[LINK] two articles on digital and media and John Howard's govt

[Adam Todd]

You want a STB that receives broadcast and displays it on a TV or 
screen :)  Does it matter what colour it is?  It doesn't need a fancy 
display on the front, you don't watch the display, you watch the TV!

We've got a couple of STB's now and the more expensive they are the 
less we've ben satisfied.  The cheapies are good, if they fail, it's 
only a small amount to toss, which is common today in our disposable world.

As long as it has a remote control, you are fine :)


At 07:20 PM 7/06/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>I think part of the problem is knowing what to do.
>
>I was looking at a digital STB in Coles today at $59 but I don't 
>have a clue if it's what I need.  I think I also need a new aerial 
>because my current one is a multichannel pointing southish, but most 
>UHF ones I see are pointing northish.  I went looking for either a 
>UHF yagi or a grid pack and could find neither in the more common stores.
>
>
>
>Jan Whitaker wrote:
>>Media policy: pre-election jitters in Canberra
>>http://www.creative.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=140114
>><http://www.creative.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=153045>Towards 
>>the big turn-off
>>http://www.creative.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=153045
>>Events are overtaking digital television, writes MARGARET SIMONS
>>from this one:
>>The ACMA figures show that only 17 per cent of the televisions in 
>>Australia are capable of receiving digital television. Meanwhile 40 
>>per cent of households don't know digital television is available 
>>in their area, and a third don't even know the analogue signal will 
>>one day be switched off.
>>
>>Jan Whitaker
>>JLWhitaker Associates, Melbourne Victoria
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