Digital TV in Weston

Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare. One joke
allowed! and we saw the sea in three times - bonus?!

Hotel TVs had a problem. Weston sees Mendip, Wenvoe and Stockland Hill.
Added problem is that Wenvoe and Mendip channels are interleaved in same
frequencies.

Some rooms had BBC1 West on channel 1, some BBC Wales and others BBC1
South West. Hotel staff had no idea of how to fix the 'problem'. Those
with BBC Wales on channel 1 were told they could find BBC1 West on
channel 800!

To add insult to injury the manual supplied in rooms was for a Humax TV,
when they had Panasonic ones.

Got me wondering how many other establishments cope. I've always said
Digital TV was too complicated for the masses!

Richard

On 28/12/2015 17:13, Dickie mint wrote:
Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare. One joke
allowed! and we saw the sea in three times - bonus?!

Hotel TVs had a problem. Weston sees Mendip, Wenvoe and Stockland Hill.
Added problem is that Wenvoe and Mendip channels are interleaved in same
frequencies.

Some rooms had BBC1 West on channel 1, some BBC Wales and others BBC1
South West. Hotel staff had no idea of how to fix the 'problem'. Those
with BBC Wales on channel 1 were told they could find BBC1 West on
channel 800!

To add insult to injury the manual supplied in rooms was for a Humax TV,
when they had Panasonic ones.

Got me wondering how many other establishments cope.

Channelised RF distribution ? Disadvantage is that although analogue
allocations that remained the same from the 1960s until DSO, DTT have
and will keep changing. Plus, I suspect in WSM Wenvoe will come blasting
in, and be receivable on cutlery and tooth fillings anyway.

The other way is to have central DTT and D-Sat receivers, and distribute
on a number of home made muxes. Some hotels I've stayed in seem to use
IP based distribution, fed from (presumably) central receivers.

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Dickie mint wrote:
Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare. One joke
allowed! and we saw the sea in three times - bonus?!

Hotel TVs had a problem. Weston sees Mendip, Wenvoe and Stockland
Hill. Added problem is that Wenvoe and Mendip channels are
interleaved in same frequencies.

Some rooms had BBC1 West on channel 1, some BBC Wales and others BBC1
South West. Hotel staff had no idea of how to fix the 'problem'. Those
with BBC Wales on channel 1 were told they could find BBC1 West
on channel 800!

To add insult to injury the manual supplied in rooms was for a Humax
TV, when they had Panasonic ones.

Got me wondering how many other establishments cope. I've always said
Digital TV was too complicated for the masses!

Richard

16 years ago I was made temporarily redundant but got a job as maintenance
guy in quite a large dump of a hotel.
One of the guests complained that the telly was not working. I fixed the
aerial cable thing as I'd done it before.
The telly only picked up a couple of channels but the guest was okay with
that. This was good as I had *no* idea of how to tune the others in.
Since that distant time I've stopped in many Travelodges etc, most of the
tellys were up the creek.
I watch very little telly at home and have little idea of how to scan for
new channels etc. Should I do this?
And yes, you are correct in saying that digital TV is too complicated for
the masses.

"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message
...

I watch very little telly at home

Get a bigger one then.

Norman Wells wrote:
"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message
...

I watch very little telly at home

Get a bigger one then.

I have a big one.

"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message
...
Norman Wells wrote:
"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message
...

I watch very little telly at home

Get a bigger one then.

I have a big one.


Only one ?

Its not really, its the fact that nobody thought ahead did they? Many seem
to have gone freesat in myexperience, which gives them the option of
enabling sky if the punter pays for it during their stay.
Brian

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"Dickie mint" wrote in message
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Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare. One joke allowed!
and we saw the sea in three times - bonus?!

Hotel TVs had a problem. Weston sees Mendip, Wenvoe and Stockland Hill.
Added problem is that Wenvoe and Mendip channels are interleaved in same
frequencies.

Some rooms had BBC1 West on channel 1, some BBC Wales and others BBC1
South West. Hotel staff had no idea of how to fix the 'problem'. Those
with BBC Wales on channel 1 were told they could find BBC1 West on channel
800!

To add insult to injury the manual supplied in rooms was for a Humax TV,
when they had Panasonic ones.

Got me wondering how many other establishments cope. I've always said
Digital TV was too complicated for the masses!

Richard

On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:13:30 +0000, Dickie mint
wrote:

Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare.

Jesus, you must have been desperate. Was there no room anywhere else?
And it's Weston-super-Mare, with hyphens and a small s.

Some rooms had BBC1 West on channel 1, some BBC Wales and others BBC1
South West. Hotel staff had no idea of how to fix the 'problem'. Those
with BBC Wales on channel 1 were told they could find BBC1 West on
channel 800!

Got me wondering how many other establishments cope.

They don't. The clueless staff just abandon it to the mostly clueless
users.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:29:10 GMT, Paul Ratcliffe
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:13:30 +0000, Dickie mint
wrote:

Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare.

Jesus, you must have been desperate. Was there no room anywhere else?
And it's Weston-super-Mare, with hyphens and a small s.


A budget hotel in Weston? Luuxury!

In Bethlehem a pregnant woman had to stay in a stable.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:45:18 +0000, lid wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:29:10 GMT, Paul Ratcliffe
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:13:30 +0000, Dickie mint

wrote:

Spent Christmas in a budget hotel in Weston Super Mare.

Jesus, you must have been desperate. Was there no room anywhere
else?
And it's Weston-super-Mare, with hyphens and a small s.


A budget hotel in Weston? Luuxury!

In Bethlehem a pregnant woman had to stay in a stable.

Serves her right for visiting at Christmas time.

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Max Demian