Colebox's Blog Archive

The Random Scribblings of a Television Watcher:

2012
March 2012

I Just Had To Share...
They've Moved the DOG!
Ten Years of BBC Four

February 2012

New Life Into Windows Media Center

January 2012

More On The Hi-Def Captures: Astonished At The Files Sizes
The Best Programme of 2012 Has Already Been Shown And It's Only January
The End of DVD Recorders?
VHS's Last Hurrah!

2011
December 2011

Hi-Def Recording: I Actually Managed To Record A Whole Programme!
Christmas 2011, The Radio Times and the Telly

November 2011

Colebox's Scrapbook: Instagram Stuff
Colebox's Scrapbook: Radio Times Clipping for Artemis 81

October 2011

At Long Long Last A Shoestring DVD Release
A Way To Record And Save High Definition Television: Maybe I Spoke Too Soon
Achieved: A Way To Record And Save High Definition Television

September 2011

Colebox's Scrapbook: BBC Space Themes: My Only Surviving Copy

August 2011

Colebox's Scrapbook: The Dalek 50 Pence
Mixed Feelings On The End Of Spooks
Colebox's New Telly At Last!

July 2011

My Old Dell Really Isn't Up To The Task
VideoReDo, My Favourite Software, Just Got Better
Hi-Def And My Telly - The Penny Drops!

June 2011

A Bitrate Of A Contradiction: The Answer
BBC Four Dropping Drama...?
Getting My Cassette Tapes Converted At Last!

May 2011

Colebox's Scrapbook: Oh, The Irony...

April 2011

A Star Of That First Night...
Waking The Dead And Starting The Hobby
How Many Copies Of Genesis Of The Daleks Does One Need?
Colebox's Scrapbook: Through A Cassette Tape Darkly
Colebox's Scrapbook: Betamax Forever

March 2011

More Never-To-Be-Solved-Cliffhangers
The Use Of My DVD Recorder, Or Current Lack Of
Canceled On A Whim?

February 2011

Uses For Old VHS Tapes
Plummeting Commercial Release Prices

January 2011

From The Post Office
Revisiting And Clearing-Up Old Blogs

2010
December 2010

Christmas Radio Times Cover For 2010
Listening To Radio Drama And Audio Books On The Way To Work
Wallace And Gromit's World Of Invention: I Can't Hide My Disappointment
Have *Finally* Connected My Television Into My Home Network

November 2010

Doctor Who's "A Christmas Carol" Preview From Children In Need 2010
Colebox's Scrapbook: A Homemade Talking CD-R
BBC One HD - Now To Find A Way To Record From It

October 2010

Colebox's Scrapbook: An Old Letter From Channel 4
In This Digital Age, Where Is There Still The Old Rivalry?
Dust Biting: Sky's Surprise Decision

September 2010

Alison Graham's Scribblings In The Radio Times
Have I Got Myself A Reputation?
Another Bit Of Premature Dust Biting And This Time On DVD!

August 2010

VHS: Never Say Never
Revenge, Twenty-Six Years Later...
There Are Repeats And Then There's Overkill

July 2010

The Last Commercial VHS
I'd Like A Bigger Telly, Please!

June 2010

The World Cup, England v USA And ITV1-HD
My Opinion Of The British Broadcasting Corporation

May 2010

Choosing The Right Video-Type

April 2010

More Cursing Of Modern Broadcasting
More Premature Biting Of The Dust
BBC Review And American Imports

March 2010

A Blu-Ray Player Is Mine!

February 2010

The Curse Of Modern Broadcasting
Off-Air Storage Options: Nothing Changes
Television And Windows 7 Part Three (A Bit [Rate] Of A Contradiction)

January 2010

Television And Windows 7 Part Two (Converting .wtv To .mpeg)

2009
December 2009

BBC One's Christmas Ident For 2009
An Upgrade To Virgin V+ Box In Time For Christmas

November 2009

Doctor Who "The End Of Time", Another Teaser But A Month To Wait!
Doctor Who "Waters Of Mars": How Good Was That..?
Television And Windows 7
One I Like Gets Saved!

October 2009

BBC DVDs That You Can't Get Here But Can Over There

September 2009

A Bit Disappointed With BBC HD

August 2009

UKTV: Alibi, Watch etc

July 2009

Another One I Like Gets The Axe

June 2009

Another Advance In My Telly Experince

February/March 2009

They're Still Out There

January 2009

Cracking Telly This Christmas Gromit

2008
December 2008

A Shopping Channel Gem

November 2008

BBC iPlayer And Stuttering Full-Screen Playback

October 2008

A Worrying Potential Trend

September 2008

That Was The Summer

August 2008

Who Says Today's TV Is Rubbish?

July 2008

High Definition And Euro 2008

June 2008

Okay, I Couldn't Resist, I Got A Freesat Box

May 2008

Freesat Launches On A Wimper

April 2008

Is Blu-Ray Really The Future?

March 2008

A High Definition Telly: What About The Inputs?

2007
August 2008

New Technology Is Starting To Bother Me

January 2008

Digital TV: It's Good, But It's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be!