Bloody hell

[lnr]

By some miracle it actually arrived. Box slightly battered, polystyrene inside it all rather busted up too, but TV itself all in one piece and not even scratched. Managed to manhandle it out of box and onto coffee table while I got it wired up, and then shifted it into place once that was done. DVD player connected, and it all seems to work. Channel 5 reception is appalling, but then it always seems to be round here, and who cares when I expect we won't watch it much anyway. It all looks rather snazzy really. And the standby light on the DVD player is a blue LED instead of a red one :-)

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[caz.livejournal.com]

Hope you dont mind me adding you. I found you through the friendsfriends page and you sounded cool :)

(jeez how cheesy does that sound LOL)

[lnr]

Not at all, I hope you continue to think so even when reading more of it :-)

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered if the bad channel 5 reception (and it's even worse here than in Cambridge!) is just a cunning ploy designed to hide bad programs behind a tantalising layer of interference.
Or maybe not.

[rillaith.livejournal.com]

I heard a rumour the other day - which I can't confirm for yself given how much TV I watch (or rather, don't watch) - that C5 have followed the trend that C4 had when new - they went from sucky and pushing the boundaries of taste and decency, to actually, surprisingly, rather good. Would be about time if it's true ;)

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I suppose it could be possible that they're now hiding good programs behind a tantalising layer if interference. Alas, unless the reception improves the good folk of Bedford will never know :)
(although since I watch a fairly minimal amount of TV myself this isn't too great a loss!)

[senji.livejournal.com]

Mmm, blue LEDs look more stylish...

[daneel-olivaw.livejournal.com]

The last time I looked at Channel 5 I was getting one of the Sky pr0n channels instead (with the irritating "phone this number to subscribe" box in the middle, sadly). How this was occurring (since I don't have Sky) is beyond me...

[imc.livejournal.com]

Oooh, blue LEDs are cool! :-)

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Channel 5, or Five as they've rebranded themselves, show CSI.

[simont]

"By some miracle it actually arrived."

That's because I've taken your bad delivery luck away from you, it seems. I stayed at home today waiting for my shiny MP3 car stereo, and at lunchtime the company rang me up to say there apparently isn't a single one of the things in the UK and there might be some at the end of the month. This is in spite of the four identical mails I got from them yesterday assuring me that the wretched thing had physically left their premises; apparently these mails were simply lies, and the stereo was never on their premises in the first place - they expected the manufacturer to ship it direct to me, and the manufacturer made a ghastly balls-up of doom in some unspecified manner.

So, yes. Um. I'm glad to hear that one of us got the tech-toy we were expecting today!

[mhk.livejournal.com]

We've never got Channel 5 down here either.

[lnr]

I gather the reception here is considered quite good compared to other areas, since it's certainly there, it's just a bit fuzzy. But I'm used to living in spitting distance of Emley Moor TV mast, and reception anything less than crystal clear just seems wrong to me :-)