Any chance of some photos Vince - I`m on Wirral and quite keen - also is it the WR lens ?

Tony

Gwyn - I`ve stopped silly camera packing too - now its the K20,monopod,spare charge,18-55,70-300 FAJ ( feather light compared to the Sigma 28-300 ) and maybe one other depending on location.

Have a great one

Tony

Carm down now - carm down - you`re both great thanks

Tony

I know the feeling !!

I have an NTL cable modem,a Belkin MIMO router and a Cisco router and a Linksys router all working in parallel as I do surveys for Ofcom etc about speeds of upload/download.

Quite honestly it all seems too much faff for streaming movies from Lovefilm when I rent 3 at a time anyway - I`ll do what I do with pentax and wait until the price comes down !!

Looks impressive TT - I got an old Crossfire 500gb which weighs a ton but handy for back up back up for photos after the blueray discs I cut.

Regards

Tony

Thanks again Gareth - I think the major moan is that the signal can drop easily and too far from the router does not help.
Rather than a dongle maybe I will experiment with an ethernet cable and Jo`s laptop as a booster.

Tony

Thanks Gareth - one or two conflicting reviews on the site but worth a try at that price.Still unsure as to the suitability for a tv as all the reviews were for laptops.

Thanks again

Tony

Gwyn - would you ask him do I need to buy a Panasonic TV dongle for my Viera Plasma or will any tv one work ? The prices range from £70 down to £13 on Amazon and I don`t need it that much,but it would be nice to stream Lovefilm movies straight to the set.

Thanks

Tony

I`m not sure how big your "tank" is my friend but mine costs £80 !!

I`m with Virgin and get a landline,an XL V+ package with free HD and 20 mb broadband ( soon to be 60mb for no extra ) for £54 on average depending on how often Jo rings her sister in Canada.
We get all the good stuff - Discovery,History,Nat Geo,Bio,ESPN,Eurosport etc etc.
I have never seen anything yet on SKY that was worth paying for and we get about 12 of the channels included in the package.
I think my main disappointment is with the Beeb at how they rolled over so easily - what next ?? Wimbledon ? The FA CUP ? The Grand National ?

Tony

I`m with you HG - I`ve been a fan since my dad used to take me to Aintree and Oulton Park - we talked to the drivers and sat in the cars in those days !!!

No BBC coverage so I shall treat it like smoking - I give up - SKY are parasites in my book and like Tesco want to dominate the world.

Their loss

Tony