DSE SD Set Top Box Revisited

[David Barnett]

"Chriz" <chrizizhereALL_YOUR_HARDWARE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42a6f56a$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...
<snip>

: > Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
: > or the way it's supposed to be?
:
: You should delete these duplicates or at least turn skip on. Also there's
no
: point having HD on an SD box, so delete those too. Then you'll have less
: repeats when flicking channels.

Unless you contemplate switching the SD box to another TV?
--
David Barnett

 

[Mr.T]

"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This> wrote in message
news:hf2ga1ttoiilodb61hvdnec4ancohsbitb@4ax.com...

I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

Anyway, looking in the store, no kits...no parts... just the shittiest
consumer crap you can buy, at twice the price of everywhere else. I
can feel a Tandy coming on...

You do realise DSE, Tandy and Big W are all owned by Woolworths?

MrT.

 

[Allan]

"Kissing Lettuce" <sittinginaninternetcafe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42A6FF65.52386528@hotmail.com...

Chriz wrote:

Once upon a time Kissing Lettuce decided to write:

Do digital channels get duplicated?

Here is the channel list from my set top box and I'm wondering if
this is correct. Everything is there except channel 7 of course
which I will be fixing in the next few weeks with an outdoor
antenna...



ABC HDTV
ABC TV
ABC ADELAIDE
ABC2
Nine Digital
Nine HD
SBS Digital 1
SBS Digital 2
SBS EPG
SBS HD
Ten Digital
Ten Digital
Ten Digital 1
Ten Digital 2
Ten Digital 3
Ten Guide
Ten Guide
Ten HD

Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
or the way it's supposed to be?

You should delete these duplicates or at least turn skip on. Also there's
no
point having HD on an SD box, so delete those too. Then you'll have less
repeats when flicking channels.



Actually it's funny that it even receives the HD
in that you get all the audio and the screen
displays a box that says that it is a HD broadcast.

They all do that..

 

[Allan]

"> You do realise DSE, Tandy and Big W are all owned by Woolworth's?

MrT."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Horace Wachope" <horacewachope@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: DSE SD Set Top Box Revisited
.....

Tandy = DSE = Woolworth's.
--
EVICT HOTDOGS - Call 1902 5555 62
or
SMS 19 10 10 with the message 'Hotdogs'

Did you also know that Woolworth's own,
Safeway,
Food For Less,
Woolworth's Liquor,
BWS,
First Estate,
Dan Murphy's,
Plus Petrol,
BIG W,
Woolworths Ezy Banking,
Woolworths HomeShop
and GreenGrocer.

That's just unbelievable..
employing over 145 thousand people, and they still selling transistors,
fruit and veg and booze..:>


PS EVICT HOTDOGS - Call 1902 5555 62
or
SMS 19 10 10 with the message 'Hotdogs'

 

[The Real Andy]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:37:35 +1000, "Allan" <allanaws@hotmail.com>
wrote:

"> You do realise DSE, Tandy and Big W are all owned by Woolworth's?
MrT."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Horace Wachope" <horacewachope@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: DSE SD Set Top Box Revisited
....
Tandy = DSE = Woolworth's.
--
EVICT HOTDOGS - Call 1902 5555 62
or
SMS 19 10 10 with the message 'Hotdogs'



Did you also know that Woolworth's own,
Safeway,
Food For Less,
Woolworth's Liquor,
BWS,
First Estate,
Dan Murphy's,
Plus Petrol,
BIG W,
Woolworths Ezy Banking,
Woolworths HomeShop
and GreenGrocer.

That's just unbelievable..
employing over 145 thousand people, and they still selling transistors,
fruit and veg and booze..:

And they own the ALH group of hotels

PS EVICT HOTDOGS - Call 1902 5555 62
or
SMS 19 10 10 with the message 'Hotdogs'

wtf is that supposed to mean ^^^

 

[The Real Andy]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:53:26 +1000, Terry Collins
<terryc.bling@woa.com.au> wrote:

The Real Andy wrote:

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

Were they brand name cartridges or the others like Calidad/Print
rite/etc? and who had the better price?

They were genuine cannon catridges. I think big-w is the cheapest.

I am about to buy a Cannon i9950 printer (photogrophy is one of my
hobbies) so it will be intersting to find out what those cartridges
are worth, considering it has eight ink tanks... Umart
(www.umart.com.au) lists each cartridge at $23 for the i9950. The
BCI-24 that i currently use is listed at $30 for a color, big-w from
memory sells 2 for not much more that this.

