Info and forum posts by 'The G Man'

RE: ADSL / Cable Modem Router Question

Thanks for the input , guys.
He has got it all working using the old router.Ethernet cable from RJ45 broadband outlet to RJ45 on router , ethernet from another router RJ45 to Xbox , set up wireless , connect laptop and it all works !Wireless range seems to cover the flat ok (it is all on one floor) and amazingly a couple of his flatmates have connected with no problems.

ADSL / Cable Modem Router Question

I have a question for the massed networking minds of DVD Reviewer.
My son has moved into his uni flat and has cable broadband provided by Ask4.com. No choice as far as supplier goes , they are the only ones in the halls of residence .
Problem is two fold. Firstly , broadband consists of a single RJ45 outlet which connects to the laptop or his xbox, Both work fine , but he would like both connected at the same time. I`m guessing that a simple switch / router would be available to do the job ?
Second part , ideally he would like to set up a wireless network so that he and his flatmates could get one of the higher bandwidth packages and share the costs. He has an old ADSL modem router (Netgear DG834G). Would this work with a RJ45 - R111 cable  or would he need a cable router ? I suspect this would be the best option anyway as the Netgear is pretty antiquated , so any recommendations (must be cheap - they are students after all).
Sorry if some of this seems like a silly question. I have a little knowledge which as we all know can sometimes be a dangerous thing.

This item was edited on Saturday, 22nd September 2012, 21:37

RE: Budget e-reader?

How about this one - seems cheap and cheerful enough

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BINATONE-2283-SLIMLINE-READ-ME-CLASSIC-6-E-READER-/250880488903?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item3a69a475c7#ht_1680wt_1199

RE: Casino Royale Deluxe Edition Blu Ray - £7.98 (or cheaper)

Showing as £13.48 now - but officially in the 3 for 2

Casino Royale Deluxe Edition Blu Ray - £7.98 (or cheaper)

at amazon.co.uk.
It also appears to be in the 3 for 2 promotion so could be even cheaper.
Be warned though - it could well be a misprice as they are showing the same price for the normal edition on Blu Ray and the Deluxe edition on DVD.
If you want it (and lets face it this was a much better movie than the newly released Quantum of Solace) give it a try - they can only say no :)

This item was edited on Sunday, 29th March 2009, 22:39

Guitar Hero World Tour with Guitar PS3 Xbox 360 or Wii - £49.99 .... Plus other cheap recent release

...... at Argos.
Cheapest I have found by about £15-£20.
Price until 25/11/08

Links

PS3

Xbox 360

Wii

Other games on offer include

Saints Row 2 on Xbox 360 or PS3 for £19.99
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09 on Wii for £17.49 or PS3 / Xbox 360 for £24.99
Pro Evo Soccer 09 - PS3 / Xbox 360 £24.99 , PS2 £19.99 , PSP £14.99 all with FREE FOOTBALL

RE: Argos PS3 80GB with 2 Games and Mega Accessory pack £229.97

I think it has to be a misprint (as opposed to the good ol` internet misprice) and I`d be pretty surprised if Argos honoured it as this offer has be advertised on TV over the last couple of nights at £299.96 (as other posters have said a pretty good price in itself for the package).
Still , if anyone wants to go into Argos with a copy of the Mirror and try it , let us know how you get on :) :)

Edit - Scans of advert (not that great I`m afraid)

Advert

PS3 Advert Detail

This item was edited on Friday, 7th November 2008, 00:07

RE: Emmerdale and Eastenders Omnibus Recordings needed

I have come across this site in the past but then an invite was needed to sign up.
Just signed up , downloading the individual episodes now so (hopefully) job done :)

Many Thanks

Emmerdale and Eastenders Omnibus Recordings needed

A really naff request , I know , but if anybody has the omnibus editions of Emmerdale and / or Eastenders from this weekend just gone (27th - 28th September) on VHS or DVD I would really appreciate a copy.
It`s not for me really !! :$ :$
I have an ex-pat relative who asked me to keep her supplied with the soaps until her sat system is set up. All has been well until this weekend when my PVR had a hissy fit and missed the recordings.
If anybody has a copy they can supply me , I would of course happily pay postage and media costs. You can contact me by email if you want to retain annonimity ;) - don`t want everybody knowing you record such stuff (us men happily own up to downloading hardcore porn but would never admit to recording Emmerdale).
You guys have helped me out with a recording request before so I thought it was worth a try.

