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Posted by critcher on 09/28/05 17:05
"Michael Weaver" <mdweaverguard-news1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I am thinking of purchasing a DVD recorder and I am a novice to the
>technology.
> I did purchase one or perhaps I should say my sister purchased it for me,
> I gave her the money for it and she got one for me.
> However I seemed to have a problem setting it up.
> For some reason when trying to tune it in to record from TV all I seemed
> to get was the static noise you get when tuning in TVs.
> Also because I have a Sky digital box I had to disconnect the unit because
> it kept fliping from the TV to DVD, meaning if I was trying to watch
> something on Sky, I would hear a few seconds of dialogue and then it would
> flip over to the DVD recorder.
> My sister has tried to tune in the DVD recorder, for some reason it did
> work once on my previous TV but when I bought a new TV which doesn't have
> a video recorder combined with it, it did work once although I couldn't
> use the video recorder.
> I thought my problem would have been resolved with the purchase of my new
> TV but the problem was still there so I had to give my DVD recorder to my
> sister because she doesn't have Sky.
> Could anyone suggest any models which work with Sky equipment because it
> is doing my wick and contacting Sky about this problem is a complete waste
> of time as when I discussed it with them, they said they could only look
> at the box and that there suggestion was to remove the DVD recorder to see
> if there was a problem with the box which there isn't.
> God knows how people who are novices to these things will cope when video
> recorders are discontinued if Sky boxes don't work with these things plus
> there are people with disabilities who I believe are going to have real
> problems. I happen to be Disabled myself as I am Totally BlinD.
> The only difference is that I am keen on technology unlike some but it is
> still frustrating even for me sometimes.
> I have a friend who is quite a techie when it comes to things like
> equipment because he deals with stuff like computer installations if
> people have problems with their PCs and like myself he is Blind as well
> and he says there has been no thought put into accessability of these
> things and that he believes it may be a bit too late.
> I tried another newsgroup only nobody has got back to me on this matter.
>
BRILLIANT
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