Bah - my shiny new PS3 won't work with my (admittedly antediluvian) TV. The TV just can't see the PS3 at all. Once you start upgrading...
Rant time. My TV probably could see the PS3 if I were able to fiddle with the settings, but since the remote died, 90% of the functionality has become unavailable to me. I know we live in a throw-away society, but not being able to use a TV 'cos the remote has died - what's that all about?
Hitherto that hadn't really been a big problem; I could turn it on and off, and turn the sound up and down, and that was all that I needed. Everything else was done via the DVD player or Digital TV tuner. But now...
Then again, perhaps it is time for a new TV. I say I can turn my current one on and off - in fact, the switch is broken, and I can only put it on standby. I'd been struggling with this for a while. On the one hand, leaving a TV in standby mode is a terrible waste of energy, but on the other, so is buying a new TV. Where does the balance lie there?
But now the Gordian Knot has been cut - I need a new telly. Tom recommends this. I don't watch a lot of TV, so I don't want anything too big or too expensive. Think I'll look for one of these in the new year.
Posted to Toys and games by Simon Brunning at December 17, 2007 01:32 PMMuch as it goes against the grain to talk someone out of buying a new TV - a "one for all" remote would surely solve the problem for a lot less.
Posted by: Darren on December 17, 2007 02:37 PMThey don't work - my telly's too old. ;-)
In fact, I managed to get the simplest possible remote working; on and off, up and down, as I say. But that's it. More complex remotes wouldn't talk to it.
Posted by: Simon on December 17, 2007 03:03 PMSomeone recommended a telly with only one SCART socket? I'm probably hopelessly out of date, but my current telly has 3 (PVR, DVD player, Video) and I keep having to complain at the kids when they swap the video for the PS2 and forget to put it back after. God knows what I'll do when they get another console.
Did someone invent SCART multi-socket adapters when I wasn't looking, or do people have one telly per gadget these days?
Posted by: Paul Moore on December 17, 2007 05:04 PMI have a many to one SCART adaptor - DVD and digital TV decoder.
Having said that, I don't think I'll need *any*. The PS3 will connect via HDMI, it'll be replacing my current DVD, and the new telly has a built-in digital TV decoder. That'll leave the SCART free for a PVR should I ever get one.
Video - yup, you're hopelessly out of date. ;-)
Posted by: Simon on December 17, 2007 05:57 PM"and the new telly has a built-in digital TV decoder"
I see you're already talking about it in the past tense.
Does that mean you've bought it now - or just that the decision is already made? :-)
I won't be getting 'till the new year at the earliest - spend all my money on Christmas presents!
But I'm sure I'll be getting one sooner or later, and they *all* come with built in digital tuners these days.
Posted by: Simon on December 18, 2007 10:05 AMHe's got one now, chaps. Hope you've enjoyed the new toys, Simon
Posted by: Sujatin on December 30, 2007 08:12 PM