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Title: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 11:56:39 AM
Sorry, but after due consideration, I've come to that conclusion.
It's just a ploy by the government and manufacturers to grab more hard earned of us all.
Digi telly is garbage. Freezing and distorting pictures, live links breaking constantly on the news, and quick fire repeat of speech on live broadcasts.
can't watch footie on telly and have the radio commentary on at the same time, due to 'time lapse'. ::)

Radio is not much better, with decidedly random and haphazard reception, requiring movement of the aerial of approx 1cm more often than not.

Mobile phones. cussing: Need i say more? Constant cut offs.
My old analouge Motorola house brick in the mid 90's was vastly superior in terms of quality of reception.

We've all been duped, yet again. Banghead
Title: Re: Digi shite
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 11:59:32 AM
We are in somee sort of digi 'shadow' When we had a TV we got all kinds of bad signal shite. We had an aerial booster installed (I know a good man) which did seem to work. My moby works in most places apart from in the centre of the local town and in most parts of Wales, obviously. WHY?

Haven't tried DAB radio yet, but I imagine that will be shite too.
Title: Re: Digi shite
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:01:25 PM

Haven't tried DAB radio yet, but I imagine that will be shite too.

It is. ::)
 Save your money and purchase a couple of bottles more to chuck on your rancid stinking cake.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:04:28 PM
Don't you want to sniff it then?  sad24:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:06:51 PM
Don't you want to sniff it then?  sad24:

No. Do you particulary want a black eye? eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:07:33 PM
It will have MARZIPAN on it
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:10:17 PM
It will have MARZIPAN on it

The whole rancid stinkin' thing will soon be buried in your face. Banghead
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 12:10:51 PM
Sorry, but after due consideration, I've come to that conclusion.
It's just a ploy by the government and manufacturers to grab more hard earned of us all.
Digi telly is garbage. Freezing and distorting pictures, live links breaking constantly on the news, and quick fire repeat of speech on live broadcasts.
can't watch footie on telly and have the radio commentary on at the same time, due to 'time lapse'. ::)

You said it! At least with analogue you were able to watch a fuzzy picture, with digital it's nowt! Unimpressed.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:12:17 PM
You could buy an aerial booster with your compo
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:13:22 PM
My mobile does not work in the House, Sky is the only way we can receive digi radio or TV ~ even when the "Big Switchover" happens we will not be able to get Freeview or DAB Radio because we are in the 0.5% of the entire UK that has a mountain between us and the friggin Aerial Booster. Being in Wales we are told that we cannot use the transmitter that is on the Wirral (there is nothing but 3 or 4 miles of sea between us and it) because that does not carry "Welsh Programmes" ~ I don't watch f'ing Welsh Programmes but like everything else it is being done by post code.
And that's another thing. I have a Welsh post code ~ but all mail collected from here or sent to here is routed via Chester Sorting Office where the Posties don't speak or read Welsh ~ what's the point of that Eh?
And because of my Welsh postcode ALL official communications from Government, Inland Revenue, British Telecom and the DVLA, the Police, the Pensions Department is twice as thick as it needs be because they send it in English and in Welsh.
And Because my phone number is routed through a Welsh exchange every official body that I ring answers me in fecking Welsh ~ even 999, before they will speak to me in English ~ which, as I know, can be a bit of a bastard when you're having a heart attack and want an ambulance.

Meanwhile getting back to Digi everything ~ it is all a con to enable HM Govt to sell off the freed up airwaves to the highest bidder ~ and what do these bidders want them for ~ communi-fvcking-cation is what, because they know it works.

angry037
Thank you ~ I feel better now.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:14:38 PM
You could buy an aerial booster with your compo

Weren't we originally told it was going to be vastly superior without the need for fancy add ons....bit like CD's (more shite) and were going to be the dogs danglies? ::)
Duped.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:16:48 PM
It will have MARZIPAN on it

DIGI SHITE, MAN/MOUSE! cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:19:19 PM
even when the "Big Switchover" happens we will not be able to get Freeview or DAB Radio because we are in the 0.5% of the entire UK that

Is that waht they say? 0.5%? My very fat arse 0.5% evil:

Nearly everyone I speak to is having trouble of, varying degrees granted, but generally of similar opinion to me. Duped. Banghead
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:22:33 PM
even when the "Big Switchover" happens we will not be able to get Freeview or DAB Radio because we are in the 0.5% of the entire UK that

Is that waht they say? 0.5%? My very fat arse 0.5% evil:

That's nothing ~ according to Orange (my mobile service provider) 99.9% of the UK can receive their signals.

