h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've got a freeview box and yes, it can play radio through the TV, and through the hifi too (saves energy by not having the telly on).
Some of them split the radio stations from the TV - you may need to resort to RT*M.

*insert expletive of your choice here.

We get digital radio through cable too

Traveller in Time tuning the internet for radio4?_ (there is no dial)
"We have got just one hour for the repeat, and the five ear version on listen again "

Five ears?

Traveller in Time trying to fit the headphones over his head
"The listen again on the < <./>/radio4/hitchhikers/index.shtml</.> > has one link to the original radio version (including the announcement voice of the Radio 4?_ presenter) and two dolby surround links.

The 'Real Player' and the 'Windows Media Player' links contain five audio streams, where Radio 4?_ only has two."

Sorry, far too technical for me!

Traveller in Time on his head
"Hmm, I should write an entry about sound (did I not already?).

In the old days sound only came from one direction. Only after the invention of Stereo this was called Mono.

Then they invented Stereo, just to make the commercials go whoooshs from somewhere on your right, through your head, and speeding away on your left. (Reverse Reft and Light to personal preferences)

In this infinite impossible computer age they manage to produce sound from five (5) directions. We have left and right, front and rear and everywhere. I can imagine this confuses. I will make a drawing:

The marketing devision of the five eared sound systems gave us these diagrams to fill our living quarters with quadrophonic noise.

[LF][RF]







[LR][RR]

Legend:
-- is the listener, looking up
-- [LF] Left Front milkcarton
-- [RF] Right Front milkcarton
-- [LR] Left Rear milkcarton
-- [RR] Right Rear milkcarton

-- [SW] Sub Woofer, hidden somewhere in the closet or behind the couch.
"

So were they watching Dr Who, then?

Traveller in Time headphones fitted
" it beeps"

Traveller in Time listening again
"Anyone else noticed the Windows Media Player says
>H2G3 - Episode 1 - WMA 5:! 128 VBR

They play the right episode, just the numebers are wrong. "

There's a rather splendid competition here to win a part in recording the next series, and a signed script:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/pictures.shtml

indeed!

Traveller in Time on his head
"Yess, I have noticed it nearly two quiks ago.

They are so kind to notify 'open for UK residents only' as the first of the rules and regulations.

Hey, I do not complain you know, we can listen to the broadband versions after all! "

"13. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of the BBC, any person directly or indirectly involved in the BBC or the running of the competition, or their direct family members."

Traveller in Time on his head
"Now that is really mean, I mean they could make an exception for once. . . . (Did you not visit the studio's together with 'Jim' lately?)"

How about writing an entry without Peer Review. .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/competition.shtml

Traveller in Time looking at the earth
"I told you 'Eddies in the Sky' and they are everywhere!

I is being updated! < A18541 > Well, somewhere end of october it will. "

Don't reckon h2g2 sub eddies will get a look at this one.

Traveller in Time on his head
"Three hours to got for third episode of tertiary phase "