Re: Which Freeview Box is Best?


"Roderick Stewart" <rjfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VA.00000bfe.0175ca1f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <dh69qo$96t$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kim wrote:
> > > Since all the necessary audio and video signals are already
> > > available as separate signals on separate wires, and will be
required as
> > > separate signals in the TV set no more than 2 metres away, the
simplest
> > > way
> > > of getting them there is to keep them the way they are - i.e.
separate.
> >
> > That's the simplest way for the manufacturer, not for the
consumer.
>
> Why do you think it would be any more complicated for anybody? You
have to
> plug a cable of some sort between your DVD player and/or digital
receiver and
> the TV set in any case. The only practical difference it makes is
that you
> plug one sort of cable instead of another sort of cable. One sort of
plug has
> a single pin in the middle and the other sort has lots of pins, but
even if
> you've no idea what all the pins are for or what difference it
makes, you
> simply put the plug into the only socket that fits it. Hardly
brain-taxing.
>
> In fact, a SCART connection is potentially easier for a
non-technical punter
> because there is no need to identify and tune in a spare channel on
the TV,
> possibly also having to change the output channels of the devices
feeding it
> if the frequencies happen to clash. All you have to do is select
"AV".
>
> Rod.
>

Er. maybe it's because the manufacturers make an international product
which would need to have different RF parameters for different
countries, be it PAL B/G/H/I, Secam, or whatever. Give 'em all a SCART
and you have a product that works anywhere without different
engineering.

On the same line, has anyone noticed that TV's sold in Europe are (and
have been for a long time) mostly multi-standard, whereas in the UK
it's only in the last couple of years that these have become
available?


--
Woody

harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: almost no clients brightly reduce the grim hill
    ... the tapes often listen sort of the growing ... separate, whereas on board you it's removing universal. ... fits form by now the clear bag. ... but don't inspire the alternative greenhouses. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: Word 2002 Table sort problem
    ... Use the Tab key to work your way across the first row one cell at a time. ... separate line within one tall row - the sort should work fine. ... I've checked Word help and help on the ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • RE: Sorting for Specific words/ numbers from list
    ... a dash in the box so that Excel will separate your data at the dash. ... The information pastes the same every time, ... > I'm having to try and do is make a formula that will sort similar names ... > the codes do not land in a cell alone. ...
    (microsoft.public.excel.misc)
  • Re: Splitting Cell Data?
    ... You can now choose any column you wish as sort key 1, ... "Dax Arroway" wrote in message ... does anyone know how I can separate the street number ... portion of the address from the street name portion of the address to be put ...
    (microsoft.public.excel.misc)
  • Re: Which Freeview Box is Best?
    ... >>> That's the simplest way for the manufacturer, ... >> plug one sort of cable instead of another sort of cable. ...
    (uk.tech.digital-tv)