That'll mean that I represent 0.1% of the entire population then  Banghead

I invited them to send someone to check the truth of my statement when I complained. They still haven't turned up.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 12:24:15 PM
Digital...  cloud9:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 12:25:29 PM
even when the "Big Switchover" happens we will not be able to get Freeview or DAB Radio because we are in the 0.5% of the entire UK that

Is that waht they say? 0.5%? My very fat arse 0.5% evil:

That's nothing ~ according to Orange (my mobile service provider) 99.9% of the UK can receive their signals.

That'll mean that I represent 0.1% of the entire population then  Banghead

I invited them to send someone to check the truth of my statement when I complained. They still haven't turned up.

I don't have mob signal in my house either.  noooo:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:25:39 PM
And you, Barman, can fook off. We are all cross here about everything:

Cakes
Trees
Digital
The fooking weather
Gordo
Mayhem
Christmas

Everything  cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:26:37 PM
Digital...  cloud9:

Not ever so slightly biased are we? ::)
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:26:43 PM
Digital...  cloud9:

OK It's a living for some but you have to admit it's mainly crap, unless you live in a BT exchange.

I complained about my Broadband speed ~ apparently I live too far from the exchange.

60 metres in a straight line is too far????????????
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:27:17 PM
It is for BT  noooo:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:28:08 PM
And you, Barman, can fook off. We are all cross here about everything:

Cakes
Trees
Digital
The fooking weather
Gordo
Mayhem
Christmas

Everything  cussing:

Kids
Wives
Jewellery.

Anything else?
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 12:29:00 PM
My digital mobile werks all over Cyprus
I have all my CDs digitised and can listen to them all over the house, in the car, on a roof, etc. cost they are digital like and you can carry them about on different devices.
I get free BBC and loads of other channels via a digital satellite
I love my digital cinema system
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:29:40 PM
Don't you pay a licence fee then?
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:30:10 PM
And you, Barman, can fook off. We are all cross here about everything:

Cakes
Trees
Digital
The fooking weather
Gordo
Mayhem
Christmas

Everything  cussing:

Kids
Wives
Jewellery.

Anything else?

EVERY FOOKING THING  cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 12:31:07 PM
Don't you pay a licence fee then?
noooo:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 12:31:24 PM
I'm going to me favourite shop Maplins now to purchase a set of solar panel powered chrissy lights for me porta cabin at Swamp 2.

No doubt the place will be heaving with digi shite and annoying digi customers.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:33:23 PM
SOLAR POWERED?

Gordo has taxed that  cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:33:50 PM
Don't you pay a licence fee then?
noooo:

YOU BASTARD. THE FIGHT I AM HAVING NOW!!!
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 12:34:48 PM
Don't you pay a licence fee then?
noooo:

YOU BASTARD. THE FIGHT I AM HAVING NOW!!!
I do have to have a big fuck off dish on the roof tho...  whistle:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:35:03 PM
I'm going to me favourite shop Maplins now to purchase a set of solar panel powered chrissy lights for me porta cabin at Swamp 2.

No doubt the place will be heaving with digi shite and annoying digi customers.


Ooooooooooo! I buy stuff from them ~ mail order like ~ it arrives from all over the place so I suppose they simply farm the orders out to whichever shop has stock.

Kids are getting pressies bought from them.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:37:30 PM
Don't you pay a licence fee then?
noooo:

YOU BASTARD. THE FIGHT I AM HAVING NOW!!!

No fight needed ~ If you have a TV set in the property, whether it works or not, you are obliged to buy a licence. If you do not have a TV ~ working or not ~ in the property, it is up to them to prove that you have.
BTW They can enter and search without a search warrant.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 12:39:16 PM
I want to know more about this enter and search stuff. Is there a plausible link that says Crapita ( who run the BBC Lience thing) can enter without a warrant and search your house. Serious question.!
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 12:41:44 PM
I want to know more about this enter and search stuff. Is there a plausible link that says Crapita ( who run the BBC Lience thing) can enter without a warrant and search your house. Serious question.!

Wireless and Telegraphy Act gives them that power. They will normally bring a policeman to arrest you if you try to stop them. I cannot be arsed to find a link but why not ring and ask them?
Remember I used to work for the Post Office before the job was passed over to Capita ~ that's how I know.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 01:48:56 PM
I'm going to me favourite shop Maplins now to purchase a set of solar panel powered chrissy lights for me porta cabin at Swamp 2.

