UK Gold: PRESS RED logos, onscreen nexts and
extra permanent logos such as "7 Days to go to...".
BBC: The kings of annoyance with a BBC TWO Scotland DOG,
PRESS RED logos that often can't be turned off, onscreen nexts
and voice announcements DURING programmes and films such as
"24" and Schindler's List.
Channel 4: A red dot onscreen 24/7 to advertise dubious unnecessary
services which your children could use to run up a huge bill.
Sky One: Red dots, intrusive announcements, ALL NEW and
extra permanent logos such as the Simpsons spinning doughnut.
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP