With Sky + HD set top boxes you can use the Search A to Z options and type in LION or TIGER or some animal name and get the search results for what's on during the next few days, so it isn't always just the Nature programmes on the Nature channels. The Sky + box offers us the TV GUIDE then Search option and that searches for A to Z titles and genres. You need to check the TV GUIDE listings for future programmes, too.
The Community Channel on Sky and Freeview, for example, recently featured the plight of animal welfare and conservation and helped raise our awareness of how Man is adversely affecting Nature, such that some endangered creatures face extinction in decades rather than centuries.
You can record programmes eg a one-time recording or choose the complete series. Beyond what's on, the online Sky Player could offer extra showings of LIVE TV and ON-DEMAND views.
We also know that many websites exist that offer us the chance to view online. A Google search will find loads of Internet TV and Radio options and sites like youtube feature many more TV programmes and excerpts. We also know that Internet USB dongles can show us Freeview channels or even worldwide channels. Amazon and Ebay sell these, as do the Shopping channels, like bid tv and price-drop tv and speedauction tv, so please shop around to save money. Check product specifications and computer operatng systems and requirements.
Sky has featured save the rainforest and adopt a jaguar etc. The Adopt an animal charities are featured online, so if you prefer to support the wildlife or the domesticated creatures then there are websites that accept online donations. Ebay also offers charities the chance to auction goods, so check for these, too. You can buy stuff and still support animal charities!
Look out for the bid tv's Stephen Gayford Art Evenings featuring limited editions of his latest prints and canvasses. With a Sky + HD box, you can use the HDMI cable to upscale the standard quality to a better picture quality on your larger HD TVs. Mind you, we now have several Freeview set top boxes and DVD Recorders with HDMI cables and even with Freeview HD channels. We might as well enjoy them!
Seeing Nature programmes in Sky HD quality or Virgin Media HD quality may inspire us towards supporting animal causes. Even so, buying a Stephen Gayford picture can bring home to us the magnificent beauty that's in the world today. A visit to his website will also enhance your appreciation of wildlife here, there and everywhere on planet Earth...
http://www.gayfordgallery.com/
Regards,
Denis Martindale, June 2010.
