Analogue TVs no longer sold by UK retailers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Woopeee!

Pity lots of people bought TV's before that then, probably expecting
them to work for a good few years.

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Tony

On Jul 7, 12:31*pm, Tony wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Quote:
Analogue television sets are no longer being sold at major retailers
across the UK, ahead of the digital switchover in 2012.

2012? What? That must be in some obscure south eastern part of the UK
I guess. Prettywell everywhere else will be switched by this time next
year.

Londoncentric ******** as usual.

Bill

Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:52 +0100, Borg wrote:


Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

?
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Cheers

Peter

On 7 July, 12:57, "
wrote:
On Jul 7, 12:31*pm, Tony wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Quote:
Analogue television sets are no longer being sold at major retailers
across the UK, ahead of the digital switchover in 2012.

2012? What? That must be in some obscure south eastern part of the UK
I guess. Prettywell everywhere else will be switched by this time next
year.

Londoncentric ******** as usual.

Ulster, Tyne Tees and Meridian. Hardly Londoncentric Bill!

"Petert" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:52 +0100, Borg wrote:


Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

?
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Cheers

Peter


I would say that as a licence is needed to receive TV and in a digital only
area a analogue only TV wont receive TV then the answer is No licence
needed.

Just consider it a monitor with RF as an optional input along with Scart and
Phono etc.

What do I know.

Gary

" wrote in message
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On Jul 7, 12:31 pm, Tony wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Quote:
Analogue television sets are no longer being sold at major retailers
across the UK, ahead of the digital switchover in 2012.

2012? What? That must be in some obscure south eastern part of the UK
I guess. Prettywell everywhere else will be switched by this time next
year.

Londoncentric ******** as usual.

Bill

Pontop Pike has moved to London?
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JohnT

On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:51:41 +0100, "Gary"
wrote:


"Petert" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:52 +0100, Borg wrote:


Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

?
--
Cheers

Peter


I would say that as a licence is needed to receive TV and in a digital only
area a analogue only TV wont receive TV then the answer is No licence
needed.

Just consider it a monitor with RF as an optional input along with Scart and
Phono etc.

What do I know.

Gary
Agreed, but if you use the analogue TV with a STB, then a licence will
be needed - either for the TV or the STB
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Cheers

Peter

In article ,
Borg wrote:

Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

The end of analogue transmissions doesn't in itself change anything.
If you weren't using it to receive broadcasts before the switch-off,
you didn't need a licence for it then either. The only people who
will cease to need a licence are those who were watching analogue TV
and who stop watching broadcast TV altogether - any extremely small
number I think.

-- Richard

Tony wrote:
: Woopeee!

: Pity lots of people bought TV's before that then, probably expecting
: them to work for a good few years.

Possibly not as many as don't yet know that their "HDTV with Freeview"
won't do FreeviewHD without an external box!