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Broadband and E&W calls
Hi Looking at the cost of my broadband plus E&W calls. Currently £35.50 pm. With nowtv. Ultra reliable and been very happy. But I'm on 35Mbps and things have moved on. I'd rather keep la…
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Apple ipad with pencil....
Need a tablet that can take notes. Ideally convert handwriting to text too. Tried the apple ipad and pencil and that worked well but the cost is around £420 total which is a bit more than I …
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Pen for fire HD10" tablet
Hi. Advice please. Colleague at work has an excellent ipad with a terrifc pen which is great to take hand written notes with. I'd like to do the same but an ipad and stylus pen os 400 quid. …
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Badger repellent for garden
Anyone tried these device which light up or send out US noise to repel badgers ? They dig up the garden looking for food ! Making a mess..... Any tried and tested device would be useful to …
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Auto categorisation of spending in statements
Hi. Is there an app or excel spreadsheet which can cleverly auto categorise your spends from the download of your statements? Or do I need to do from scratch in excel ? Looking to analyse my…
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Best holiday companies...
Jet2,TUI and Hays travel are the three places I am looking at for a holiday in July. Any others to consider ? Expedia and booking and Airbnb have silly prices. As do some of the direct hotel…
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SSD internal choice
Hi. Plenty of SSDs out there. I'm looking for an internal one for an old desktop pc which I think will work much better when upgraded to an SSD. I can see 240 or 250 GB will be fine but may…
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Kira Royale
bought some at Christmas but can't remember where! anyone know who stocks this ?
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Electric power meter - UK plug
hi any recommendations on a power meter to measure the Watts that a device is using? seems to have lots on ebay but no brand name I recognise so a bit sceptical on how accurate they are and …
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NowTV boost now £5
at £2, it was not too much to get fussed about, but £5 .... more of a surcharge ? the benefits are , well, not to have ads. its a bit cheeky.... you don't see adds with netflix amazon or Dis…
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Best games on gamepass
games like limbo and tetras are great via gamepass. both immersive , quick to download and don't take up much disk space. any other suggestions that fit this bill, via gamepass ? thanks
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Reputable laptop suppliers...
hi After a laptop. budget 400 quid. 8GB ram, ryzen 3 or i3. min 14" screen size. not hauwei. not lenovo. my go to place was John lewis or currys or dell direct . is there any other supplier…
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Samsung - battery protect, 85% limit
anyone else using samsung's 85% limit for charging? Reading up about, after the battery is half full (takes 20mins), the battery needs 40mins to do the next 50%. by limiting to 85% full, the…
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British Gas Smartmeter Trio2
hi BG came and fitted a smart meter a few months ago. I have never been able to use the app to view any usage info. this week I realised it had not been connected to the house WiFi network. …
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S20FE 5G vs S21 5G
s21 is better, but s20 fe costs less. can't decide. mfd have some good deals for both
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All in one hifi
hi my MIL is looking for a new all in one hifi. She'd like to ideally play vinyl, CD and radio. she has shown me what looks like a Chinese import called a memphis music system sold by radi…
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Central database for streaming films...
quick question... is there some sort of database where I can go to, in order to find which platform is streaming a movie I want to see? so for example, i wanted to see if the film ' the info…
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Ryzen processors
bit confused about the ryzen market. and vega. any simple clarification points ? I can see ethe U at the end is low power and best avoided if u want quicker games. I can see vega 8 and 11 bu…
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Wifi security cameras....
I'm looking at buying an out door one. the battery ones seem to catch my eye as I can install without the need of an electrician.. the ring ones are about 90 quid which is also OK, price w…
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Iphones and battery life
my daughter 6s is well worn... the mic is definitely playing up and the battery is weak. a new battery is 50 quid fitted. So we are looking at a replacement. these refurbs are well priced w…
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Indoor TV aerial
any recommendations for a small TV aerial? TV is close to outside window. Lost the wired aerial through building works. so now must make do with a small portable one. can be powered. don't n…
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Switches for router
quick question. I'm buying a switche to increase the number of ethernet ports. can you plug two switches into one router ? thanks
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Cupboard solution for internal gas meter
hi we have a gas meter in the hallway and it is boxed in. the carpentry on the box has had it and we need to replace it. its not something you an actually buy it seems. any suggestions? per…
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New NOWTV router... lack of ports
I was given a new router by nowtv which I think is faster than the old (dual band). but it has only 2 ethernet ports rather than 4. with the addition of hive, I'm now down to one port spare …
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Soundbar advice
what advice would you give on buying a soundbar? sonos are 399. Philips are 49..massive difference. how do you go about choosing one ?
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Buying apps with card
hi. quick question. son wants to buy apps (oculus) but they accept credit debit cards or PayPal. I don't ever provide these. can you buy a card that you can load up? thought visa did this a …
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Sonos
quick question. we have a sonos one, the one that is black in colour with built in alexa. they're great. got for Xmas last year. would like to pair with another which I'm hoping will creat…
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Reliability of refrigerator companies
buying an American fridge freezer. quite a large brand range. haier hisense and kenwood are at the bottom of the price range but look good. LG and Samsung seem to offer mid and high price r…
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