The succesful launch of the Pengpod last month following its crowdfunding efforts has paved the way for a new breed of Arm based “System on a Chip” (SOC) hardware that can be used to drive tablets and hand held devices using an open-source operating system

Touch Screen Devices

Ubuntu, the Canonical backed Linux system with its Unity interface and drive for a touch screen gui has also just launched a linux tablet.
Ubuntu took a change of direction to develop a mobile smart phone, computer, TV and tablet compatible operating system that can be utilised in a touch screen world

Interactive Shop Display Consoles

Touch screen systems in shops and the ability to connect wirelessly could bring a floury of soft advertising and information portals to the high street to order and reserve items the way Argos does now as well as more entertaining systems providing an interactive shopping experience with tag scan to find out more about shop items or changing-room-request items to have outfits delivered to your changing room in a different size or colour

You could even check stock availability from your mobile phone or request an item from the store room if it’s in stock but not on display. Open source software takes away the reliance on licensing and will help control costs making systems like this available to more high street, service driven shops

Newcastle and Gateshead Commercial Installations

In the North East, the 2 largest shopping areas are Newcastle City Centre and the Metro Centre where interactive displays already help shoppers find certain types of store and provide interactive maps to help you get where you need to be. Smaller shops are also starting to use TV monitor displays attached to a computer systems to update menus and provide non-interactive information portals but that’s just the start of the change as control devices and computer systems get smaller and more powerful while lowering costs

Installing Shop Systems in The North East

If you want to find out about the types of commercial systems available for small, medium or large retail and service outfits please feel free to get in touch

Re tuning Your TV, DVD equipment
If you want an urgent appointment to have your TV retuned then please get in touch on one of the following forms to book an appointment:
Gateshead
Newcastle

What Makes a TV Smart?
The main differentiator that makes a TV smarter than the rest is the ability to receive and display web content; particularly interactive media, streamed films via an internet connection, on demand content and other media covered by the phrase Web 2.0 to distinguish it from regular web content

I Don’t Have a Smart TV What are the Alternatives?
Thanks to the hdmi and usb connections available on modern flat screen TVs it’s often possible to connect a computer to your TV and use it as an extra large monitor to handle all kinds of media thanks to your computer’s processing, graphics and sound capabilities

What about Noise – Aren’t Most Computers Noisy
Many of the top end computer and graphics chips run extremely hot and require fans, heat pumps or even water cooling to dissipate heat BUT… There are a range of near silent computers running without fans and generating hardly any heat that have been specially selected for portable and TV entertainment devices

I Don’t Want A Computer System without a Remote
Most of these near silent computers capable of storing and handling most movie and music media can be controlled by a plugin remote device or mini wireless keyboard; allowing you to watch movies, record TV programmes, organise and access your music collection, check facebook, twitter, send emails and most computer activities short of playing graphics intensive games

Smart TV Installer in the North East
If you have a Smart TV and want it installed or wall mounted check out one of these links:Gateshead, Newcastle, Morpeth

The high data transfer rates should provide an alternative to terrestrial aerial based TV reception once the systems become properly established here in the UK

Currently EE is one of the few companies to advertise 4G but costs realistically preclude its use for streaming film and TV with 5GB of data packages currently costing over £50 per month. It should be just a matter of time before transfer allowances increase as other major players start to enter the market and look at home technologies not just mobile options

Killingworth has easy access to the A1 and A19, with schools and convenient shopping

Aerial, TV and Satellite Installation Killingworth
To find out more about TV Services for the Killingworth area visit:TV Services Killingworth and ask for a price quote

What is a Mux or Multiplex?

TV Transmission
The free or terrestrial digital channels picked up via a normal TV antenna from a nearby transmitter are transmitted in a tight frequency range band or multiplex or mux

Frequency and Channel Compression
Each frequency range can have several TV channels compressed together for transmission which are then decoded and separated by your TV, or set top box

For example,
BBC
Many of the BBC channels BBC1, BBC2,& BBC3 would be compressed together into a single digital signal band or multiplex to be decoded and separated by your TV or other receiver
ITV
The ITV, Channel 4 & E4 Stations would also be compressed together into a separate multiplex transmitted at a different frequency

I Can’t Get Some Digital Channels

Poor Freeview Coverage
If you can’t receive all the multiplexes from your nearest transmitter it may be that they aren’t covered in your area but there is likely to be a different explanation

Channel Changes
Sometimes certain channels numbers or allocations change and you will need to re-scan to recover the missing channels

Transmitter Failure or Maintenance
When scanning for channels fails to find the missing channels it’s worth checking that the TV transmitter is functioning correctly and is not down or running at reduced signal during essential maintenance

Aerial Alignment
Modern aerials are pretty good at receiving all the multiplex channels; if you originally received all channels it may be that your aerial alignment has changed and one or two of the less optimal multiplex frequencies now has too low a signal strength

Aerial Performance
Aerials need to collect a range of frequencies and if you have just bought a new TV or digital receiver it may be that your old aerial has insufficient gain or bandwidth to differentiate all the multiplex channels and needs updating

Poor Cable Performance
Once your aerial collects the signal it’s passed via an aerial cable to your receiver; poor cables or connectors can degrade an already weak signal and cause weaker signal channels to be dropped

Powerful Signal
It is possible to get too strong a signal from a nearby transmitter or relay which overwhelms the receiver; making it difficult to decode certain channels; if this is the case, an engineer can fit an attenuator between your aerial and reciver to output an optimal signal

Equipment Interference
If you have various pieces of equipment capable of receiving and outputting a signal; try turning off non-essential equipment to see if you can receive or retune the missing channels

The high data transfer rates should provide an alternative to terrestrial aerial based TV reception once the systems become properly established here in the UK

Currently EE is one of the few companies to advertise 4G but costs realistically preclude its use for streaming film and TV with 5GB of data packages currently costing over £50 per month. It should be just a matter of time before transfer allowances increase as other major players start to enter the market and look at home technologies not just mobile options