Final stage

Word has reach the Future Lifestyle offices that the Astra 2E satellite has reached its final destination in readiness for the big switch over.

The countdown is on....

Now it is just a matter of time before the "Freeview" channels will be lost from our screens in southern Spain. There is no definite date for the switch, but rest assured the engineers will have a timetable that they have to keep to. Once the last few tests are completed they will migrate the channels over, our best guess will be in the next two weeks sometime.





Don´t miss out

There is going to be a panic as people wake up one morning to find there is no BBC, ITV etc. Some people have "heard it all before" and will only react once they are convinced the channels are gone and not coming back or are just slow to react to the situation. 
There are a number of companies offering similar systems up and down the coast a majority of them IPTV based. Although the wise amongst us have been stock piling the boxes needed there is going to be a high demand for these boxes as the panic sets in....

So what to do.

Firstly Do you have internet? ok good.. what download speeds are you getting??.. not sure?? click this link to find out. try this a few times throughout the day as it will fluctuate in peak times... You want to be getting around 2.5mb download speeds. One solution we offer needs as little as 0.8mb to watch TV, however we recommend the extra leg room to allow for fluctuations and  internet browsing at the same time.

I have no internet or the speed is below your recommendation?

Future Lifestyle have teamed up with Servifone to provide fast reliable internet. Installation for the WiMax system is quick and causing little or no disruption. They also offer cheap international calls as well as a host of other services.

I have internet, so what now??

Contact the Future Lifestyle sales team to discuss what solution suits you best based on your needs. We will then book your install in to ensure that you don´t miss out. 

email : sales@futurelifestyle.es or call +34 952 830 936

Wikipedia's most searched articles of last year revealed

We have all used the fantastic site that is Wikipedia. Now any bar argument can be resolved with a smart phone and this know it all website.

So what were the most searched terms of last year from around the world. Well so are unsurprising, whilst others can only be described as a little left of centre.

Facebook topped the English edition while an entry for adult video actresses did best in Japan.

 

Hua Shan - a Chinese mountain featuring "the world's deadliest hiking trail" - topped the Dutch list.

By contrast, cul-de-sacs were the German site's most clicked entry. Go figure??

The data was published by a Swedish software engineer Johan Gunnarsson as part of the Wikitrends project. His home land's most viewed article was a page dedicated to Sweden itself.

Articles about Iran, its capital city Tehran and the country's New Year celebrations topped the Persian list, entries about sex, female circumcision and homosexuality also made its top 10.

An overview of Egypt topped the Arabic language version and was followed by a history of Muhammad Ali Pasha - the Ottoman army commander who became the country's ruler in 1805. He is viewed by many as the founder of the "modern" nation.

Sport featured prominently in the Indonesian edition with football, volleyball and basketball all coming within the top seven articles.

Italy appeared more obsessed with US television. Grey's Anatomy came out on top, and Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries followed shortly after.

The Russian version was led by an article about the country followed by one about YouTube. But entries for "porn site" and "unemployment" may provide greater insight into local users' lives.

Unusual results included the @ symbol making it into second place in the Spanish language edition, a type of Japanese holly topping the French list, and The European Regional Development Fund coming in third in Poland.

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber managed to make both the Danish and Norwegian top 10s, but was trumped by British boy band One Direction who appeared in the English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish and Danish lists.

English language most viewed

1. Facebook

2. Wiki

3. Deaths in 2012

4. One Direction

5. The Avengers

6. Fifty Shades of Grey

7. 2012 phenomenon

8. The Dark Knight Rises

9. Google

10. The Hunger Games

Original artical on the BBC website.

DLNA news update

Digital Media Streaming in the Home

Need to share digital content over your home network, business network and even over the Internet?

Enjoy and share your music, videos, and photos with your family and friends using Wi-Fi enabled portable devices such as the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, Windows Mobile 5/6 PDA Phones, Nokia N95, Sony PSP or any PC or Mac. The only requirement is a web browser and media player. You no longer need to copy "all" of your media files to your portable device, Flash Drive or USB-Firewire Drive to enjoy when you are away from home. Forgot to bring a certain music, picture or video file with you? Not a problem!

The SmartStor range are the perfect DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) Digital Media Server (DMS) for the Digital Home of today and tomorrow.

DLNA Certified Digital Media Servers such as The SmartStor NS4600 can be automatically discovered by Digital Media Players (DMP), Digital Media Renderers (DMR) and Digital Media Controllers (DMC) allowing Pictures, Music and Video to be shared instantly at any time in the home. Share, Stream, upload and downloaD media content.

Some of the best features include:

• Up to 6TB storage capacity with four 1.5TB hard drives;
• Up to four Data sharing over Gigabit Ethernet;
• Enterprise-proven RAID technology with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support;
• One-Touch Backup of an external hard drive or digital camera via USB;
• Management and Folder Share access;
• NAS to NAS replication for remote backup;
• USB HDDs, Printer and UPS Support;
• DLNA Digital Media Server allows instant access to Music, Pictures and Videos via Digital Media Players on the Home Network;
• iTunes Server with Video Playback support;
• NAS management over the Internet;
• Ultra Silence and energy saving.

How it works

Your movie collection is stored on your network attached storage (NAS), a certified digital media server (DMS). Instead of watching the movie on the little PC monitor in your office, you want to enjoy it on the large flat-panel TV in your living room. Because your DLNA Certified TV is certified as a digital media player (DMP), you can use the DMP capabilities of your TV to find the movies on your NAS, and then play them on the TV.

Network

• OLED & LCD TV's
• NAS Storage
• Blu Ray Players
• Playstation 3
• Apple iPhone
• PDA & SmartPhones
• PC's or MAC

All are capable of streaming content instantly from the SmartStor NS4600.