We have been using TV from digital sources during the last few months, for technical reasons. These often seem to require passwords, and even (particularly) in the case of BBC I have had to register in order to get the TVs and attached kit to work.
Today I finally succeeded in getting one (smart) TV to work with a satellite dish. No problems once I got the connections set up - and I note that I wasn't asked any questions about licences or passwords. Perhaps I'd better keep quiet, in case Big Brother notices!
My next challenge is to get that TV to act as a recorder - I think it's solvable. Maybe that'll also pass by BB - and I'll be able to watch programmes without "someone" knowing what my tastes in programmes, films or music are! I know that if I get the r3 programmes to record that the audio quality won't be quite as good as the HD stream, but it should be easy to record without having to use any software, and programmes which are only wanted once or twice can be listened to via the HD stream and BBC Sounds or iPlayer - for as long as that works.
Today I finally succeeded in getting one (smart) TV to work with a satellite dish. No problems once I got the connections set up - and I note that I wasn't asked any questions about licences or passwords. Perhaps I'd better keep quiet, in case Big Brother notices!
My next challenge is to get that TV to act as a recorder - I think it's solvable. Maybe that'll also pass by BB - and I'll be able to watch programmes without "someone" knowing what my tastes in programmes, films or music are! I know that if I get the r3 programmes to record that the audio quality won't be quite as good as the HD stream, but it should be easy to record without having to use any software, and programmes which are only wanted once or twice can be listened to via the HD stream and BBC Sounds or iPlayer - for as long as that works.
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