Also , if anybody has any idea where I could download them from (in such a way that I can copy them to DVD - i.e. not Iplayer) , please post.

Cheers :D

Guitar Hero On Tour (DS) £12 - Plus other great game offers In Store

in store at Morrisons......
The offer started today and lasts all week (but the stock won`t , so if you want it - be quick!). Many other DS games (Brain / Sight Training , that Cook Book one for the wife ;) and lots of others usually around £18 - £20 plus ) and Wii Games for £15 including (deep breath) TigerWoods 09 and Wall-E (if that floats your boat) plus many many others. Also , a wide range of PS3 and Xbox 360 games for a slightly less impressive £25 , but that includes the likes of Tiger Woods 09 , so cheaper than most places I would guess.
What`s available may vary from store to store and judging by the number of people taking advantage of this offer in my local store (where we just bought 130 quids worth for me , the family and Xmas pressies - I love a bargain , I just hate paying for it :/ ) the stock will soon be exhausted.
Potential Ebayers beware - offer limited to 1 per title , per person. If you want more than one copy (as we did - 2 copies of Guitar Hero great in Multiplayer mode for two teenagers with a DS each) , take someone else with you.

RE: PiratesTrilogy on bluray boxset £10.99 at Play

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so you never know it may be legit

Naw , just got the email :(


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We are writing to inform you that your recent order for Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy was incorrectly listed at the price of ?10.99.

Unfortunately we will not be able to supply you with your order at this price and as a result, have cancelled your order.

If you would still like to purchase this item at the correct price of ?47.99 please place a new order.

Ho-hum , on to the next one :¦

EDIT : Hey , he beat me to it :o

This item was edited on Thursday, 5th June 2008, 17:52

RE: 250Gb twin tuner DVR £58.71 in Costco

Plenty of them in my local Costco in Chingford ( :) )
but they were about £93 ( :( )

RE: Sega Superstar Tennis for Wii £15

Being advertised in the Daily Mirror today as £15 in store but also £15 online with free delivery at Asda.com :)

RE: Sub £40 DVD Recorder with upscaling and HDMI

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I don`t suppose it plays divx does it??

Sorry for the late response. I got one of these about 10 days ago and have just got around to setting it up and using it. Although it dosen`t say anything on the player or the box about Divx , I have put in a disc of various mpgs , avis , etc (mostly film trailers and converted Youtube stuff) and it played pretty well all of them. Some came up as `file not supported` , but I get much the same results from my Sony recorder and the PS3 , so for the price it don`t seem half bad :)

RE: Sub £40 DVD Recorder with upscaling and HDMI

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and is it multi region???

I`ve done a Google on the model number and postings on other forums say that it is multi-region out of the box.

Sub £40 DVD Recorder with upscaling and HDMI

.... at Argos.
OK , it`s £39.99 , the description says it is mono output (but I think you can probably take that as a typo) and it`s Wharfdale.
Looks ok for the money to me.

RE: Setanta Sports 2 months for a quid

Promotional Code is 2001 - you don`t need to read the Mirror as the code is mentioned in the Terms and Conditions when you click the Satellite or Freeview customer buttons.
Be quick as the offer closes on Friday.

RE: Columbo - Series 1 for £6.99

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Blahdvd now have it for the same price, DVD.co.uk a quid more and either of these I would sooner rely on

It seems that 101 and Blah are the same company now. Websites are virtually identical and
a trawl around the 101 help section gives you this where it states

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Who are we?

101cd.com is owned and operated by Blah Ltd. a Jersey registered company.


I`ve had the same experience with 101 in the past , but generally where they have posted obvious misprices (usually multiple misprices on the same day) and I have lumped in with everybody else , expecting the order to be cancelled and not being disappointed in that expectation. In recent times , however , (since they have been under Blah control) I have picked up a few bargains from them , such as Dumb and Dumber and Dumberer - 2 movies - for 89p (ok , crap films I know , but my kids like them :/ ) and Prison Break Series 2 Part 1 for £12.99.
For the record , ordered Columbo this morning and got despatch email this afternoon.

Nokia 5300 MP3 Mobile Phone , Black , O2 , Free Speakers - £49.99

..... at O2 Shop.
Good spec phone. Slide front , Megapixel camera , MP3 player , FM radio , looks quite cool in black and comes with free Nokia portable speakers worth £39.99.
Takes micro SD cards (available at Play.com from £6.99 for 1GB and £13.49 for
2GB).

