Sales on analogue sets - Today

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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There was a piece on the sales of 'analogue' TV sets on R4's Today this
morning - seems they are still exceeding those of FreeView ones. The
comment seemed to suggest it was down to ignorance. No one mentioned that
one of those plus a Freeview box is pretty well always far cheaper than a
Freeview set...

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What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO dates,
they should have announced a cut-off date when selling analogue-only TV
equipment would be outlawed. But as usual, the DSO is a half-baked idea with
the only driving force is the sell-off of the spectrum.

On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.

You're assuming that

a) It would be allowed under EU legislation

b) That's what people want

Require retailers to inform customers by all means ...

In message [email protected], Andy Burns
writes
On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.

You're assuming that

a) It would be allowed under EU legislation

b) That's what people want

Require retailers to inform customers by all means ...

I can think of several situations where the customer has no need of a TV
set which can receive digital signals. It seems heavy-handed to have
legislation which will prevent the sale of analogue-only sets. If there
is no demand for analogue-only, these sets will cease to be
manufactured. All we need is for the law that that all analogue-only
sets should be marked as such, that digital-only sets should be marked
as such, and that analogue/digital sets should be marked as such.
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Ian

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.

You're assuming that
b) That's what people want

No, that isn't a factor. What people want is of no consequence in this sort
of matter.

Bill

On 27/06/2008 15:14, Bill Wright wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.
You're assuming that
b) That's what people want

No, that isn't a factor. What people want is of no consequence in this sort
of matter.

So the government should ban sale of (harmless) things regardless of
whether people want to buy them or not?

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
et...
No, that isn't a factor. What people want is of no consequence in this
sort of matter.

So the government should ban sale of (harmless) things regardless of
whether people want to buy them or not?

Certainly not.

You miss my point, which was that the popular will is routinely ignored by
govenment, both national and local. There are so many examples . . .

Rotherham Council have instigated a one way system in the village of Bramley
which is universally unpopular. They go through processes of 'consultation'
but ignore the result. The row has been going on for years.

We aren't going to have a referendum on the Lisbon Treat in the UK.

The Irish are going to have another referendum, in the hope that they get
the right answer this time.

Manchester is to have road pricing, despite a local election in which the
chief proponent was slung out in favour of the chief opposer of the scheme.

Dustbins are collected once a fortnight rather than weekly, despite
overwhelming public opposition.

80% of the UK public are in favour of the death penalty for terrorists and
cop killers, but this is ignored.

Goodness knows what the public thinks of the ECC at the moment. I can guess
though!

Now don't go jumping to the conclusion that I'm making political points with
the above. In particular, I would not support the death penalty under any
circumstances.

Bill

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:36:00 +0100, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

There was a piece on the sales of 'analogue' TV sets on R4's Today this
morning - seems they are still exceeding those of FreeView ones. The
comment seemed to suggest it was down to ignorance. No one mentioned that
one of those plus a Freeview box is pretty well always far cheaper than a
Freeview set...


Has anyone considered that here in the Weald of Kent some of the DTT
channels are extremely flakey even with the best CAT aerials (don't even
think about reliable BBC1 and BBC2) and that DSO in 2012 means that buying
new analogue TV's will be the norm for 3 1/2 years.

Just a light shower or a little channel fog rolling in between here in
Biddenden and Dover will negate the weaker channels and cause intermittent
pixellation and audio loss.

Now don't go jumping to the conclusion that I'm making political points with
the above. In particular, I would not support the death penalty under any
circumstances.


Me neither.

Too stressful for the poor sod doing the job and for people like Brady
and Huntley, far better to stew 'em for the lives they've taken away....

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Tony Sayer

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.

You're assuming that

a) It would be allowed under EU legislation

Presumably as Germany and France have done so it is OK

In article ,
buddenbrooks wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 27/06/2008 08:10, The-Sbray wrote:

What the Government should have done is when they announced the DSO
dates, they should have announced a cut-off date when selling
analogue-only TV equipment would be outlawed.

You're assuming that

a) It would be allowed under EU legislation

Presumably as Germany and France have done so it is OK

but they only obey EU legislation when it suits them ;-)

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