Info and forum posts by 'geoff g'

RE: minimum wage

This item was edited on Monday, 22nd September 2008, 14:11

RE: minimum wage

iam not standing up for labour, i just want to see that all workers are paid a decent living wage instead of the "iam alright sod anybody else" i have a good memory of what happend in the 80s i voted for thatcher in 79 then i saw inflation of 22 percent and interest rate of 18 percent and 1000`s of decent hard working people lose their homes either by losing their jobs or by the high interest rates at that time......

minimum wage

one of my sons has just started a part time job so that he can raise extra cash as he is in college. he is 23 years old and he will be working on sunday`s 9.30 to 5.30 on sundays for a well known high st newsagents.. his pay is £5.52 per hour. my big worry is that if the conservative`s get in at that next election they are going to end the minimum wage and let employer`s pay what they want to their employee`s let`s hope they don`t win other wise millions of workers might have to take a paycut to stay in employment..

RE: Anyone else feeling the "££" pinch?

things could be a lot worse for all of us, if the conservatives get back in power they will as they put it (market powers will allow wages to be agreed by employers and employees) no more minimum wages david cameron did vote against it. i feel for the poor sods whoose employers use tips to make up their pay to the minimum wage and it`s about time that was stopped by law..

RE: England lost 3-1

the only limp dicks, belong to rooney, and ronaldo (who should should join the portugese diving team, he would world champion)
the way he goes running to the ref, to get players sent off, rooney did foul the player, but ronaldo made it worse, i hope rooney gives him a good kick in the balls, the cheating b that ronaldo is.

RE: Can you get DD5.1 sound on Sky Plus - without an optical lead/connection?

you need a optical output from your system for sky+ if you have a coaxial output i belive you can buy a converter that will convert a coaxial out to optical

RE: ukonline question..

i have been with ukonline since last june, never had a problem with it, i bought my own router, took under 5 days from applying for the service to being connected, i have the 2 meg speed and it is really fast, we should be upgraded this year to 8 meg for the same price

RE: Multiregion dvd drive for Inspiron 6000

you can try new firmware, but`s finding the right one for your drive.
the best way is either dvd region free or anydvd, they are software based and will make your dvd drive play and record any region, plus they also make any dvd you play unencrypted, i have used both. anydvd on my laptop and dvd region free on my pc, and had no problems with either.
you can buy either on ebay, just look under software, costs about £10.00 for the software.

This item was edited on Monday, 6th March 2006, 14:48

RE: Yes, yes, I have seen Serenity. Who wants to touch me?

i bought my copy from cdwow region 1 version, but i noticed that my copy has a lovely pearlised effect on the dvd case, the one in wooly`s is very bland looking i did notice that in wooly`s firefly episodes 1- 14 is only £16.99, nice mothers day present for the wife, which we both can enjoy

RE: Recording from Sky Autoview

the panasonic dmr10 es has the external link for use with sky autoview, at the moment you can buy it at richer sounds for £119.99 i think it`s that price sainsbury`s have it at £149.99 fantastic machine with brill 4 hour record at 500 lines. well worth every penny

RE: Anybody recomend a decent dvd recorder

i bought a single use chipped remote on ebay for £18.00. and just followed the simple instructions and five mins later it is now region free, the company who supplies them is
www.d*******.co.uk. but if you go to ebay and look under remote controls they are about £5.00 cheaper than their website, the chipped remote works with all panasonic models.
they also do chipped remotes and update disc`s for quite a few other makes as well

RE: PACIFIC AND DURABRAND PICTURE PROBLEMS !!!

i had a picture problem with my dvd recorder, we have sky+ and a panasonic dvd recorder, the problem was due to a tetra radio aerial close by, so i removed the rf leads even though they were double screened. now no problem at all, as both the sky+ box and the dvd recoder amplify a tv signal slightly that was the problem the tetra aerial is causing more tv problems, where i live some people have had to use a aerial amplifer to improve their tv picture and it`s the amplifer that causes the problem, i spent a few hours pluging and pluging all the leads untill i solved the problem,

RE: Best RGB using DVD recorder under £80?

yes the panasonic dmr10es records by rgb ibought mine just before xmas.
on the 4 hour record is very good plus when using ram discs you can set it up so that i starts to record in 1 second.
bought a panasonic chipped remote, it`s now region free.

