Analogue Tuners...WTF

The spec details the analogue support alongside Freeview/HD and Freesat. i.e. If there was an analogue transmission then it supports it.
 
It is not twin tuners as in analogue plus digital, it is twin tuners as in terrestrial plus satellite.

If you want to be technical, you could say it has tri-tuners.
 
El_Watcher said:
It is not twin tuners as in analogue plus digital, it is twin tuners as in terrestrial plus satellite.

If you want to be technical, you could say it has tri-tuners.
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Point taken about the Tri tuners,did not allow for the Sat tuner:o
My question/point still is why do tv manufacturers still include a analogue tuner to UK tvs?
I got a panny 55 about 18 months ago and analogue was switched off then too.This has and was sold as twin tuner.I think you can find a lot still on sale now too with a single freeview/digital and a useless??? analogue tuner :)
 
SDK^ said:
TV's aren't made specifically for the UK - It's a world market :) it would cost more to remove it.
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But aren`t analogue tuners like pal or ntsc/usa,ntsc/japan,secam or something?
been a while since I used an analogue one lol
I just thought it strange that they were still putting analogue tuners in state of the art TVs nowadays.picture quality on a big tv using analogue must suck BIGTIME:D
 
ANDARIAL, you are barking up the wrong tree.

There are still uses for analogue. For example, it is possible to distribute a Sky box signal around your home using a simple (and cheap!!) aerial distribution amp. You can't do that with a digital. There's no piece of consumer gear that generates a digital signal (DVB-T / DVB-T2).

Just because YOU don't have a need for analogue doesn't mean that others don't.

Also, twin tuners refers to the ability to tune in to two signals simultaneously. This is for the "watch one, record another" function. It does not refer to the type of signal. So if a twin tuner product has the capability to receive terrestrial and satellite and cable, then it is still a twin tuner device. Similarly, even if a Freeview recorder can only receive digital terrestrial then it is still a twin tuner device.
 
it is possible to distribute a Sky box signal around your home using a simple (and cheap!!) aerial distribution amp.
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Had not considered that :)
This was just one of those`why do they still do this?`type of posts,could not think of a `good` reason for them,thanks all for the info :)
 
My Nan's new flat has CCTV on the front door of the building, that's accessible to all of the flats on an analogue channel.
 
Old showrooms and independent TV stores, yes probably. Large department stores though will edge towards an inhouse HD distribution system. They don't want a competing retailers TV adverts showing on the in-store TVs :D
 
Indeed, when I worked at Sainsbury's all the display TVs were fed an HDMI signal from a PC which played downloaded video.
 
mmmmm i had a look once at the cabinet under a TV in,one of the shops,can`t remember which
This TV was showing a programme and the picture looked superb (too good I thought)
Guess what was feeding this TV?? a blue ray player
Probably a one off but it has made me wary of trusting any picture in these shops anymore
 
You shouldn't trust pictures in shops anyway, regardless of the source. Most times all you're doing is comparing a bunch of TVs set to Shop Demo Mode which isn't how you'll watch at home.
 
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