Analogue TVs no longer sold by UK retailers

"Owain" wrote in message
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On 7 July, 12:31, Tony wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm
Woopeee!
Pity lots of people bought TV's before that then, probably expecting
them to work for a good few years.

And they're now available for next to nothing in charity shops and
pawn shops :-)



nothing a freeview box won't fix.



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On Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 04:57:12 -0700, Wright's Aerials wrote:

Londoncentric rude word removed as usual.

What else did you expect from BBC Shepherd's Bush/White City?

Similar geographical bias was displayed by BBC Cymru when
Wenvoe was switched off, and the rest of the principality
had been analog free for months earlier.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:52 +0100, Borg wrote:

Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

Assuming your area is in the UKofGB&NI --

It the television receiver is not being used to receive live television
broadcasts then it does not need to be covered by a licence.

However if you were to use it to view amateur television analog broadcasts
then it would need to be licenced.

Or, if you used it to view streaming of live television from the Internet
which is simultaneously being broadcast to the UKofGB&NI.

Or, if you connected a digital television converter box to view live
television broadcasts.

etc etc etc

But their still will due to cheap set bottom side top behind boxes.

Brian

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"Tony" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Woopeee!

Pity lots of people bought TV's before that then, probably expecting them
to work for a good few years.

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Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 7 July, 12:57, "

Londoncentric ******** as usual.

Ulster, Tyne Tees and Meridian. Hardly Londoncentric Bill!

I wish Meridian were a bit more Londoncentric. Here I am 40 miles from London,
yet here in Meridianland, so we have to put up with news stories from West
Dorset, North Oxfordshire, and the Isle Of Thanet !

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:01:19 +0100, Mark Carver complained:

I wish Meridian were a bit more Londoncentric.

Meridian TV no longer exists as a broadcaster.

Your regional TV service, ITV-1 Meridian, has been provided by London based
ITV Broadcasting Limited since November 2008.

Mark Carver wrote:

I wish Meridian were a bit more Londoncentric. Here I am 40 miles from
London, yet here in Meridianland, so we have to put up with news stories
from West Dorset, North Oxfordshire, and the Isle Of Thanet !


Every night the announcer ends the main news with "And now the news from
where you are". And cuts to another announcer in the same building. So
here I am 40 miles out, thinking "No, it's not the news from where I am,
it's from where you are." GRRR!

In message , J G Miller
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:52 +0100, Borg wrote:

Does the removal of analogue in my area negate the need now for a
licence for analogue only sets ?

Assuming your area is in the UKofGB&NI --

It the television receiver is not being used to receive live television
broadcasts then it does not need to be covered by a licence.

However if you were to use it to view amateur television analog broadcasts
then it would need to be licenced.

Apart from certain special weekly news transmissions, amateurs do not
'broadcast' television.

Licensed radio amateurs do not need any Broadcast TV Receiving Licence
to receive amateur transmissions.

Even without an amateur licence, you should not need a Broadcast TV
Receiving Licence to receive amateur transmissions (analogue or
digital).


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Brian Gaff wrote:
But their still will due to cheap set bottom side top behind boxes.

Brian


Which also might not work after switch off. At the very least some will
get confused during the switch over phase.

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Tony

JohnT wrote:

" wrote in message
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On Jul 7, 12:31 pm, Tony wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...s/10535663.stm

Quote:
Analogue television sets are no longer being sold at major retailers
across the UK, ahead of the digital switchover in 2012.

2012? What? That must be in some obscure south eastern part of the UK
I guess. Prettywell everywhere else will be switched by this time next
year.

Londoncentric ******** as usual.

Bill

Pontop Pike has moved to London?

N.Ireland also has to wait for 2012. We must be the capital of the UK
aswell ;-)

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