Sainsbury's Amiga Ready LCDTV

[Argo]

Oh, you wacky brits.. It's TV not HAM radio...  
Glad I don't have to have a licence to watch TV.
Geesh, can't have guns or knives. Licence to watch TV... How about radio?

[Colin_Camper]

@motorollin

I used to have to do this when I had a Saturday job selling TV's and stuff in the seventies.

@Argo

Yep, we need to buy a license but it's worth it!;  :-)
4 pretty decent channels totally advert free
several others that have to compete with the above.
4 fantastic national radio channels totally advert free

(The markets' great but it's better with rules! :-D )

You might learn that lesson when the oceans boil away because you guys wouldn't sign Kyoto!  :madashell:

[dammy]

You might learn that lesson when the oceans boil away because you guys wouldn't sign Kyoto!

Kyoto is a farce as much as man made global warming is.  Before you blow your cool, please read this and then send a PM.

Dammy

[leirbag28]

Ok.......NOW I have heard it all.............you need a licence to watch TV in the UK?

Wow thats weird..................nevertheless that can be a good thing!  :-D

[AmigaHeretic]

So it's ok for someone to broadcast a TV signal into the middle of your living room without your permision, but you have to have pay for a license to watch it?  

If you don't have a television can you ask them to RF proof you house for free?  Or maybe charge a fee for the RF signal running through you brain probably causing cancer or something?  ;-)

AmigaHeretic

[motorollin]

@leirbag
The license pays for the BBC TV channels and radio stations. Some argue that the BBC have a monopoly since you are forced by law to pay the license, whether you watch BBC channels or not. This may change when the analogue TV signal is turned off, since digital TV is more easy to control than an analogue broadcast, since you can encrypt it and switch off the BBC channels for those who choose not to pay the license.

The TV License is the reason why there are no adverts on BBC channels...

@AmigaHeretic
The radio signal for analogue TV is such a low frequency that it is unlikely to do any harm. But I see your point :-)

I am actually far more worried about all the satellites all over the place picking up brain-melting microwaves...

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moto

[Cyberus]

As already indicated, the TV licence helps pay for the wonderful BBC. I understand BBC will be (is?) using adverts in  their international editions.
After all, why should the UK taxpayer pay for a broadcaster that serves the entire world?

[magnetic]

dammy

You would have to be a moron to make statements like that,which contradict what most major scientist agree on. You really need to pull your head out of Exxon Mobil's propaganda machine and get a clue.


@thread

You guys should drop to your knees in thanks for the tv tax and no "adverts" One of the main reasons I despise us broadcast television is the mind numbing ads.

magnetic

[uncharted]

For our $240+ per year We still get mind-numbing ads, just not on a few channels, which include a pre-school channel, a kids channel and a channel dedicated to showing you crusty old farts taking a nap in Parliament.

It's time to scrap the license, a couple of years ago I'd of argued against, but the BBC is crap, and only going to get worse.  They're obsessed with ratings as much as the commercial stations (if not more so), and their conduct has hit an all-time low.  I don't watch BBC stuff anymore so why should I pay for it?

BTW (and getting slightly more on topic)  why would the majority of people need to get a TV licence for that screen?  Most people have licences already.

[CLS2086]

Hi there !
There was similar sold in France, but these materials are so good that there is a high rate of RMA... and the performance are quite poor
And yes you also have a TV/Radio license that is around 120 Euros/year what ever if your TV is new or 30 years old or only B&W... whatever if you only watch non-public/commercial channel ... you must ask a professional to "remove" or set "off" the tuner...

@Doobrey : before your good old SVGA monitor got an accident, check and test these LCD during 6 days (that's an european commercial law voted and used since 2002) that allow you to return it and get your money back !

[dammy]

You would have to be a moron to make statements like that,which contradict what most major scientist agree on. You really need to pull your head out of Exxon Mobil's propaganda machine and get a clue.

Oh gee, name calling, that's mighty mature of you.  One would have thought to debate the article, but name calling is just as good and even better, right?  Amazing people want to believe they are actually doing bad things, like they have some sort of master control over something like the Earth's ecosystem.  But I guess it's politically expediant to believe so, since it's politically driven by political motivation in the first place.

Here is a funny cartoon for ya.

Dammy

[dammy]

You guys should drop to your knees in thanks for the tv tax and no "adverts" One of the main reasons I despise us broadcast television is the mind numbing ads.

I certainly will not.  I am not forced to pay the silly tax NOR do I watch that stupid crap you evidently are willing to watch minus the adds.  I gave up on TV years ago when I got broadband.  :-P Please, stop being so cavalier with wanting more of my money via wishing for a new tax system for new corporate welfare programs. :-(

Dammy

[darksun9210]

one of the things i hate about Sky is the 5 minute advert breaks. i get bored, go channel hopping, or go do something else - having completely forgotten what i was watching...

so i am in favour of a yearly payment not to have adverts. so the license is ok. what i'm not sure about are the tests you have to take to get your license.
like the hazard perception test, how fast can you change channel when the emerdale farm music comes on.
or the theory test, how to program a VCR...

on a more serious note, if i pay the T.V. License, would downloaded shows, that have been shown on the BBC be legal?

sorry for the off topic, but i'll prolly get one of these screens if i can locate a big enuff sainsburys, so thanks for the headsup! :-)

[Boot_WB]

@Dammy

Whilst there is little danger of the oceans boiling, the website you linked to is hardly worth responding to.

Having no references to peer reviewed work, it is not worth the bother of arguing against it as there are no facts to argue against, no body of work to criticise, just quasi-statistical 'arguements,' and a deliberate misunderstanding of the term 'greenhouse effect' taking up a large portion of the supposed debunking.

Oh, from the same site: DDT - a weapon of survival.  Yeah, right - tell that to the thousands of deformed children in Vietnam to whom the US government has yet to issue an apology after dumping tons of the stuff in the form of Agent Orange defoliant during the Vietnam War.

PS - slightly OT aren't we?

[Boot_WB]

@Darksun

Apparently one (or possibly more) of the Spanish TV channels has 15-20 minute advert breaks at the start and end of film showings, but no advert breaks during the films.  Sounds like a good comromise to me, compared to the every-15-minute advert breaks on terrestrial and satellite channels

[alexh]

motorollin wrote:
Sounds similar to the one I'm using. Got mine from ASDA though.

I dont think ASDA sell them anymore hence the new post. Some other people have also "slagged off" the DUAL brand as rubbish, although you are happy with yours