Sales on analogue sets - Today

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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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.

Banning a analoge only TVs may be unnessesary.

Banning the sale of boxes described as TVs which cannot recieve public
broadcasts is nessesary.
Shortly a analogue only TV will not be a TV but a monitor with a special
input and should be sold as such.

However since Digital TVs are capable of receiving Analogue I cannot see why
a typical 'Currys Customer' should want an analogue only unit.

The worls is going digital, we are in danger of becoming the dumping ground
for manufactured units that no other country wants.

On 28/06/2008 20:02, buddenbrooks wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote

a) It would be allowed under EU legislation

Presumably as Germany and France have done so it is OK

They just do as they want.

I pointed the French action out to the DCM&S as being at odds with their
own Select Committee statement that ...

"National governments are not
free individually to mandate digital TV sets,
since the market for TV receivers is a European one"

and asked whether they had a view on whether it was a
contravention of the principle of free circulation of goods within the
EC. When they eventually replied, they said I would need to refer it
directly to the EC, I didn't bother.

In article , buddenbrooks
wrote:

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However since Digital TVs are capable of receiving Analogue

not all are


The worls is going digital, we are in danger of becoming the dumping
ground for manufactured units that no other country wants.

No, because in analogue terms, sets made for other countries* don't work in
the UK

*except Ireland

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"buddenbrooks" wrote in message
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The worls is going digital, we are in danger of becoming the dumping
ground for manufactured units that no other country wants.

I'm using analogue TV sets I see no problem with that. Each has its
digital box attached to get Freeview, 3 even have in addition a Sky box as
well.
I'm happy with seperate boxes, I can upgrade the boxes as digital changes.
People who wish to use Sky, Freesat, cable or Broadband will be quite happy
to use any TV set.
What you wanting all TV sets to have Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Broadband
built in?

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:29:15 +0100, madge
wrote:

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.

I like Biddenden cider :-)

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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I like Biddenden cider :-)

Marky P.

Have you tried sitting on your hand until it goes numb, and then using that
hand to raise the glass to your lips? It's just like having a very
inexperienced person toss you off.

Bill

PS Anyone puzzled by this: see other strands.

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

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

No need to guess. If their opinions were wrong, they could at be detected
and corrected

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"charles" wrote in message
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In article , buddenbrooks
wrote:

No, because in analogue terms, sets made for other countries* don't work
in
the UK


All the ones I have seen have a menu allowing selection of each standard
available in Europe. A small selection but it makes sense from a
manufacturer's viewpoint to make units that function whereever and localise
in software

"David" wrote in message
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"buddenbrooks" wrote in message
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I'm using analogue TV sets I see no problem with that. Each has its
digital box attached to get Freeview, 3 even have in addition a Sky box as
well.

I went into Dixons and asked for a Television so I could watch Parorama.
When I got home I found it was an empty box. I complained to Dixons and was
told I had to supply my own monitor and digibox

The bottom line is most people want a tidy unit that looks good, is reliable
and does not require a rats nest of cables and half a dozen remotes to
loose. The majority of people buy things that do a specific job, so when a
typical person asks for a Television he means something that in itself
receives television.

Each of the situation you describe could be handled by either a multi-tuner
unit or a monitor. None need an analogue TV.
Digital TVs have additional inputs to allow external adaptors.

I get very annoyed that each time I go into a TV retailer and specifically
say I want a Terrestrial Digital TV I get shown analogue TVs.





What you wanting all TV sets to have Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Broadband
built in?

No, just not being sold a TV which at best will be a monitor in a couple of
years.

"buddenbrooks" wrote in message news:g485es$t38$1


I get very annoyed that each time I go into a TV retailer and specifically
say I want a Terrestrial Digital TV I get shown analogue TVs.


Think it might be you in the way you ask, next time say you want a Freeview
TV set, they will then know I hope, you want one with a "tick" on.


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