 

[Mike Paull]

I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

Anyway, looking in the store, no kits...no parts... just the shittiest
consumer crap you can buy, at twice the price of everywhere else. I
can feel a Tandy coming on...

I'm guessing you actually went into a DSE "PowerHouse", not a regular DSE
store. The PowerHouses no carry only the basic kids learning type kits, the
former EA/SC/ETI kits section being replaced with small consumer
whitegoods. It appears as though Woolworths have decided that PowerHouse
stores will be nothing but a BigW electrical section on sterioids, which is
fine, most of the staff there seem to be on an intellectual level with
supermarket kiddies.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

mike

 

[Mike Paull]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:32:21 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
<sittinginaninternetcafe@hotmail.com> wrote:

Do digital channels get duplicated?

Here is the channel list from my set top box and I'm wondering if
this is correct. Everything is there except channel 7 of course
which I will be fixing in the next few weeks with an outdoor antenna...



ABC HDTV
ABC TV
ABC ADELAIDE
ABC2
Nine Digital
Nine HD
SBS Digital 1
SBS Digital 2
SBS EPG
SBS HD
Ten Digital
Ten Digital
Ten Digital 1
Ten Digital 2
Ten Digital 3
Ten Guide
Ten Guide
Ten HD

Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
or the way it's supposed to be?

yeap thats normal. TV stations will use the other channels for extra
content during special events, such as the Olympics, Grand Finals and so
on. For instance, Channel 7 when it was broadcasting the Olympics used a
secondary channel for stats on the various sportspeople competing in the
event shown. Years ago Channel 10 during Bathurst used each channel for a
different view of the circuit, in car cameras, pitlane interviews and a
timesheet. When there is nothing special being broadcast they usually just
repeat what is on the main channel.

Don't delete the HD channels as someone suggested, Channel 9 have been
known to use their HD channel as a secondary SD channel. They did this just
recently with the special on Pompe.

Mike

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

Mike Paull wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:32:21 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
sittinginaninternetcafe@hotmail.com> wrote:

Do digital channels get duplicated?

Here is the channel list from my set top box and I'm wondering if
this is correct. Everything is there except channel 7 of course
which I will be fixing in the next few weeks with an outdoor antenna...



ABC HDTV
ABC TV
ABC ADELAIDE
ABC2
Nine Digital
Nine HD
SBS Digital 1
SBS Digital 2
SBS EPG
SBS HD
Ten Digital
Ten Digital
Ten Digital 1
Ten Digital 2
Ten Digital 3
Ten Guide
Ten Guide
Ten HD

Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
or the way it's supposed to be?


yeap thats normal. TV stations will use the other channels for extra
content during special events, such as the Olympics, Grand Finals and so
on. For instance, Channel 7 when it was broadcasting the Olympics used a
secondary channel for stats on the various sportspeople competing in the
event shown. Years ago Channel 10 during Bathurst used each channel for a
different view of the circuit, in car cameras, pitlane interviews and a
timesheet. When there is nothing special being broadcast they usually just
repeat what is on the main channel.

Don't delete the HD channels as someone suggested, Channel 9 have been
known to use their HD channel as a secondary SD channel. They did this just
recently with the special on Pompe.

Mike

Have not deleted them just set them so that I skip over them

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

Mike Paull wrote:

I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

Anyway, looking in the store, no kits...no parts... just the shittiest
consumer crap you can buy, at twice the price of everywhere else. I
can feel a Tandy coming on...

I'm guessing you actually went into a DSE "PowerHouse", not a regular DSE
store. The PowerHouses no carry only the basic kids learning type kits, the
former EA/SC/ETI kits section being replaced with small consumer
whitegoods. It appears as though Woolworths have decided that PowerHouse
stores will be nothing but a BigW electrical section on sterioids, which is
fine, most of the staff there seem to be on an intellectual level with
supermarket kiddies.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

mike

But DSE / Tandy in 2005 are nothing like they were
say 25 years ago.. They sold better stuff back
then IMHO

Playmaster amplifiers for one thing from DSE

 

[Mr.T]

"Mike Paull" <mike351@removethis.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:firka1hllf2osng6fl4usdltbbqcrt8c26@4ax.com...

