Analogue switch - 2008 - official
 

I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.

Peter wrote:
I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.


Thats not official - it's a case of a sales man trying to flog a tv

D

so your in neath then.....
"Peter" wrote in message
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I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.

In message , Peter
wrote
I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.


Only the Welsh would believe what Dixons' employees tell them.
--
Alan

Peter wrote:
I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.


Nope.
Final decision on when to go is down to the government.
If they say "Yes" this year then it will be 2008 for you.
However, I doubt they will make a decision, this year or next or next or
next.
Dave

And Lo, it came to pass that Peter entered the sacred hall of the God Dixon
in the city of Fforestfach. And Verily, Tracy the sales assistant said unto
him 'Yea, though thou hast taken an analogue telly unto thine family and
thou hast watched 'Question of Sport' without hindrance, know now that thine
telly will not worketh after 2008'. And thus, Peter did sayest unto the
brethren what Tracy had sayest unto him, and the brethren did sayest unto
him, '********', for Tracy knowest nothing.



"Peter" wrote in message
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I was wandering through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea
earlier today and overheard a customer asking one of the sales
assistants about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because analogue
broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.


That's it then - 2008 it is.

Peter was wandering:
through the Dixons store in Fforestfach, Swansea earlier today
and overheard a customer asking one of the sales assistants
about purchasing a TV set.

She informed him that a digital TV was the TV to buy because
analogue broadcasts were going to stop in 2008.

That's it then - 2008 it is.

OFCOM have announced that analogue broadcasts will end
in three regions in 2008.

The first to switch-off will be the Border TV region,
followed by the Westcountry region, and then Wales.
The exact dates have not been announced, only the order
of switch-offs.

Other regions follow in 2009/10/11, with London being
the very last to go in 2012. Unless there's a government
intervention, that's about as official as it gets,
and as far as Wales is concerned, yes, 2008 it is.

So for once, Dixons has a clued-up sales assistant,
who gave correct information in respect of the local region.

I wonder if Dixons, and indeed all other retailers, should
now be putting warning stickers on analogue-only gear.

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:03:40 +0000 (UTC), "barry jones"
wrote:

so your in neath then.....

What makes you think that then :-) ?

"Alan" wrote in message
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snip


Only the Welsh would believe what Dixons' employees tell them.

Am sorry to say, that illness is found across the UK, it's most
distressing to observe...

I bet the BT broadband advert was filmed in a Dixons store, they left
out the part were the 'sales assistant' suggested the best camera was
the one without a zoom lens, as it's easier to operate (not to mention
far more profitable for Dixons). :~((

Not that I window-shop in Dixons that often...

In message , Gladys
Pugh wrote


I wonder if Dixons, and indeed all other retailers, should
now be putting warning stickers on analogue-only gear.

Why? A TV without a digital TV tuner and an external box may be the best
medium term solution for value and performance.
--
Alan