Nothing technical in this national newspaper article, anyone been there
before ? poor/absent Hamming codes ? mains wiring interference, not IR ?
(hallway lamp ref in the full article)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010...tbulbs-virgin-
media

The strange case of the energy-saving lightbulbs and Virgin Media

Got a Virgin set-top box with a mind of its own? And energy-saving
lightbulbs? Then you might find there is a surprising connection


o Graham Snowdon
o The Guardian, Saturday 10 April 2010


Emma Clements was advised to switch bulbs when her TV kept changing
channels.
If your television or cable equipment seems to have a life of its own, why
not get rid of your lightbulbs? It might sound like a joke, but that's the
advice Virgin Media gave to Emma and Alistair Clements when their cable TV
receiver started behaving oddly.

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