RE: SKY+ problem

i have a thompson sk+ and one signal is higher than the other and it doesn`t cause any problems at all.

RE: DVD Back up problem

i use dvd region+css, it makes your dvd region free it also decrypt`s the dvd at the same time so any copying software thinks the dvd is not encryted so far i have no problems with any dvd i have tried to copy, inc kung fu hustle and madagascar,

RE: Free fish screensavers anywhere??

or go to google and search for free screensavers .com .. but beware it could contain spyware. gator supplies free screen savers, but then your pc will be full of spyware.

RE: Dell - how easy to upgrade ?

i have a dell 4500 and i have installed a extra hard drive, a dvd rewriter, new ide cables, and extra memory,
i had to have a new power supply fitted, and the guy from dell was looking at what i had done, no mention of my warrenty being void, i think if dell had sent me the power supply i could have fitted it myself and saved him a journey..

RE: What are the fastest disks to use in a 16X drive?

i have just bought a pioneer 109 with the firmware update to 1.09 and to my suprise when i used some ridata dvd-r 8 x they burned at 12x. ihave haven`t tried any faster ones as yet. the firmware update means dual layer speeds of 2x 4x 6x
using dvd-r using dual layer dvd+ speeds 2x 4x 6x

RE: Wanted: england 5 germany 1

i have managed to find a copy. geoff

Wanted: england 5 germany 1

has any one got a spare copy of the dvd which was given away in either the sun or daily mirror paper last year, i have tried car boot sales charity shops to find a copy. will pay a reasonable amount plus postage.
thanks. geoff

RE: External Hard Drive...

i bought a external hard drive caddy for £13.00 on ebay came with all leads and drivers.
then i bought a 40 gb hard drive again on ebay. spent in total £30.00 the hard drive caddy looks like the same one on maplinsa site.

RE: Sanyo SL40 - dud?

could you let me know where you got your "hack disc" from. i won a sanyo SL40 in a prize draw on "my offers" and i have been looking for a hack for it..

thanks a lot. geoff

lost website

does anyone know the website, i think is called 3pound dvd or 3pound video. i had the the site bookmarked but lost it....thanks..geoff. and the new address for topdvdz if possible...

RE: Question regarding Asian imports

i have bought from www.yesasia.com they are based in hongkong and never had a problem with them, if you look under western video`s they have a big selection of both dvd`s and video cd`s and the packaging on some disc`s is better than mormal. and they are cheap you can pay in dollars or pounds

RE: looking for a dvd rewriter, limited on PC spec tho

i have nec 3500 and it is really good and easy to use. i think lg do a rewriter which records -r+r -rw+rw but also dvd ram it`s the only one that does it all, i think it was on the ebuyer site

RE: Is 3 any good ?

i got a lg8120 from dial a phone i pay £4.99 a month line rental for 9 months then £30.00 for 3 months after 12 months i can cancell or go for a new phone and contract i get 500 mins of anytime calls inc mobile to mobile on any network plus 100 texts a month, service is a it patchy but if you live in city it`s ok.
saw a advert in todays daily mirror for same package i.e phone and calls etc, but no line rentall at all.

mico

on my visit to our local sainburys (ripon) i noticed that they are selling a mico dvd recorder for £99.00 that is the cheapest recorder i have seen.

RE: It is going to be illegal to fast forward through adverts(on dvds)

perhaps it`s about time we charged the dvd company and television company`s a fee for watching their adverts, you could sit around all day and make loads of money

RE: I need an indoor aeriel for tv - any suggestions?

depends if your normal picture is ok, you can use that via a splitter box, but you can`t use two tv`s at the same time as the picture could break up. or try maplins they sell all tv aerials and splitters etc. www.maplin.co.uk

RE: Advice on new dvd writer sought...

its reasonable price. i have the same one but internal. its very good and fast, the fastest blanks i have found are 12x at www.bigpockets.co.uk they also sell burners. the speed for dual layer is 2.4 some 4x speed discs work with it at 4x speed.