The switchoff begins ...
 

Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.

Cheers

Jim

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:35:33 +0000 (UTC), Jim wrote:

Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.

Cheers

Jim


From the article:

While up to 75% of households can currently receive digital terrestrial
signals, coverage cannot be extended until the analogue service is
switched off.

How on earth does that work?

"Jonathan Bell"
wrote in message news:[email protected]
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:35:33 +0000 (UTC), Jim
wrote:

Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.

Cheers

Jim


From the article:

While up to 75% of households can currently receive digital
terrestrial signals, coverage cannot be extended until the analogue
service is switched off.

How on earth does that work?

Channel re-usage - no channels available on which to put new muxes, so
the only possibility is to switch off one or more of the existing
analogue transmitters (three of four in this case) and use those
frequencies for DTTV.

Interesting to note that nothing is said in the article about
provision of STBs. What about those people who did not want to change
to DTTV or could not afford to? Have Auntie - at our expense -
provided them with a box + fitting + a new aerial and feeder if
required? What about any communal systems, like nursing homes or
warden controlled housing? Who has paid for their upgrades?

Interesting what they DON'T print in the spin, ain't it?


--
Woody

harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com

Jim wrote:
Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.


And go back to analogue in a months time.

Until they sort out a decent teletext and sort out the picture problem,
then what is the use of shutting down analogue?
I glad I do not live in either of those villages, because I would kick
up a right stink if they cut my analogue off.

"Ad" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:
Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.


And go back to analogue in a months time.

Until they sort out a decent teletext and sort out the picture problem,
then what is the use of shutting down analogue?
I glad I do not live in either of those villages, because I would kick up
a right stink if they cut my analogue off.

Better get used to the idea then hadn't you, cos its coming.....

In message , harrogate2
wrote


Interesting to note that nothing is said in the article about
provision of STBs.

It is an experimental area and STBs were provided.

From radio reports today it appears that it may have been an exceptional
area in that it didn't even get all the main channels on analogue.

--
Alan

From the article:

While up to 75% of households can currently receive digital terrestrial
signals, coverage cannot be extended until the analogue service is
switched off.

How on earth does that work?

Without reading the article, I guess that they need more broadcasting space
for the digital frequencies, and this can only be found when analogue is
shut down.


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MESSAGE ENDS.
John Porcella

"Ad" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:
Article @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4390579.stm

2 small towns (Ferryside and Llanstephan) in Carmarthenshire go
completely digital from 0400 on Wednesday.


And go back to analogue in a months time.

Until they sort out a decent teletext

With BBC, Sky and ITV text services on DTT what is your beef?

and sort out the picture problem,

None in my place.

then what is the use of shutting down analogue?

A big wedge of money for The Treasury.

I glad I do not live in either of those villages, because I would kick
up a right stink if they cut my analogue off.

To what effect?


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MESSAGE ENDS.
John Porcella

In article , Alan [email protected]
acleod.clara.co.uk writes
In message , harrogate2
wrote


Interesting to note that nothing is said in the article about
provision of STBs.

It is an experimental area and STBs were provided.

From radio reports today it appears that it may have been an exceptional
area in that it didn't even get all the main channels on analogue.

Well if they could find frequencies for the digital MUX's then they
could have found ones for the missing analogue services. But as the
government want our spectrum to flog off as they see fit, then spin will
be applied in large amounts in order to get their way;(.....
--
Tony Sayer

Jonathan Bell wrote:

From the article:

While up to 75% of households can currently receive digital terrestrial
signals, coverage cannot be extended until the analogue service is
switched off.

How on earth does that work?

They will switch off analogue and hopefully on that same day, the people
who was not able to get digital will then get it.

Not everyone will be able to get digital Terrestrial anyway, like not
everyone can get analogue terrestrial.

I think something will muck up anyway,