E4 causing STB to crash..

On 20 Oct 2005, André Coutanche wrote

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But politicians who want to be elected by viewers will make damn
sure the boxes work transparently come analogue switch-off. Or,
since it won't have occurred to them in time, they will postpone
switch-off.

And the boxes will not only have to work transparently, they'll have to
work almost glitch-free -- and cost next to nothing. I've always
figured that a switch-off date of 2012 is wildly optimistic in a market
that's still selling VCRs and sub-£100 analogue-only tellys.

(The latter, of course, will continue working with "only" another £40
or £50 -- each -- for a crash-prone bit of kit....oh, and probably a
new aerial, too...)

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I bought a Sony IDTV with the intention of getting an aerial upgrade
then
dumping NTL, but I'm wondering if Freeview is worth the hassle!!
Reading all the problems with Freeview and set top boxes and IDTV, I'm a
simple guy, and all this talk of LCNs, MUXs,rescanning, disapearing
channels, setting the news channels up by hand...!?

It does make you wonder how everyone - particularly old people, will
manage when
when analogue TV is switched off.

Indeed! I know of four people who I have to visit to re-scan their DTT
boxes every time there is some sort of change. Three are pensioners and the
other is highly intelligent but completely uninterested in technology (but
enjoys the odd Freeview channel).


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On 20 Oct 2005, André Coutanche wrote

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But politicians who want to be elected by viewers will make damn
sure the boxes work transparently come analogue switch-off. Or,
since it won't have occurred to them in time, they will postpone
switch-off.

And the boxes will not only have to work transparently, they'll have to
work almost glitch-free -- and cost next to nothing. I've always
figured that a switch-off date of 2012 is wildly optimistic in a market
that's still selling VCRs and sub-£100 analogue-only tellys.

Sorry, but I do not understand how some retailers selling VCRs can delay
analogue TV switch off?


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John Porcella

John Porcella wrote:

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Three are pensioners and the other is highly intelligent ...

These being mutually exclusive categories, of course ;-) .

André Coutanche

On 20 Oct 2005, John Porcella wrote


"Harvey Van Sickle" wrote in message
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On 20 Oct 2005, André Coutanche wrote

-snip-

But politicians who want to be elected by viewers will make damn
sure the boxes work transparently come analogue switch-off. Or,
since it won't have occurred to them in time, they will postpone
switch-off.

And the boxes will not only have to work transparently, they'll
have to work almost glitch-free -- and cost next to nothing.
I've always figured that a switch-off date of 2012 is wildly
optimistic in a market that's still selling VCRs and sub-£100
analogue-only tellys.

Sorry, but I do not understand how some retailers selling VCRs can
delay analogue TV switch off?

People buying at the cheap end of the market who continue to be sold
kit with analogue tuners -- TVs and VCRs alike -- will, I think, wind
up forming a fairly large block of voters. And they'll blame the
government when switch-off makes their fairly-recently-purchased kit
redundant (unless they stump up for an add-on box and aerial which --
given the cheapness of TVs and VCRs -- could wind up costing as much as
the kit they've bought within the last 4 or 5 years before switch-off.)

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Cheers,
Harvey

yeah i got that too.funny enough it happened to me in the last two days
as well. i've taken mine back since.


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On 20 Oct 2005 02:19:23 -0700, wrote:

I have one of the original Philips OnDigital boxes and a brand new
Sagem. E4 currently works fine on the slow old Philips box and shows
the banner. The Sagem can't cope and switches off. What a pile of
cr*p. Things seem to be going backwards!

Actually, everything is going backwards! Advances in technology is
bringing with it the ability to fool the public that things are
getting better.

Marky P.