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Month: July 2010

Digital TV

The end of the affair

Posted on July 30, 2010July 30, 2010 by Nigel

As I’ve written about before, the demise of the 4TV programme guide has left owners of several brands of Freeview recorders without an easy way…

Digital TV

Bitrates on FreeviewHD

Posted on July 30, 2010August 9, 2010 by Nigel

One of the assertions often found around the internet is that FreeviewHD must be compromised, because there’s not much bandwidth available. It’s true that there’s…

Digital TV

3View – 4TV is no cause for concern

Posted on July 29, 2010July 29, 2010 by Nigel

When I wrote about the situation with the 4TV-based Freeview PVRs a couple of weeks ago, some readers made the assumption that, reading between the…

Journalism

Can you trust reviews?

Posted on July 27, 2010August 3, 2010 by Nigel

This is the last part of a four part posting, beginning with Everbody knows how reviews work Part 3 – Selection bias The question at…

Journalism

Selection bias

Posted on July 27, 2010August 3, 2010 by Nigel

Part 2 – The problems with reviews You might – and I hope you will – accept by now that the finances are one of…

Journalism

The problems with reviews

Posted on July 27, 2010August 3, 2010 by Nigel

Part 1 – Everybody knows how reviews work What about those bad reviews? Why didn’t the reviewer find the flaws that an experienced user would…

Journalism

Everybody knows how reviews work

Posted on July 27, 2010August 3, 2010 by Nigel

As well as writing and editing stuff about gadgets, digital TV and computers, I spend a fair bit of time participating on various forums. And…

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