CHRISTMAS shoppers are in danger of buying digital TVs that are not compatible with the new Irish digital service and will be useless in a year's time.
At the end of 2012, Saorview, [broken link removed]'s new digital service, will be up and running.
By that time, all Irish homes need to upgrade their TV sets to receive a digital signal to watch RTE One, RTE Two, [broken link removed] and [broken link removed] as the analogue terrestrial television network -- which is the system of watching television stations through an outdoor or indoor aerial -- will be switched off.
[broken link removed] TD and consumer protection spokeswoman [broken link removed] warned shoppers buying a new digital TV this Christmas to make sure the set is MPEG4-compatible.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/that-new-christmas-tv-could-soon-be-useless-2459527.html
probably by some over paid civil servant
What an over reaction. There is loads of information on this on this site and others and you wont have to replace you TV, however you will need to buy a decoder box if you TV is not mpeg4 compatible.
Why do we always look for someone else to blame in this country?
I dont think "we are where we are" because nobody informed you and freeview.
If you want to blame anyone here, you'll have to look at yourself as YOBR points out for not researching a major purchase properly.
Indeed no one is really to blame for anything in this country,the massive financial meltdown in our Banks just happened on its own did it?silliest comment I have read in a long time.Why do we always look for someone else to blame in this country?
My point is quite simple,why are televisions that will not fit for purpose in a few years allowed to be sold in this country and please save the not researching the purchase properly nonsense,its a television for Gods sake you expect it to be able to receive RTE1 & RTE 2 at a minimum.
I agree wholeheartedly, these televisions should not have been allowed to be offered for sale. An awful lot of the buying public ( especially the older sector) would not have had an idea what to check, to see if it would be fit to receive home channels in a few years.
So for the years where we knew what was coming, but no TV's on the market were future proof you think that no TV's should have been sold?
Shut down a whole industry in and retail sector over the Irish digital signal...
Indeed no one is really to blame for anything in this country,the massive financial meltdown in our Banks just happened on its own did it?
Yes the banks played a big part in the problems the country is going through but they cannot be blamed on the fact that you cannot watch Irish freeview channels in a couple of years time. So there is no point in going off on a rant. GET OVER IT.
Its a stupid comment,of course when something goes wrong there is usually someone sitting in a well appointed office on a fat salary who has not managed to do their job to any degree of competence and OF COURSE they should be blamed and held accountable...I used the Banks as an example to highlight this idiocy.Why do we always look for someone else to blame in this country?
of course when something goes wrong there is usually someone sitting in a well appointed office on a fat salary who has not managed to do their job to any degree of competence and OF COURSE they should be blamed and held accountable...
have we not gone off topic somewhat??
As for you TV being obsolite, well you can connect to a satellite, to cable subscription, to a Playstation, a Nintendo Wii, xBox, use it as a monitor for you computer etc. My point is that its not obsolete, it’s just not compatible for what you want it for.
Next thing you will probably go on another rant that it is not 3D compatible....
How?
Sorry Sir, I know you bought(we sold you) a petrol powered car, but petrol is no longer available, but you can use it as a trolley, or pushchair, or somewhere to sleep, or just change the power unit (engine) to diesel. It is not obsolete its just not compatible for what you want. Or indeed for what you bought it for!! Or even for what we sold it to you for.
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