Re: "BBC Two first to go fully digital"

"steve" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.15.23.50.58.896570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> BTW: as you are still in this thread and started out stating how
> shambolic the plans are, can you answer my question as to how you would
> do it better.

Yes. To begin with I would stop haranguing individual viewers who have no
say over the type and qulaity of signal they receive. I would also drop all
the "interactive TV" nonsense. It didn't work for Philips in 1993 and it
hasn't worked for anyone who's tried it since. I most definitely wouldn't
switch off a major channel a month before many people are able to receive it
by other means if for no other reason than once they've got used to being
without it they may never tune in again. Imaging the furore if 405-line
transmisions had been switched-off before 625-lines were available or if
black & white transmissions were ended before everyone had colour?

Instead I would lobby the housing associations and council housing
departments who so far have ignored every new technical development in the
field of TV and radio reception. (That particular state of affairs might
change dramatically after the introduction of so-called "target rents" and
the compulsory listing of service charges - which often include TV
reception - separately from next April). With the money saved from making
pointless trailers for DTV and "interactive" TV I would follow Channel 5's
example of offering grants to assist in the conversion of communal systems
from analogue to digital distribution. The switch-off dates of 2011 and 2012
in some areas are ludicrous. Many TV sets bought today will have ended their
useful life before digital reception is available in all areas. I would
lobby the home office to bring the dates forward thus putting more pressure
on landlords to update their distribution systems in line with the estra
rents many of them will be receiving by then.

In the meantime I'll continue to download high quality programme material
over the internet while a friend in Ware keeps sending me DVD compilations
of digital broadcasts he has received himself.

(kim)


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