New Ray Mears.

[Leonidas]

That's right and it's a source of regular frustration for me.

I assume that the thinking goes something like "well, they don't pay taxes to support us overseas so they can't use iplayer..." But that strikes me a slender excuse.

David, do you know if there is other reasoning behind this ban?

Do you VPN into the office from home?
If yes VPN via a UK / European hub and guess what...
I use this when I want to watch something in the US

If you are going to ask what VPN is then you probably do not VPN

Tom

 

[hog]

Dam im at work, hope its on iplayer.

Usually on i player, have seen episodes on there my self.

 

[crazydave]

I know bbc stuff isnt broadcast worldwide, even the news clips dont go outside which I was told it was a server license issue type of thing. iplayer is a terrible bit of software good for not much other than ruining your bandwidth as its a filesharing program, I downloaded eastenders for lil brothers girlfriend and even though I downloaded 350mb I uploaded 4.5gb. soon uninstalled it and ill stick to torrents or watching it live

 

[verloc]

Do you VPN into the office from home?
If yes VPN via a UK / European hub and guess what...
I use this when I want to watch something in the US

If you are going to ask what VPN is then you probably do not VPN

Tom

absolutely or a ssh tunnel to a box over here, this is where a UK based hosting co's with shell account access is handy, suppose it would be easy US end to tunnel into a hosted UK box if you would pay for enough bandwidth and the speeds were high enough. (its also a reason why the liscence fee isnt quite so bitter for some of the time too

Tom

 

[fred gordon]

I'm 2/3rds through reading the new book that goes with the series and its very different from previous stuff. This is much more a historical record that goes with the journey rather than a 'how to..' book. Makes great reading and I recommend it. £20 on the Ray Mears website, £12 on Amazon! You don't get the signature on Amazon!

 

[dogwood]

Do you VPN into the office from home?
If yes VPN via a UK / European hub and guess what...
I use this when I want to watch something in the US

If you are going to ask what VPN is then you probably do not VPN

Tom

Yeah, I run VPNs from both my home and office to my colocation facility here in SF (I'm in tech...). However, I don't have a host in the UK within whom I can establish a VPN connection.

But, I've got some friends who run companies in London, so perhaps I can convince them to let me connect to their VPNs for this purpose... I'll shoot off some emails...

I hadn't thought of doing it via VPN, thanks for the idea!

 

[JDO330]

Damn, its the same time as X Factor...

Oh well, guess I can watch Ray another time or wait for the DVD.

ATB, Jon.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

bob on cant wait should be good cos the book is brilliant

 

[PJMCBear]

You're kidding, right?

:aargh4:

Damn, its the same time as X Factor...

Oh well, guess I can watch Ray another time or wait for the DVD.

ATB, Jon.

 

[JonathanD]

Stooopid Ray Mears has only gone and booked his talk in Birmingham to clash with his new series

 

[Shewie]

Stooopid Ray Mears has only gone and booked his talk in Birmingham to clash with his new series

Oops

When he asks at the end if anyone has any questions you could ask him what was on the show as you've now missed it.

 

[durulz]

Oops

When he asks at the end if anyone has any questions you could ask him what was on the show as you've now missed it.

You HAVE to do that. That's just too good an opportunity to miss.

 

[Angus Og]

Release date for the DVD has been put back till December, got an email from Amazon UK

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below was changed by the supplier, and we need to provide you with a new estimated delivery date based on the new release date:

"Ray Mears Northern Wilderness [DVD]"
Estimated arrival date: December 01 2009 - December 04 2009

 

[Jus_like_that]

hi, i don't know whether this will work abroad but would be worth a try, www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/watchlive its not iplayer as such but a live stream, so may work abroad. save anybody the wait of download or DVD release (i hope).

Adam

 

[dogwood]

hi, i don't know whether this will work abroad but would be worth a try, www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/watchlive its not iplayer as such but a live stream, so may work abroad. save anybody the wait of download or DVD release (i hope).

Adam

Adam, thanks for the tip -- unfortunately it doesn't work in the US.

 

[mart]

Sky + comes into its own once again, already set and series linked.
I get BBC I player on the PS3 too, I wonder if I could save it onto the hard drive. Thats a question for an AV forum if ever I heard one.


Mart.

 

[Dodger]

Any idea if it will be simulcast on HD?

Looks like it's currently scheduled for an hour afterwards on BBC HD (i.e. Sunday 10pm).

 

[fast but dim]

three cheers for ray mears!

ta for this thread, i've have missed it!

 

[rik_uk3]

Due to my 20 month old grandson feeding our Freeview + box milk I needed a new recorder and last week got one of these

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5321928/Trail/searchtext>PVR.htm

For a penny short of a ton its bloody good, feed the TV via a DVD recorder and bobs your uncle, the programme is on hard drive and disk

Mart, whats the quality like on a PS3? might save me taking in a laptop in on my night shifts for those 'quiet' moments (like now, 02:59 and eleven patients all sleeping like babies )

 

[Old Bones]

Mart - you can download from a Sky+ box (sorry I'm a little late with this info, since rik has already mentioned it!). Although I don't have Sky, a bloke came into the shop where I work part time (in Audio/TV) and wanted a DVD recorder, because Sky+ has a 'record to external' facility, presumably via a scart. He bought one of these -

http://www.johnlewis.com/230653020/Product.aspx

Since he hasn't been back, I assume it worked OK! You can do the same with most PVR's (which is basically what Sky+ is), although if its the Humax Freesat PVR, the output would have to be via USB. For more info, have a look at something like AV or Sky forum - there must a fair number of people who have done the same thing.

Of course, if you want Ray in glorious HD forever, try the Panasonic Freesat hard drive with recordable Bluray http://www.johnlewis.com/230641449/Product.aspx . Record the programme in HD, then, subject to DRM, you can burn it to a Blu-Ray disc and its yours forever.

At £899, its possibly just worth waiting for the box set and buying lots of actual bushcrafting kit instead !