RE: New Harry Potter Book - £5 including delivery or Tesco in store (if spend over £50)

My Asda online order arrived about 10 am today :)
Now I don`t normally read these books myself (the rest of the family do that) , but out of curiosity I had to have a squint at the end and guess what ?
Harry .....

SPOILER:
YOU JUST HAD TO LOOK DIDN`T YOU !!!!

:o

RE: New Harry Potter Book - £5 including delivery or Tesco in store (if spend over £50)

It seems that Asda will also be selling it for £5 in store.
Woolworths price will be £6.99 if you spend £10 in store (normal price £8.99).

New Harry Potter Book - £5 including delivery

at Asda online.

Order before midnight Thursday for Saturday delivery (although probably Monday with my postie ;) )

Men In Black 1 / 2 and Spiderman 2 Gift Set - £2.99 delivered each

Couple of good(ish) sets very cheap at HMV at the moment - £2.99 including p&p each

Men In Black 1 & 2 - 4 Disc Set

Spiderman 2 - 2 Disc Gift Set (the one with postcards and a replica comic book)


Not misprices as mine have been been confirmed and despatched :)

This item was edited on Wednesday, 20th June 2007, 15:31

RE: Cheaper DVD recorder with HDMI output?

You could try this at Argos for £99.99
Liteon DD-A500GX , HDMI output , DVD+RW and DVD-RW recording , DivX playback and 5.1 output. No experience of it personally , but it seems a pretty good spec for the price.

RE: `svchost.exe` Missing.

I`m no expert , but I have had similar problems in the past so here goes:-

The file svchost.exe should be in the folder windows\system32 on the local (C) drive.
Using Windows Explorer or search , try to locate the file. Assuming you can`t (which would explain why windows reports it as missing :/ ) , there may be a copy in a folder
C:\i386
This folder may well be hidden so you may have to change the options in Windows Explorer to make it visible. If the file is in the above folder , copy and paste it to
C:\windows\system32 and hopefully that will solve the problem.

This item was edited on Monday, 21st May 2007, 21:17

Tevion DVD-8000 - DVD+R playback problems

I have had a Tevion DVD-8000 DVD player (the one on sale at Aldi at the end of last summer) since the end of last year. I bought it for the HDMI connection / upscaling and the DivX playback. It has been fine until a few weeks ago when I tried playing some of my home produced DVD+R discs (until then I had only used it for original DVDs and DivX files burned onto DVD+Rs and DVD+RWs). None of them play properly. Some play but with substantial break up and some don`t play at all or freeze. All of these discs play ok on my PC and in the other players around the house (Mico DVD Recorder , PS2 , Xbox and Bush TV/ DVD combo). I have used various types of DVD+R and rewriteables with the same results. The curious thing is that using the same type of discs to burn DivX files causes no problems.
I have a Liteon DVD recorder in my PC and the discs are burnt using Nero.

Looking for advice. Will a firmware update help? Are there any settings on Nero I could try?

Any help welcome :)

RE: Lobster 700TV (phone/TV/Dab radio) £50 or less

Just ordered one of these refurbished over the phone for £22.98 including delivery.
Seemed too good to pass up if only for the DAB , putting aside the TV and the more than reasonable phone spec. So thanks to the OP and the guys and gals at MSE for this one.

RE: Nero DVD Menu Question

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If you play from Chapter 1 won`t it just then play all chapters?

Yep , you are right - I had forgotten that :¦
Not as swish as a `Play All` button , but does the job.
Thanks for your help :)

Nero DVD Menu Question

I`ve just put together a DVD of 5 home movies using Nero and have put a nice menu with animated play buttons on it. :)
Each movie shows a a seperate chapter on the menu.
My question is , does anyone know of a way that I can put a `Play All` option on the main menu using Nero ?
Any help appreciated.

Nintendo Wii available in (some) Argos stores - Reservation available

The Nintendo Wii console seems to be cropping up in some Argos stores now , bit hit and miss (more miss ;) ) really.
Also available in packages from Game if they haven`t sold out while I`m writing this.

Also , I have a reservation which I no longer need (managed to get mine at a different store) for a console with Wii Sports (£179.99) for Argos 50 Walthamstow High Street (London E17). Expires close of play tomorrow (Thurs 19th) - anyone wants it I will send out to the first PM to arrive in my inbox :)