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Today's Survey....Organisation plugging Digital TV says people aren't buying digital TVs

Sales setback for digital TV sets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6120442.stm

Almost two-thirds of television sets sold recently in the UK cannot receive digital TV signals.
Digital-ready TVs only accounted for 36% of sales over the summer, according to Digital UK - the independent body leading the switchover.

There's no question of analogue TVs becoming redundant," said Jon Steel, a spokesman for Digital UK, "but people find it easier to have integrated digital TVs".


This is, of course, utter rot. A TV with a SCART socket on the back is "Digital Compatible" in the same way that it is "VCR Compatible" and "DVD Compatible". And it's not like SCART connections are some sort of expensive new fangled technology that only uber-geeks use. SCARTs have been standard on TV's and VCR's for the last 20 years (they were introduced in France in the late 70's for goodness sake before being adopted across Europe).

It's even more inaccurate because the majority of DVB (digital tv settop boxes) sold also have an old type "aerial through" connection. Which means you simply plug the aerial into the DVB box, then take the cable and stick it into the back of the TV. Then you tune in a spare channel on the TV to the Set-Top box and bob is your uncle. Digital TV.

If this sounds familiar then it's exactly what that nice man from Laskey's did when your da bought the families first video in all it's piano key, top loading, one event timer, wired remote control glory. Indeed you could get your big old Ferguson TX set (complete with it's wood effect plastic finish) down from the roof space, plug in the same VCR (which will still work - old video recorders were built like battlecruisers) and then attach your set-top box. 21st Century Digital TV. 80's style.