20 Feb
2000
20 Feb
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11:25 a.m.
> issue of _Processor_ and you'll find dozens of
places that sell
> replacement CRT's for terminals of just about every make.
You're lucky!. Monochrome CRTs are almost
impossible to obtain in the UK
-- most places that I've tried tell me that it's not worth replacing
them. This is probably correct if the unit in question is a \pounds 50.00
portable TV.
As long as we're on this subject - are B&W TV's with screens larger than
5 inches or so still common in the UK, Europe, Russia, anywhere?
It's been at least 15 years since B&W TV's with 12" or larger screens
were available here in the US. You *can* still find new composite-input
B&W video monitors up into the 9" or 12" size range, but these are
marketed towards closed-circuit TV (i.e. security) installations and
tend to be more expensive than color TV's of the same size.
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20 Feb
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12:45 p.m.
Upon the date 01:56 AM 2/21/00 +0000, Tony Duell said something like:
You _still_ need a license to own a radio or TV in the UK Tony? I knew that
to be the case from the earliest days of radio before WWII but I hadn't
heard of that being done in recent times. BTW, I've got a 1930-vintage
license which came with my 1926-vintage RCA Radiola 20 which once was owned
by a fellow up in Nova Scotia province.
As long as
we're on this subject - are B&W TV's with screens larger than
5 inches or so still common in the UK, Europe, Russia, anywhere?
I've no idea if they're still being made (I've long since given up buying
_new_ consumer electronics [1]), but certainly 12" B&W portable TVs were
sold in the UK very recently. There's a cheaper TV license if you only
have B&W TVs, you see.
[1] In my experience it's better to rebuild a 10-year-old TV or VCR and
have a machine that will last a good few years than buy a new one which
will fail in a year's time.
Sure _is_ junk sold nowadays! Ugh!
Regards, Chris
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21 Feb
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8:33 a.m.
New subject: TV License in UK (was Re: Rejuvenating VT320 monitors?)
Ummm.... Why do you need a license to operate a TV in the UK? And does
this only apply to boxes capable of receiving a broadcast signal, or
would my laptop with a DVD player fall under the rules...
Clint (slightly mystified)
9:26 a.m.
New subject: TV License in UK (was Re: Rejuvenating VT320 monitors?)
"Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" wrote:
Ummm.... Why do you need a license to operate a TV in
the UK?
It's semi-historical. For the longest time UK viewers could only
watch the BBC (BBC1 and 2). The BBC model is a bit like PBS in that
it's commercial-free; to defray operating costs one must have a
television license. ITV and others have since come along; while they
support themselves via commercials you still must have a TV license
since you're capable of receiving BBC.
And does
this only apply to boxes capable of receiving a broadcast signal, or
would my laptop with a DVD player fall under the rules...
Only things capable of receiving "broadcast" signals require the
license, which is available in various weird flavors for color and
B&W, residential and commercial.
Then there are the television detector vans (do they still use those?)
that would prowl around looking for RF emissions from unlicensed
receivers. I won't even go into cat detector vans... :-)
Clint (slightly mystified)
You and me both.
Best,
Chris
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9:58 a.m.
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22 Feb
22 Feb
7 a.m.
New subject: TV License in UK (was Re: Rejuvenating VT320 monitors?)
> Ummm.... Why do you need a license to operate a
TV in the UK? And does
The money from the license is used to fund the BBC.
But you still need
the license even if you only watch the commercial channels.
Same over here in Germany - you may call it a tax, althrough
the collection is not government driven. They use it for the
public chanles (TV and Radio), but unlike in the UK, these
Chanels also do comercials (but restricted).
Gruss
H.
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20 Feb
20 Feb
4:45 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 01:56:37AM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
[1] In my experience it's better to rebuild a
10-year-old TV or VCR and
have a machine that will last a good few years than buy a new one which
will fail in a year's time.
Plus, the older ones probably won't have the fascist anti-copying filters!
BTW, do Sams Photofacts still exist, and if so can they be ordered on-line?
Our old VCR has been getting picky about what channels it will and won't
receive, but I'm probably too dense to repair a tuner even *with* schematics,
let alone without. But the only real electronics shop in the area can't get
Photofacts any more...
John Wilson
D Bit
21 Feb
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