Analogue TVs no longer sold by UK retailers

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:57:00 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:17:12 +0100, "Light of Aria"
wrote:

There certainly are some amateurs broadcacsting TV...

Channel 5?

After which they go on to work at very senior positions at the BBC.

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


Does that mean that all TV's sold in the UK from now on (going forward) are
sold as Freeview or FreeSat (or both).

Imaginary customer complaint...
"This set is very poor for receiving 'other satellite FTA channels"
" You bought a Freesat TV, Sir, so you can't expect it too be any good in
that respect."

Unless Lidl or Aldi market one , no such thing as FTA TV ?

In message , J G Miller
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On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:57:00 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:17:12 +0100, "Light of Aria"
wrote:

There certainly are some amateurs broadcacsting TV...

Channel 5?

After which they go on to work at very senior positions at the BBC.

That's a misuse and an abuse of the word 'amateur'.
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Ian

"Owain" wrote in message
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On 8 July, 03:01, " wrote:
I've kept out of
London since then. Terrible place. We bought some fish and chips from
somewhere on the outskirts and they were horrible, and far too dear,
and I've never seen such traffic in my life.

And the people are so unfriendly. Ask someone for directions and they
never invite you home for tea or offer to give you a lift as they're
going that way to visit their Aunty Madge anyway.

When in Greece I was in a small town looking for its ancient ruin. Having
driven around a bit I stopped to ask. The man that I stopped couldn't speak
much English so we used a bit of sign language and I thought that he meant
that he was going that way anyway and would show me, so he hopped in the
front seat.

He directed me to his front door, got out and left me nowhere nearer my
goal that I was before.

I had to laugh!

tim

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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



Forgive me, but don't most TV's that have built-in Freeview also
receive analogue?



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Woody

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On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 22:41:37 +0100, "Woody"
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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



Forgive me, but don't most TV's that have built-in Freeview also
receive analogue?

Yes. The report should say "Analogue-only television sets are no longer
being sold at major retailers across the UK...".

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Jul 8, 9:01*am, Mark Carver wrote:
wrote:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...ou-could-do-ka...

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Mark

Is that meant to be satire? Or is it real? It could easily be.

Bill

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 19:20:03 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Jul 8, 9:01*am, Mark Carver wrote:
wrote:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...ou-could-do-ka...

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Mark

Is that meant to be satire? Or is it real? It could easily be.

Closeness to reality is a characteristic of good satire.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , J G Miller
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On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:57:00 +0100, Mark wrote:

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:17:12 +0100, "Light of Aria"
wrote:

There certainly are some amateurs broadcacsting TV...

Channel 5?

After which they go on to work at very senior positions at the BBC.

That's a misuse and an abuse of the word 'amateur'.
--
Ian



Indeed. Many unpaid under-funded hobbyists vastly exceed the quality of the
amateurs I was referring to!

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message ...
In message , Light of Aria writes

"J G Miller" wrote in message ...
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:32:50 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

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

Well I stand corrected then.

I based my comment on a recollection that the TV receiving licence
used to say that it was a licence for the reception of tv broadcasts
including those of amateurs.


There certainly are some amateurs broadcacsting TV...

Snipped intresting facts of our hobby

Would it have helped if L-of-A has substituted a smiley. for the ellipsis?

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