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Title: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Clive on January 22, 2008, 13:25

Currys, Dixons and PC World are to stop stocking analogue televisions and will instead promote "integrated" sets with built-in digital Freeview tuners.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202014.stm

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Rik on January 22, 2008, 13:57

TBH, I'm amazed that anyone is manufacturing purely analogue sets anymore.

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: GillE on January 22, 2008, 15:32

So they've finally got rid of their old stock.

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Clive on January 22, 2008, 15:51

Quote from: Rik Bean on January 22, 2008, 13:57

TBH, I'm amazed that anyone is manufacturing purely analogue sets anymore.

We had two manufacturers of analogue sets in the vicinity - Sony and Orion.  Orion manufactured all the other brands apart from Hitatchi which had a plant 40 miles away.  All three plants have shut down TV production during the past 3 years.  Orion now only manufactures DVD recorders but I think the othes have disappeared completely.

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Lona on January 22, 2008, 20:44

Oh dear, I would be lost without my analogue signal.  We don't get freeview in my area and when Mr lona is watching sky I watch analogue through pc monitor or wee portable in the kitchen.

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Simon on January 22, 2008, 21:33

Theoretically, when they switch off the analogue signal, it should make room for more digital bandwidth, so people who can't get Freeview now, may be able to once analogue has been switched off.  That is, of course, unless the bandwidth is sold off to other mediums.  ::)

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Sandra on January 23, 2008, 00:37

Most of the TVs they will be selling for the next few years will still have an analogue tuner in as well as the digital one Lona.

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Delgado on January 23, 2008, 06:56

A TV Engineer told me that this digital business is a con. The picture is really no better than an analogue one, but takes up less bandwith and enables more crap from more stations to be transmitted. Is this another moneymaking exercise?

    :o: :o:

Title: Re: Currys stops selling analogue TVs
Post by: Rik on January 23, 2008, 11:50

Yes. Next question?  :)