Dumbing down the digital question

"J G Miller" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, at 15:37:12h +0000, Adrian C
wrote:

Them:
"I got a letter though the door, about digital TV. I'm dumb
and read
the daily mail. Do I need to go digital?"

Me:
"Do you have more than 5 channels on your TV?"

Them:
"Why, yes."

Me:
"OK, you've got digital."

Ain't *necessarily* so.

Analog cable TV offers more than 5 TV stations.

Analog satellite TV offers more than 5 TV stations.

If you receive your TV by analog satellite then you do need
to do something by April 30th, 2012 and change from an analog
satellite receiver to a DVB-s/s2 satellite receiver.



Is analogue satellite of UK channels still active?


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, at 21:00:43h +0000, Woody asked:

Is analogue satellite of UK channels still active?

No, the last stations to be broadcast as analog in Europe
(possibly the world) are the main German stations from
Astra 1KR 19,2° East; the stations on white background at

http://www.lyngsat.COM/Astra-1KR.html

The French analog broadcasts from Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 3
at 5.0° West ended November 29th, 2011.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.COM/2011/09/25/french-switch-off-analogue-satellite-dth/

I was in our Winchester office this morning. One chap (Sky user) received a
phone call from his mother in Eastleigh (Rowridge service area) stating that
both her Freeview TVs were not working - he said he would go and investigate
after work, I then overheard another chap join in complaining that he could
only get Sky this morning!

I reminded them both of the date and what was happening
today............both looked very sheepish!
These are both intelligent people with a technical aptitude, so what chance?

[Default] On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:53:30 +0000, a certain chimpanzee,
Tim Streater , randomly hit the keyboard and
wrote:

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

It's hilarious, all this switchover excitement, from the POV of Yorkshire.

What switchover excitement?

I think he means the stuff that went without a hitch* about two years
ago on the warm&wet side of the Pennines.

*Apart from TVs in L'pool, which still tune themselves into Welsh TV!
--
Hugo Nebula
"If no-one on the internet wants a piece of this,
just how far from the pack have I strayed"?

In message
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therustyone writes
On Mar 21, 3:44*pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
That is why they also say they will do a second set of course.


digital tyre inflators are much better than the old ones !

What?

The tyre is full / the tyre is empty


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geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
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In message
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therustyone writes
On Mar 21, 3:44 pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
That is why they also say they will do a second set of course.


digital tyre inflators are much better than the old ones !

What?

The tyre is full / the tyre is empty

I thought tyres still had valves.

geoff wrote
therustyone wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

That is why they also say they will do a second set of course.

digital tyre inflators are much better than the old ones !

What?

The tyre is full / the tyre is empty

The tyre is up to to the pressure you set or its not.

He's right, much better.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:02:20 -0000, 198 kHz wrote:

digital tyre inflators are much better than the old ones !

What?

The tyre is full / the tyre is empty

I thought tyres still had valves.

Well they certainly get warm in use.

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Cheers
Dave.

In article , J G Miller
scribeth thus
On Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, at 15:37:12h +0000, Adrian C wrote:

Them:
"I got a letter though the door, about digital TV. I'm dumb and read
the daily mail. Do I need to go digital?"

Me:
"Do you have more than 5 channels on your TV?"

Them:
"Why, yes."

Me:
"OK, you've got digital."

Ain't *necessarily* so.

Analog cable TV offers more than 5 TV stations.

Analog satellite TV offers more than 5 TV stations.

If you receive your TV by analog satellite then you do need
to do something by April 30th, 2012 and change from an analog
satellite receiver to a DVB-s/s2 satellite receiver.

What analogue UK satellite TV?...
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
scribeth thus
Chatting to a disabled lady the other day. She is on 'benefits' and lives
in a housing association place. Her TV is old. She received a leaflet
suggesting she could get FreeView free when analogue stops. So she
contacted them.

Man arrived and said she'd have to get permission from the housing
association for a new aerial. They've said no - and the likely reason
follows:-




Asked her how she received analogue - it then got a bit confused as these
things often do. But there is a cable which comes in alongside the window.
She didn't know where the aerial is, but says her picture is fine. Just to
confuse things she has a borrowed FreeView box which works fine...


Should think if she lives near you Dave any old bit of wet string will
do;!)...

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Tony Sayer