or is wall to wall cricket if you subscribe.

BUT worse - I have no subscription and need that satellite box to get Ch 5. In order to record Ch5 programmes I have to leave it switched on because at 5 am it refuses to switch on automatically even though it will happily at 10 pm. The bloody box wants to dial out at 5 am and tell SKY what I am watching. But it is clever enough avoid programmes innit? No! it insists on trying trying trying trying to dial-out on thin air.

OK so I leave the bastard box on & set to Ch5 (er if I remember to) and set the video but what happens after a few days - switched off automatically and when switched-on channel 998

THE BLOODY "ISN'T SKY WONDERFUL AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET" bloody channel.

Big Brother is not watching me but should I be forced to watch it?

1000 channels and 500 of them total pap. the other 480 duplicates.

For this I became an electronic engineer? I need a high horse quick.......