[mythtvnz] Quality of WinTV PVR 150

[Tortise]

Steve

I would agree with you in terms of "require", however what I said was "pressure", which is not quite the same.  Regardless I would observe with a quick look on trademe that plenty of (analogue) TV's are being upgraded, supporting my proposition of "pressure" (being realised).

Less sophisticated consumers relying solely on some salesmen's advice may not be as astute as you, in equipment upgrade terms, thus I would need more convincing that there was not a pressure to discard old for new, further encouraged by abandonment of Terrestrial analogue broadcasts.

I can imagine a number of peoples decision thought basis being....ow well the TV is old, it does not get direct analogue anymore, if I have to upgrade now I might as well get HD as well.  (Assuming of course that is an option... )  If the broadcasts continued the decision referenced could well be postponed....perhaps for a number of years.

What will your parents (and grandparents?) want and do?

Of course that does not mean I will wait till I have to upgrade!

Kind regards
David Hingston 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Hodge 
  To: MythTV in NZ 
  Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Quality of WinTV PVR 150


  On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

    When we live in times of increasing concerns around recycling, it would seem important to ensure there is no pressure for premature
    discarding of otherwise working (well) analogue terrestrial TV sets and related equipment such as analogue TV cards!


  Digital doesn't require discarding analogue gear, whatever gave you that idea? Analogue TV cards won't be as useful but they can still be used to capture the output of a digital tuner (after all that's exactly what I use mine for). HD requires new equipment, but HD has nothing to do with digital vs analogue.

  Cheers,
  Steve



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