I'm guessing you actually went into a DSE "PowerHouse", not a regular DSE
store. The PowerHouses no carry only the basic kids learning type kits,
the
former EA/SC/ETI kits section being replaced with small consumer
whitegoods. It appears as though Woolworths have decided that PowerHouse
stores will be nothing but a BigW electrical section on sterioids, which
is
fine, most of the staff there seem to be on an intellectual level with
supermarket kiddies.

Hasn't this always been the case? You don't expect them to pay for actual
technicians or engineers do you.
Anybody actually wanting kits or parts will almost certainly have more
knowledge of electronics than the sales people in most similar stores.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

So does my local DSE Powerhouse.

MrT.

 

[Chriz]

Once upon a time Mike Paull decided to write:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:32:21 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
sittinginaninternetcafe@hotmail.com> wrote:

Do digital channels get duplicated?

Here is the channel list from my set top box and I'm wondering if
this is correct. Everything is there except channel 7 of course
which I will be fixing in the next few weeks with an outdoor
antenna...



ABC HDTV
ABC TV
ABC ADELAIDE
ABC2
Nine Digital
Nine HD
SBS Digital 1
SBS Digital 2
SBS EPG
SBS HD
Ten Digital
Ten Digital
Ten Digital 1
Ten Digital 2
Ten Digital 3
Ten Guide
Ten Guide
Ten HD

Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
or the way it's supposed to be?


yeap thats normal. TV stations will use the other channels for extra
content during special events, such as the Olympics, Grand Finals and
so on. For instance, Channel 7 when it was broadcasting the Olympics
used a secondary channel for stats on the various sportspeople
competing in the event shown. Years ago Channel 10 during Bathurst
used each channel for a different view of the circuit, in car
cameras, pitlane interviews and a timesheet. When there is nothing
special being broadcast they usually just repeat what is on the main
channel.

Don't delete the HD channels as someone suggested, Channel 9 have been
known to use their HD channel as a secondary SD channel. They did
this just recently with the special on Pompe.

I deleted, but do I just rescan to find them again?

--
Remove ALL_YOUR_HARDWARE to reply by email.

 

[Josh B]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:28:16 +1000, (or one of their many personalities)
said......

Dick Smith still has a 7 day return policy I believe.

14 days actually. It's printed on the bottom of the
sales docket

* The policy was for 7 days since the mid 1970s.

It changed recently with the new 2004/5 catalogue.

I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

I once bought an Epson cartridge from a Dick Smith Powerhouse. I then went
to David Jones and saw the same cartridge for $20 less (standard price,
not on sale, etc). Needless to say I bought the cartridge from DJs and
returned the DSE one....

 

[Mike Paull]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:22:06 +1000, "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:

"Mike Paull" <mike351@removethis.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:firka1hllf2osng6fl4usdltbbqcrt8c26@4ax.com...
I'm guessing you actually went into a DSE "PowerHouse", not a regular DSE
store. The PowerHouses no carry only the basic kids learning type kits,
the
former EA/SC/ETI kits section being replaced with small consumer
whitegoods. It appears as though Woolworths have decided that PowerHouse
stores will be nothing but a BigW electrical section on sterioids, which
is
fine, most of the staff there seem to be on an intellectual level with
supermarket kiddies.

Hasn't this always been the case? You don't expect them to pay for actual
technicians or engineers do you.
Anybody actually wanting kits or parts will almost certainly have more
knowledge of electronics than the sales people in most similar stores.

I dont think this has *always* been the case. Even in the early 90s you
could find very knowledgable people in DSE stores, guys that were hardcore
into electronics, built kits, experimented. One of my friends that worked
for DSE had a degree in electrical engineering and continued to work in the
company for many years before finally moving on to a design based job.

I know this isn't the case anymore, however there are still some hardcore
electronics guys in stores, few and far between now, but occasionally you
do come across them. And, from what I can gather, your most likely to find
decent service in regular DSE stores than in Powerhouses, not sure why, but
thats the feedback I get.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

So does my local DSE Powerhouse.

not for much longer... enjoy it while they still have stock.

mike

 

[Mike Paull]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:57:48 +1000, Josh B
<joshbDELETEME@ANDTHISBITozdebate.com> wrote:

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:28:16 +1000, (or one of their many personalities)
said......


Dick Smith still has a 7 day return policy I believe.

14 days actually. It's printed on the bottom of the
sales docket

* The policy was for 7 days since the mid 1970s.

It changed recently with the new 2004/5 catalogue.

