BS: No Telly?

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: Slag
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 03:08 AM

LED, Light Emiting Diode. Diode, a DC filtering device. Can also be use like a "check vavle" in a circut. A very low voltage "cold light" source. Has anyone ever made a monitor from these? Electric pilot lights. Banner streamers, scoreboards. Jumbotrons?

Yes, I meant LCD which relies onthe piezo-electric effect! 50 lashes with an optic fiber!

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 11:47 AM

I was told about a colour TV made up from LEDs by a friend who had seen it in Bradford back in 1973. The trouble was that it was difficult to balance the colours back then in the infancy of LEDs. The TV was only 2 inches thick though.

I'm still trying to find out if the TV licencing authority is answerable to anyone, as I wish to complain about their literature.

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 12:38 PM

Haven't possessed a TV since 1973.

Russ (Permanent GUEST sans TV)

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: terrier
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 05:53 PM

When colour TV first came onto the market, I was working as a TV repair man whilst doing electronics at college. The gubbins inside the sets reputedly gave off some serious radiation so we had to wear tabs on our lapels to record any dangerous levels. The tabs were then sent away to be developed and we were relieved when the results came back no radiation detected. We had imagined a whole one off race of sterile telly techs! The early sets were very unstable and difficult to adjust, no sooner had we adjusted the colour convergence, it would drift off again so that the images on the screen would look like rainbows. The early colour test programs were interesting, but when youv'e seen a programme for the hundredth time......... I think if I tried I could still remember the 'Aswam Dam Project' word for word even after nearly 40 years. Maybe thats why I can't be bothered having a TV now.

Herself has just corrected me about the weird 4%. In fact she says that the official number is only 2%. After reading this thread through, I reckon that Mudcatters who regularly watch the Box must be as rare as ducks teeth. ;~)

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: Folkiedave
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 06:47 PM

I found that there is an "Assumed Right of Access" to the front door of premises.

I wrote to the TV Licensing (email) withdrawing that right.

Never heard from them again.

It may not be legally correct or even true but it worked for me.

Best regards

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 09:50 PM

We have two tvs, both comparatively small. According to my son we are the only family in the entire world that owns only two television sets....now I can prove to him he is wrong!! First 8 years of our marriage we had no tv - then someone (feeling sorry for us) gave us one. Eldest child was 4 when the tv was brought into the home and was extremely restricted in viewing -- Friday night viewing of Danger Mouse was about it. Along came child # 2 and we were still fairly restrictive in viewing.....by the time child # 3 came along we were too busy and too tired to really monitor his viewing once he got past the toddler stage. Result - oldest child (introduced to limited TV at 4) adores it....child # 2 born into a house with a TV could care less and never watches it and child # 3 watches waaaaaaaaaay more than he should. Not sure what this proves....our vow is when the youngest leaves home (any time now ) all the cable services stop and we will revert to using the tv for the purpose for which is was intended, ie:

- watching BBC America
- watching movies
- watching PBS

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 10:19 PM

I have a TV but no TV channels - it's for gaming and movies. More like a non-computer monitor.

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: SussexCarole
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 06:30 PM

A few years ago my tv died and I did not replace it. The TV licensing powers that be refused to accept my word that I no longer had a tv set and demanded that evidence be provided from someone else living at the property. As I was living on my own at the time I 'politely' suggested that they come round and interrogate my cat! I heard nothing more from them!

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 06:55 PM

I must confess that I like TV and radio. I don't work no more so I've got plenty of time. But I have a method.

There's a thing called a PVR (yes it's another TLA - three letter acronym). PVR is personal video recorder. It's basically a digital receiver with a hard drive. It has an onscreen programme guide so you can plan your viewing and listening for the next few days. You just click the ones you want and it does the rest. You can record two channels at once and there's room for about 80 hours of programmes.

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 07:11 PM

If it's any help the details are here. By the way this is the third PVR I've owned and the others weren't nearly as good. You can get one of these for about 175 of our fine British Pounds.

Humax PVR

So it allows you to watch and listen the way the way you want. There's a skip forward button (15,30 or 60 seconds) so you never have to watch another bloody commercial ever again. You can pause live TV, or get instant replay. Of course this applies to the UK (and you have to be in an area with digital reception). It's like having one of those Sky-plus boxes they are always banging on about, but without having to give that nice Mr Murdoch any money.

Subject: RE: BS: No Telly?
From: mrdux
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 07:50 PM

We have a very nice tv. It used to sit in the living room and we had a cable subscription. My wife decided that she couldn't stand looking at it in the living room, so we moved it downstairs to the basement. While the room down there is comfortable enough, it felt sort of distant and disconnected, so we rarely went down to watch television -- an occasional basketball game or movie or something, maybe a couple times a month. It wasn't often enough to justify the cable bill, so we canceled that. The problem is that, being in the basement, it gets no broadcast reception. The tv is hooked up to a DVD player and a VCR, so we can watch movies when we want, but we haven't had any tv reception for two years this month. And I really haven't missed it. We listen to more music, read more and actually converse more. Not bad at all.

michael

ps -- To be completely honest about it, like pdq, we do have a little 12" with wabbit ears for emergency purposes -- like if the Cubs ever get into the world series. Needless to say, it doesn't get much use.