Analogue Switch off

In article .com,
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FYI:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pods/pods.pdf



I believe it when I see it, at the moment, these are just idea by Ofcom
and I do not think much will be heard of it until after the election and
even then, I think the government will not have the guts to act on it.

I think they should keep analouge for as long as it is needed, because
digital is not much of an improvment.

On 09 Feb 2005, ad wrote

In article ,
says...
OFCOM don't seem to have addressed the (how many ?) millions of
VCRs that will to cease to function properly, come analogue
switch-off.




They do not care, this is the bloody problem.
I do not think this analouge tunr off will happen in the time
frame anyway, as was said on the news, this turn off is by no
means certain. these are only ideas by Ofcom and have not gone
though the government.

I agree. Whichever party is in power at the time will be seen to be
forcing granny and the kids to either buy a £30 box or turn all those
spare tellies in their bedrooms into doorstops....not a plausible
scenario for governments with a 4-5 year lifespan unless the payoff is
really, really big. (And I don't think it will be: they won't gete 3G
money for the analogue spectrum.)

The only way it'll happen within, say, the next 20 years is if they not
only give converter boxes away free but send an army of installers
around to fit them. Otherwise: too much political pain for not enough
gain.

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Cheers,
Harvey

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I agree, I live by myself, but I still got two T.vs that are in use, the=20
one downstairs is my main one and I got a small 14inch portable up here,=20
which I just keep on in the back ground really, there is no way I am=20
going to buy a box for it.
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did with 3G, mobile phone providers are not going to be bitten twice,=20
since 3G still have not taken off here and most providers do not see it=20
doing so for another 5 years at least.

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Again I have to agree, and you hit the nail on the head about=20
installation, in most places it is not just the point of plugging the=20
aerial into the back of the box and sticking a scart cable between the=20
box and the T.V. A lot of aerials will not cope with digital T.V, you=20
should see some of the ones around here, it is a wonder they work with=20
analogue.
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"Lakeuk" wrote in message
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"The Bloke Next Door" wrote in message
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OFCOM don't seem to have addressed the (how many ?) millions of VCRs
that will to cease to function properly, come analogue switch-off.

here one example of a product coming to market that will do the job

http://www.telewestinfo.co.uk/TWPVR.shtml#fullspec

And how will that make VCRs with analogue tuners work with digital?

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Max Demian

In article ,
says...


Sky News had the wedding news on before the BBC this am.


who really cares? get rid of all of them and turn this country to a
republic.

"Max Demian" wrote in message
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"Lakeuk" wrote in message
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"The Bloke Next Door" wrote in message
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OFCOM don't seem to have addressed the (how many ?) millions of VCRs
that will to cease to function properly, come analogue switch-off.

here one example of a product coming to market that will do the job

http://www.telewestinfo.co.uk/TWPVR.shtml#fullspec

And how will that make VCRs with analogue tuners work with digital?

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Yes Max, but the way the price of electrical items keep falling to
ridiculous levels, it won't be very long before we can buy a 14 inch
VCR/DVDR Combi, with twin Digital tuners for around 59 quid!


Max Demian

In article ,
says...
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Yes Max, but the way the price of electrical items keep falling to
ridiculous levels, it won't be very long before we can buy a 14 inch
VCR/DVDR Combi, with twin Digital tuners for around 59 quid!


do not bank on it, if manufactures think that people will now panic and
start buying digital, they will stick the price up, just to rip the
public off.

Ed said the following on 2005-02-10 20:55:
David wrote:

Sky news had the story about the wedding before the BBC because Tony
Bliar is in bed with Murdoch and Murdoch hates the BBC. It's just like
when the story broke about Ken Bigley's beheading - Sky news reported it
before the BBC because they got the news exclusively from a source in
Downing Street - Sky even boasted about about it.
Sorry to go off-topic with this political crap but the Bliar-Murdoch
love affair and the constant little attacks on the BBC really get my goat.

Sky News are usually first - as the BBC has to check the facts otherwise
people rightly complain (although they also complain they are slow), Sky
News could put out a load of crap (and as long as they correct
themselves [oh, that's what they do - most of the time the crap just
happens to be true]) get away with it, yet if the BBC were to do it
there would be calls for an inquiry into it (probably from Sky News)

Kev

ad wrote:

Again I have to agree, and you hit the nail on the head about
installation, in most places it is not just the point of plugging the

aerial into the back of the box and sticking a scart cable between
the
box and the T.V. A lot of aerials will not cope with digital T.V, you

should see some of the ones around here, it is a wonder they work
with
analogue.

But that's the point ad - analogue switch off means that they _will_
work with digital, because the digital transmissions will be moved into
the right frequency group and increased in power.

How many people understand that analogue switch means that they _don't_
need a new aerial for digital?

There's going to be a lot of cowboys out frightening folks into
unnecessarily buying aerials just before switch off unless this
information is put across very clearly!

Yet putting this information out will slow digital take up in the
meantime, so maybe the government will just let people waste this
money?

Cheers,
David.

On 11 Feb 2005 02:29:13 -0800, "
wrote:

ad wrote:

Again I have to agree, and you hit the nail on the head about
installation, in most places it is not just the point of plugging the

aerial into the back of the box and sticking a scart cable between
the
box and the T.V. A lot of aerials will not cope with digital T.V, you

should see some of the ones around here, it is a wonder they work
with
analogue.

But that's the point ad - analogue switch off means that they _will_
work with digital, because the digital transmissions will be moved into
the right frequency group and increased in power.

How many people understand that analogue switch means that they _don't_
need a new aerial for digital?

There's going to be a lot of cowboys out frightening folks into
unnecessarily buying aerials just before switch off unless this
information is put across very clearly!

Yet putting this information out will slow digital take up in the
meantime, so maybe the government will just let people waste this
money?

Cheers,
David.

So, does this mean that aerial grouping will be making a comeback?
Hope so.

Marky P.