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  • The end of an era

    From Mike Swift@mike.swift@yeton.co.uk to uk.media.tv.misc on Sun Mar 3 21:18:32 2024
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    The end of an era, this and Turnpike are the only news groups I
    subscribe to and both are devoid of TV posts these days.

    My Berlin subs are due at the end of the month, they are only re410 but
    what's the point as Usenet is dead in the water.

    I've had some wonderful times posting and meeting ULY contributors over
    the years but all good thing come to an end so it's,

    Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
    --
    Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
    Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
    Yorkshire Halvard Lange
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  • From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to uk.media.tv.misc on Mon Mar 4 00:29:01 2024
    From Newsgroup: uk.media.tv.misc

    In message <kl5McXAokO5lFwBg@ntlworld.com> at Sun, 3 Mar 2024 21:18:32,
    Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> writes
    The end of an era, this and Turnpike are the only news groups I
    subscribe to and both are devoid of TV posts these days.

    Why would the Turnpike 'group have TV posts?

    (I find a fair number of TV posts in uk.tech.broadcast, though naturally
    they tend to be of a technical nature. Initially!)

    My Berlin subs are due at the end of the month, they are only re410 but >what's the point as Usenet is dead in the water.

    I use eternal-september, though will switch to Berlin if E-S dies.

    I've had some wonderful times posting and meeting ULY contributors over

    ULY? (I'm guessing, Yorkshire?) I take UMRA ...

    the years but all good thing come to an end so it's,

    Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.

    (whistles the spanner ...)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Old people today - they don't know they're born! They should stay where they belong: on the main stage at Glastonbury. - The Now Show, 2015-7-10&11
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  • From Ar@Ar@127.0.0.1 to uk.media.tv.misc on Wed Mar 6 22:28:10 2024
    From Newsgroup: uk.media.tv.misc

    On 03/03/2024 21:18, Mike Swift wrote:
    The end of an era, this and Turnpike are the only news groups I
    subscribe to and both are devoid of TV posts these days.

    I'm still here, what would you like to discuss, the crappy technical
    quality of HD transmission inn UK, why other European countries have
    most their stations in HD on terrestrial, but UK can barely manage a
    handful on terrestrial, and keeps flogging the dead horse SD!? Why we
    need so many TV shopping channels in the age of the internet?
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  • From Mike Swift@mike.swift@yeton.co.uk to uk.media.tv.misc on Thu Mar 7 01:01:53 2024
    From Newsgroup: uk.media.tv.misc

    In article <usaqlq$l926$1@dont-email.me>, Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1> writes
    The end of an era, this and Turnpike are the only news groups I
    subscribe to and both are devoid of TV posts these days.

    I'm still here, what would you like to discuss, the crappy technical quality of
    HD transmission inn UK, why other European countries have most their
    stations in HD on terrestrial, but UK can barely manage a handful on >terrestrial, and keeps flogging the dead horse SD!? Why we need so many
    TV shopping channels in the age of the internet?

    I'm with Virgin Media and have a V6 box, I also have a Samsung Smart TV
    with Freeeview via an aerial.
    I've just counted my HD channels and I've got 111 with Virgin, not sure
    about the Samsung, I've also got a couple of UHD, 3 if you count BBC
    iPlayer.
    The problem for me is not the number of HD channels but the number of programmes on those channels which are worth watching.

    Mike
    --
    Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
    Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
    Yorkshire Halvard Lange
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