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I TOTALLY AGREE :-)

HD being the standard would be amazing, but I'm sure someone posted there are still SD only boxes in use (I am amazed lol). Not sure how many channels could hold a SD version, a +1 version, a HD version and a UHD version lol

HD will be the standard, but does it depend on the majority of the country owning a HD tv?...not sure who would decide. Remember not all channels are in HD yet, especially the +1 versions.

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In January last year I was amazed to see that 13k households are still using a black and white tv....

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true but if it is the standard why is there a premium charge for it in some cases which therefore suggests that the "standard" standard is below acceptable standard

maybe for the colourblind people or blind people (i being serious), do they therefore dont have to pay TV licence or does being blind already have a free licence regardless.

also is those stats just on those who purchase a black /white licence rather than number who use a black & white TV

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Try playing your Playstation/Xbox on that haha :D

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Confirmed by Virgin insiders:

-Sky Sports 5 - Coming August 12th on Virgin Channel 506.
-Sky Sports 5 HD - Coming August 12th on Virgin Channel 516.

Rumours on the web:

-TruTV - DS Forum says it coming August 4th to Virgin Channel 245.
-ITV Be - ITV confirmed that ITV Be will launch on October 8th on Virgin Media.

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I agree, there is a charge, whether it be the Sky HD charge or the jump from VM's L to XL TV for HD channels. When these charges have gone or if VM start adding more HD channels to the lower packages, I think we can say that HD is becoming the new SD.

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The stat on black and white was sets in use not licence fee payers.

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thanks Doug, interesting info

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a516: London Live seeks to reduce local programming.

Struggling local TV licence holder London Live has made a request to Ofcom to reduce its local programming obligations.

http://www.a516digital.com/2014/07/l...ocal.html#more

London Live can be found on Virgin Channel 159 in some London areas.

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Some of us remember UHF televisions

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A source has told me Racinguk HD is in the pipeline.

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I think I saw that one posted on Wikipedia some years back.

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Hey Vince,

I compiled a list of Sky HD and VM HD Channels, those in bold are the ones we don't have on VM

Sky (In the Guide Order):
BBC 2, Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Atlantic, Watch, Dave, Comedy Central, Syfy, BBC 3, BBC 4, ITV 2, ITV 3, ITV 4, ITV Encore, Fox, TLC, MTV, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Alibi, E4, More4, BBC 1, E!, Lifetime, Sky 3D, 5HD, ITV, 4HD, Good Food, Sky Movie Channels, Film 4, TCM, MTV Live, Sky Sports Channels, Eurosport, Eursport 2, MUTV, BT Sports, ESPN, Box Nation, BBC News, NHK World, RT, Discovery, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, History, Eden, CI, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, CBBC, Cbeebies, Starplus, Sky Insider, Universal.

VM (Taken from Nialli's blog)
BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 4, ITV, ITV 2, ITV 3, ITV 4, 4HD, E4, More4, 5HD, Sky 1, Sky Living, Comedy Central, Fox, Syfy, TLC, MTV, Watch, Dave, Alibi, Eden, Discovery, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Good Food, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, MTV Live, BBC News, NHK World, TCM, Film4, Eurosport, Eurosport 2, ESPN, BT Sports, CBBC, Cbeebies, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Sky Movie Channels, Sky Sports Channels

I hope I haven't missed too many :-)

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Colour Blind covers (like 'blind') covers a wide range of vision issues - for instance, I am medically classified as colour blind, but only mildly (enough to stop me being eligible to be RAF aircrew when I applied, but not enough to have major (or even much noticeable) effect on my day to day life (red-green dichromatism)).

I can see most things the same as non-colour blind people, I just have cannot tell some shades of red and green apart (but I can tell if the traffic light is at red or green...;)).

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I thought it was already broadcasting until i got someone to check for me lol, the source who told me is 70% accurate.