD transports sounds different when plugged into the same DAC?

I am wondering whether a “better” cable would work better in our home cinema system though – not for picture but for sound sync issues. The sound from our tv goes through Panasonics ARC (audio return channel) which sends it from the telly via hdmi lead to the bluray/sound system and then out through the 5.1 speakers rather than crappy tv ones. We sometimes experience the audio being out of sync (comes out slightly after the picture so the audio delay thing is useless, we need a picture delay!) using Sky+HD and just wondering whether something more expensive would help with this or whether the sound just can’t be processed quick enough by the receiver? ton, any thoughts?

Send the audio direct from source to av amp via optical if your souce/amp has it.

And you can set an audio delay on a sky box – have you tried that?

No not loughborough – why do you ask?

I studied Automotive Engineering at Loughborough. Long time ago!

Did you study at Loughborough per chance?

If you’re running Blu Ray to a HD Projector then yes. I noticed a massive difference changed to Chord cables.

Sorry to go all OT, but is it only us that thinks the Dr Brown’s bottle are crap, they seem to leak 75% of the time, god knows how mind as technically they shouldn’t

They leak when overfilled or when the internal tube bit isnt fitted correctly. Agree it can get a bit annoying.

does it stop squeaking?

or sumif if you want to sum rather than count

true, I’m not changing the design as I didn’t ask for idea’s I just asked for measurements.
I’ve never had a problem clamping to the top tube, yes you cant put new cables on and stuff like that when it clamps there but I’m not bothered

Really thinking like a product designer there! :wink:

Saw your drawing above, I’d say looks harder to manufacture that it could be – the top U section could be a standard tube rather than something you’re going to have to get folded for you. The whole top section could just be 1 tube curved, or 2 tubes joined, with your bracket on the end. Easier to manufacture.

Sharp corners look nasty and qr might be beter for height adjustment.

Seriously though, I have a HTC Desire and no kind of protection – just watch the apps you download – if you’re only grabbing ones from known providers you’re fine.

As far as I’ve seen its all the dodgy porny type apps that grab data from your phone.

MTFU and don’t download porn!

Of course its a minor crime in terms of society, think of all the other crimes, gbh, breaking and entering, rape, manslaughter, murder etc?

But of course for you as the victim, no crime is really minor.

Is it past 7am? Go on then.

Big fan here, read them all, Norwegian Wood being my favourite.

If you like his style of story telling you might like Tim Winton – Breath. Its very good and similar in the fact its a beautifully told character driven story. Don’t expect an altered reality type thing though.

We have the Dr Browns bottles and Avent Steriliser. Works fine. We slotted the tubes and bits from the Dr Brown bottles through the mesh in the top of the steriliser.

LED light enclosed in stem, batteries, driver, heatsink, LEDs. The lot.

That’s a cool idea. You could have the LEDs and driver in there, not sure about battery pack. But maybe that could be plugged in so you’re not carrying the weight around when not needed.

There must be Ti dust caps already?

A bike wash, like a car wash, where you ride in, stick a pound in and there’s some big roller brushes and spray etc?

to eat off… not eat!