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daver · 12-03-2007, 18:25

Our Freeview STB went bang the other day. I took the top off it and an 8-pin chip had blown its top (literally) leaving a scorch mark on the top of the plastic case. It was a Matsui DTR3 if anyone wants a "what not to buy" contra-recommendation. It was 14 months old, so it must have been the warranty expiration chip.

Anyhow ... why not go for a VM DTV package? The website says I can have it ... but the man from VM "he say no". Apparently the first areas to get cable have a very dated system. These areas are, apparently, part of London, Southampton and Bolton.

Okay; so tell me about analogue, I asked. Oh no; I had to speak to someone else ... who had to pass me on to a third person via annoying hold music. Okay, so what channels do I get? She wouldn't tell me. I had to force every channel out of her. I gave up after BBC1 and Discovery. It is my opinion that she was maliciously trying to prevent me from having a service. Either that or she was the human personification of the Anti-Sales.

She even tried to tell me I couldn't have BroadBand. But I have BB I said. Oh, through a BT line. Erm, no ... my house has never been connected to BT and the 4Mb connection I get is very good. This uses the cable. I used to have analogue cable TV.

Now, someone else said that analogue was being switched off (Bolton is scheduled for 2009). Why should this affect CATV though? Surely they can stick CBBC down the wire just as easily as something pointless like QVC. She then gave a sob story about having to dig up all the cables again. Why? Surely the cable's okay, just the electronics either end ... an expensive job I'll accept ... so why not get the most out of your investment?

There's no such thing as "analogue channels" and "digital channels". Just channels ... transmitted digitally or analoguely. And they won't be transmitted by analogue through the air from 2008->2012.

There's something we're not being told. VM staff can't be this thick. We have Diana conspiracies, when she wasn't wearing a seat belt and her driver was drunk. This is more likely to be a conspiracy theory. Has Richard Branson been threatened ... a quiet "you saw what happened to Diana" in his ear at a high level cross-party Government towel-whipping and brown-nosing session.

12-03-2007, 18:25	#12
daver Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	Re: Analogue Cable TV Packages - What are they? Our Freeview STB went bang the other day. I took the top off it and an 8-pin chip had blown its top (literally) leaving a scorch mark on the top of the plastic case. It was a Matsui DTR3 if anyone wants a "what not to buy" contra-recommendation. It was 14 months old, so it must have been the warranty expiration chip. Anyhow ... why not go for a VM DTV package? The website says I can have it ... but the man from VM "he say no". Apparently the first areas to get cable have a very dated system. These areas are, apparently, part of London, Southampton and Bolton. Okay; so tell me about analogue, I asked. Oh no; I had to speak to someone else ... who had to pass me on to a third person via annoying hold music. Okay, so what channels do I get? She wouldn't tell me. I had to force every channel out of her. I gave up after BBC1 and Discovery. It is my opinion that she was maliciously trying to prevent me from having a service. Either that or she was the human personification of the Anti-Sales. She even tried to tell me I couldn't have BroadBand. But I have BB I said. Oh, through a BT line. Erm, no ... my house has never been connected to BT and the 4Mb connection I get is very good. This uses the cable. I used to have analogue cable TV. Now, someone else said that analogue was being switched off (Bolton is scheduled for 2009). Why should this affect CATV though? Surely they can stick CBBC down the wire just as easily as something pointless like QVC. She then gave a sob story about having to dig up all the cables again. Why? Surely the cable's okay, just the electronics either end ... an expensive job I'll accept ... so why not get the most out of your investment? There's no such thing as "analogue channels" and "digital channels". Just channels ... transmitted digitally or analoguely. And they won't be transmitted by analogue through the air from 2008->2012. There's something we're not being told. VM staff can't be this thick. We have Diana conspiracies, when she wasn't wearing a seat belt and her driver was drunk. This is more likely to be a conspiracy theory. Has Richard Branson been threatened ... a quiet "you saw what happened to Diana" in his ear at a high level cross-party Government towel-whipping and brown-nosing session.