I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

I once bought an Epson cartridge from a Dick Smith Powerhouse. I then went
to David Jones and saw the same cartridge for $20 less (standard price,
not on sale, etc). Needless to say I bought the cartridge from DJs and
returned the DSE one....

I once bought a memory card from JB Hifi. I then went to a DSE store and
saw the same capacity card for $50 less.

Mike

 

[Mike Paull]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:27:15 +1000, "Chriz"
<chrizizhereALL_YOUR_HARDWARE@hotmail.com> wrote:

Once upon a time Mike Paull decided to write:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:32:21 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
sittinginaninternetcafe@hotmail.com> wrote:

Do digital channels get duplicated?

Here is the channel list from my set top box and I'm wondering if
this is correct. Everything is there except channel 7 of course
which I will be fixing in the next few weeks with an outdoor
antenna...



ABC HDTV
ABC TV
ABC ADELAIDE
ABC2
Nine Digital
Nine HD
SBS Digital 1
SBS Digital 2
SBS EPG
SBS HD
Ten Digital
Ten Digital
Ten Digital 1
Ten Digital 2
Ten Digital 3
Ten Guide
Ten Guide
Ten HD

Why are there so many of the one channel? Is this a STB fault
or the way it's supposed to be?


yeap thats normal. TV stations will use the other channels for extra
content during special events, such as the Olympics, Grand Finals and
so on. For instance, Channel 7 when it was broadcasting the Olympics
used a secondary channel for stats on the various sportspeople
competing in the event shown. Years ago Channel 10 during Bathurst
used each channel for a different view of the circuit, in car
cameras, pitlane interviews and a timesheet. When there is nothing
special being broadcast they usually just repeat what is on the main
channel.

Don't delete the HD channels as someone suggested, Channel 9 have been
known to use their HD channel as a secondary SD channel. They did
this just recently with the special on Pompe.

I deleted, but do I just rescan to find them again?

yeah, do a rescan and they'll be back

mike

 

[Mr.T]

"Mike Paull" <mike351@removethis.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:qqlta15ir01qfolk1jaq1s0np12hn2jnis@4ax.com...

I dont think this has *always* been the case. Even in the early 90s you
could find very knowledgable people in DSE stores, guys that were hardcore
into electronics, built kits, experimented. One of my friends that worked
for DSE had a degree in electrical engineering and continued to work in
the
company for many years before finally moving on to a design based job.

Sure, there may still be the odd exception in a store somewhere. Who knows.
It was never common though IME.

I know this isn't the case anymore, however there are still some hardcore
electronics guys in stores, few and far between now, but occasionally you
do come across them. And, from what I can gather, your most likely to find
decent service in regular DSE stores than in Powerhouses, not sure why,
but
thats the feedback I get.

Some of the older stores have longer serving staff I guess. Even a counter
monkey can learn something if he does it long enough.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

So does my local DSE Powerhouse.

not for much longer... enjoy it while they still have stock.

I do hope you are wrong. Not that I buy much there anyway, but it is handy
when I am after a resistor or something in a hurry.

MrT.

 

[Mike Paull]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:37:56 +1000, "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:

"Mike Paull" <mike351@removethis.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:qqlta15ir01qfolk1jaq1s0np12hn2jnis@4ax.com...
I dont think this has *always* been the case. Even in the early 90s you
could find very knowledgable people in DSE stores, guys that were hardcore
into electronics, built kits, experimented. One of my friends that worked
for DSE had a degree in electrical engineering and continued to work in
the
company for many years before finally moving on to a design based job.

Sure, there may still be the odd exception in a store somewhere. Who knows.
It was never common though IME.

Maybe it was the stores I was dealing with.

I know this isn't the case anymore, however there are still some hardcore
electronics guys in stores, few and far between now, but occasionally you
do come across them. And, from what I can gather, your most likely to find
decent service in regular DSE stores than in Powerhouses, not sure why,
but
thats the feedback I get.

Some of the older stores have longer serving staff I guess. Even a counter
monkey can learn something if he does it long enough.

Yeap, as long as they are willing to learn.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

So does my local DSE Powerhouse.

not for much longer... enjoy it while they still have stock.

I do hope you are wrong. Not that I buy much there anyway, but it is handy
when I am after a resistor or something in a hurry.

I tend to think of Powerhouses now as electrical supermarkets and regular
stores as the 7-11 of electronics stores.

mike

MrT.