Presumably "video recorders" (what are they called these days - PVRs?), Freeview boxes and TVs will all need replacing. There must be at least one of these per household in the country. Kerching! The picture was probably better on the old CRTs anyway!
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Freeview HD to debut in December
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostThe public have been encouraged to go digital long before it was necessary.Comment
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostTo some people that 15 quid is a lot of money.
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostWhat about the thousands who bought HD tvs with built in freeview which were marketed on the basis that you would not need an extra box.
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostWhy were such items marketed when the manufacturers knew they would be obsolete so quickly?Comment
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostIs there any chance Freeview boxes could get a firmware update to decode MPEG-4 or is it all on dedicated chips?
It is a bit crap, especially for all those people that have Freeview decoders built into their "HD Ready" TVs. Maybe it'll be possible to have some of them upgraded.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost2016? 2017?
Turn off that nasty hissy FM that's served so well & prepare for the "CD quality" low bitrate DAB crapola.
Then prepare to pay again for the improved version.
Cynical, moi?Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI bet they all use masses of energy. Wonder if it will spell the end of the portable radio?Who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?Comment
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