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What's the future of UK TV?
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The problem we have is that the amount of energy used to transmit the data down the grid will have to be huge in order to overcome losses over distance etc, just because the government have decided to scrap the shortwave broadcast radio does not mean that it is ok for to shaft the Radio Ham/Shortwave Listener at the same time.
Call this a democracy? I think not. :rolleyes:
Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
With so few HD broadcast and planned to be broadcast, you could say we all have the wrong TV equipment, the best way to display an SD signal is on an SD TV. You could argue about bluray players, but even most dvd are still sold as SD. Now people have to put up with blurry SD pictures displayed on HD TVs.0
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The problem we have is that the amount of energy used to transmit the data down the grid will have to be huge in order to overcome losses over distance etc, just because the government have decided to scrap the shortwave broadcast radio does not mean that it is ok for to shaft the Radio Ham/Shortwave Listener at the same time.
Call this a democracy? I think not. :rolleyes:
Because the vast majority of people are shortwave radio listeners, as opposed to the tiny minority who are internet users.0 -
Two words....Fiber Optic Therefore everybody happy.Because the vast majority of people are shortwave radio listeners, as opposed to the tiny minority who are internet users.
Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
Yes, but it wil not be rolled out everywhere - too expensive they say.Like this you mean?Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
How 'bout broadband over gas then? :rotfl:wil not be rolled out everywhere - too expensive0 -
-TangleFoot- wrote: »How 'bout broadband over gas then? :rotfl:
Or through your plumbing.
It's a "largely sanitary" process!0
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