No doubt the place will be heaving with digi shite and annoying digi customers.


Ooooooooooo! I buy stuff from them ~ mail order like ~ it arrives from all over the place so I suppose they simply farm the orders out to whichever shop has stock.

Kids are getting pressies bought from them.

Just got back. Bloody marvelous place it is.  cloud9:
Biggest selection of fantastic and probably useless tat under one roof ever.

It's a bit like those mags you get in the sunday papers, selling weird and wonderful shite that you have difficuly in believeing anyone would actually use or in fact haver a use for
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: GROWLER on December 12, 2008, 01:56:11 PM
Internet just crashed whilst typing in here. cussing:
More evidence of digi shite.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Pastis on December 12, 2008, 02:00:26 PM
I want to know more about this enter and search stuff. Is there a plausible link that says Crapita ( who run the BBC Lience thing) can enter without a warrant and search your house. Serious question.!

Wireless and Telegraphy Act gives them that power. They will normally bring a policeman to arrest you if you try to stop them. I cannot be arsed to find a link but why not ring and ask them?
Remember I used to work for the Post Office before the job was passed over to Capita ~ that's how I know.

The other thing, if it hasn't been mentioned, is that access to some Beeb channels via the 'net requires a TV licence  cool14:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Nick on December 12, 2008, 02:10:32 PM
Unless you are in Cyprus  Banghead Banghead cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: barmisspah? on December 12, 2008, 02:21:41 PM
Well thanks to all of you !
Bought Saddler a DAB radio/cd player 2 weeks ago for xmas.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 02:24:25 PM
Unless you are in Cyprus  Banghead Banghead cussing: cussing:
Precisely...  whistle:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 02:25:14 PM
Well thanks to all of you !
Bought Saddler a DAB radio/cd player 2 weeks ago for xmas.
Ignore them... they'll be out smashing the machines in the local mill this afternoon...  noooo:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: barmisspah? on December 12, 2008, 02:36:57 PM
He's a bugger to buy for, has a beard so no razor & doesn't wear insteadofshave. Last year I went onto aquarterof.com & bought him about 3kg of different old fashioned sweets, lasted all year! I thought I was ok this year as he has been dropping very heavy hints about getting a DAB radio in the sales after xmas.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 03:16:36 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 03:17:22 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:
happy100
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 03:18:31 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:

Some of us that live within the M25 have problems too you know!
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 03:40:14 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:

Some of us that live within the M25 have problems too you know!

Serves you right for voting Labour  evil:


Anyway South of the River doesn't count I keep telling you.

BTW anyone know where TMR has got to?
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 03:42:32 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:

Some of us that live within the M25 have problems too you know!

Serves you right for voting Labour  evil:


Anyway South of the River doesn't count I keep telling you.

BTW anyone know where TMR has got to?

I certainly do NOT vote Labour!

<limps off nose in air>
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2008, 03:43:19 PM
It'll prolly be fine ~ it's those of us who live more than 50 miles from London that no bugger cares about.  cussing:

Some of us that live within the M25 have problems too you know!

Serves you right for voting Labour  evil:


Anyway South of the River doesn't count I keep telling you.

BTW anyone know where TMR has got to?

I certainly do NOT vote Labour!

<limps off nose in air>

You may not have but someone in your house did. eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 03:52:04 PM
I can take no responsibility for that.  noooo: It is the Welsh in him.  noooo:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 03:53:25 PM
I can take no responsibility for that.  noooo: It is the Welsh in him.  noooo:
Send him down the mines then...  cussing:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 03:54:02 PM
Tried that, his poor little asthma lungs couldn't take it!  ::)
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 03:58:03 PM
Tried that, his poor little asthma lungs couldn't take it!  ::)
How will he be voting next time then like...?
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 03:59:22 PM
I am going to lock him in the house. It is safer for us all.
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 03:59:52 PM
I am going to lock him in the house. It is safer for us all.
Make a postal vote for him...  whistle:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Bar Wench on December 12, 2008, 04:04:00 PM
I am going to lock him in the house. It is safer for us all.
Make a postal vote for him...  whistle:

 rubschin:
Title: Re: Digi IS shite...imo
Post by: Barman on December 12, 2008, 04:05:57 PM
I am going to lock him in the house. It is safer for us all.
Make a postal vote for him...  whistle:

 rubschin:
Several in fact...  whistle: