Good pc store in london? (1 Viewer)

lugiber

Portal Pro
August 3, 2004
141
0
Sweden
I'm going to london next weekend and thought i'd grab two dvb-c (technotrend dvb-c budget) cards while i'm there. Does anyone know of any good stores? If so please let me know.

Thanks

/Peter
 

Smirnuff

Portal Pro
December 7, 2004
630
3
United Kingdom
Go for a walk on Tottenham Court Rd, you'll get just about anything you want there in terms of PC gear and consumer electronics.

I also think that Simply still have a counter service from their warehouse, their site can be found here.
 

Dazzyb2K3

Portal Member
June 27, 2005
44
0
London, UK
Yup, definately Tottenham Court Rd for anything electrical.

Also there's a huge John Lewis down the end of Oxford St. (Pretty close by although Oxford St is V.long so it's quite a walk!) They have an impressive selection of Hardware - I picked up a couple of Nova T's there long before they appeared down Tot. Court Rd. (or most other places in the UK for that matter!) It's a massive store so don't get lost like I did - spent 40mins walking round the lingerie section trying to find the exit.....at least that was my excuse

:wink:

Good luck!
 

Dazzyb2K3

Portal Member
June 27, 2005
44
0
London, UK
I always thought next weekend meant the one after the coming weekend (which usually referred to as this weekend).

May well explain why i'm always late lol
 

lugiber

Portal Pro
August 3, 2004
141
0
Sweden
I'ts not too late yet... I'm going this saturday.
But it doesn't seem to be any resellers for dvb-c cards in britain. So i guess i'll have to start shopping when i get home.

Thanks for all the tips! Hopefully i'll find some cool gadgets to bring home with me :D

/Peter
 

Smirnuff

Portal Pro
December 7, 2004
630
3
United Kingdom
Lugiber, even though we have a widespread DVB-C service in the UK its not widely used on PCs, mostly due to the fact that there are no CAMs that can decrypt the channels so its rather a waste of money right now.

Same has applied to DVB-S until recently also, although you are more likely to find a DVB-S card in a store like PC World than you would a DVB-C. DVB-T is still the most widespread. Other stores that you should consider visiting are PC World and Maplin, there is/was a Maplin on the corner of Edgeware Rd/Marble Arch - you'll also find some of the other big consumer electronics retailers in that area, Dixons for instance. All these areas are within easy walking distance of one another, probably a mornings worth of good hard shopping for you and you could always stop of at Soho for special London break on the walk from TCR to Marble Arch.

Maplin stock a range including Hauppauge, Aver Media and Pinnacle. PC World carry Hauppauge and Pinnacle IIRC.

And if you're into your designer clothes you should pop into the Stone Island/CP shop in Beak Street and pick me up a nice jacket while you're at it :D.
 

lugiber

Portal Pro
August 3, 2004
141
0
Sweden
Sounds like i have a full day of shopping ahead of me!
I just hope my girl firend can stand it :D

Again thanks for all the great tips!

/Peter
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Similar threads

If the files are accessible on your network, which I guess they must be if PowerDVD can play them then you should be able to find them in MP2. See here for further info. Quote:- MP2 uses the concept of distributed media, but centralized information. This means that your media items can be anywhere - on your MP2 Server, on your MP2...
If the files are accessible on your network, which I guess they must be if PowerDVD can play them then you should be able to find...
I started experimenting with tuner cards and HTPC before Jack Valenti and his DRM-media Nazis ruined things with their HDCP and DRM...
Replies
10
Views
2K
So far I needed to limit the media items to respect the token limit of ChatGPT. Now the complete media items can be used, because the movie list is splitted into chunks of a specified size and responses for each chunk are concentrated into the result list :) private async Task<string> GenerateResponseWithGPT(string searchQuery...
So far I needed to limit the media items to respect the token limit of ChatGPT. Now the complete media items can be used, because...
Hi, I'm planning to write a plugin for MediaPortal 2, that supports users to find the right media items with help of AI...
Replies
6
Views
926
MP1 MP2 MP2 DLNA status? DE
What I meant is that we have a MP2 plugin called UPnP Render that can play media from DLNA servers if I remember correctly. I don't know the current state of the plugin though. That's why MP2 probably never will be certified. ;) Yes, that was also the idea, but it is a big job as all TV's, software etc. seems to not do everything...
What I meant is that we have a MP2 plugin called UPnP Render that can play media from DLNA servers if I remember correctly. I don't...
So I'm wondering what the state of play is with MP2 and DLNA functionality? When I started this post, I did see some posts...
Replies
10
Views
3K
Previous posts not related to this thread have been moved here
Previous posts not related to this thread have been moved here
While we are chatting, now get mad, you know that I said I would refactor the database to get rid of any redundancies. I've done...
Replies
396
Views
37K
@badboyxx , any feedback about your issue?
@badboyxx , any feedback about your issue?
Hello, I've give MP2 (version 2.2) another try and wanted to test it simultaneous with MP1. I have installed it as a single seat...
Replies
4
Views
2K
Top Bottom