Your glossary of TV and Tech terms
This question came in from Stephen Pearson, one of our podcast listeners: “Are you aware of any device or PVR that will allow me to watch both freeview and freesat from the same device? I have found that freeview has more decent channels while freesat has more hd content.” This is a tricky one, but…
For this how-to guide, we’re looking at a way to get content from your iPhone to appear simultaneously on your TV – perfect for showing off photos and videos to others, without having everyone crowding around your phone. With the Apple TV product and a bit of free software, sharing your photos, music and video…
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What’s the difference between an LED and an LCD TV set? This is a common area of confusion. Let’s try to explain… When you see LED in conjunction with a TV set, what the term is most commonly referring to is an “LED backlit LCD screen” An LCD TV set uses a Liquid Crystal Display…
This question comes up quite a lot. The BT Vision service uses a special BT Vision V+ box to get live TV from Freeview, and on-demand content over a BT Broadband connection. So, what happens if you are looking for a BT Vision Multiroom service, where you end up with two BT Vision boxes, for…
So long Ceefax, the text service offered by the BBC is now known as the BBC Red Button. Red Button is an interactive TV service that provides access to a digital TV text service. As well as a news, weather and sport service, Red Button is used for extra sports services (used on Wimbledon), access…
Good news for Freeview viewers. It’s now possible to get Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 via a TV aerial. You don’t need Broadband, and you don’t need a satellite dish! Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 are available on Freeview channels 41 and 42. Following a ruling by the regulators OfCom,…
Q: is it possible to use two BT Vision boxes as the same time? At the moment, you can only have one BT Vision box fully working per household. Why is this? The BT Vision box requires a connect to the BT Vision servers over a BT Broadband connection – this is so that it…
A SCART lead is most commonly used to connect a piece of video equipment to a TV set. On the back of most TV sets, there is a SCART socket: Into this, you plug a SCART lead, the other end of which you connect to a piece of equipment such as a Freeview box, DVD…
A SCART socket will typically be found on the back of a TV set, DVD recorder, digital TV set-top box or video recorder. A SCART socket looks like a rectangular socket with 21 holes. With a SCART lead, you can connect a piece of equipment (such as a Freeview box) to a TV set. Links:…
We get asked this question surprisingly often, and the answer depends on what question you’re really asking… Here’s one question, sent in by a visitor: Q. “I have Sky at present, and my aerial is not the best. Can I attach my Sky dish to the BT Vision+ box instead of a normal aerial?” The…
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