The end of an era

[ctdctd]

I started working in a Radio and TV shop on Saturdays back in the seventies.

TV's that came in for repair included some that were dual standard - they worked on the VHF 405 lines and the new fangled UHF 625 lines. Some even had colour!

Now it's about to be switched off.

Elreg Linky

Too late for an "Analogue Rules" popular uprising?

[DodgyAgent]

I started working in a Radio and TV shop on Saturdays back in the seventies.

TV's that came in for repair included some that were dual standard - they worked on the VHF 405 lines and the new fangled 625 lines. Some even had colour!

Now it's about to be switched off.

Elreg Linky

Too late for an "Analogue Rules" popular uprising?

Perhaps you are better off going here

[SimonMac]

Perhaps you are better off going here

Cause Calderdale is part of Yorkshire, and as its closer to Lancashire its not in the reach of the Tyne Tees signal

[ctdctd]

Perhaps you are better off going here

I think a few of us are long overdue for the Contractors Rest Home.
Maybe you could pop on and we'll show you how to use your IT - for a small fee of course.

[nomadd]

I think a few of us are long overdue for the Contractors Rest Home.

It's called "CUK General", like a hospital.

[nomadd]

Ah, the warm glow of the overheating PL504.

I do miss it so.

Drawing arcs off the topcap anode connection to see if there was any drive at all.

Dear dead days beyond recall.

When the Mullard valve factory was the best way of turning glass tubing into loadsamoney.

Grandad, things moved on - in about 1948: Transistor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can get a hearing aid now that actually fits in your ear!

[VectraMan]

TV's that came in for repair included some that were dual standard - they worked on the VHF 405 lines and the new fangled UHF 625 lines. Some even had colour!

It may not be an analogue signal, but 625 lines (actually 576) is still what most people are watching most of the time.

[ctdctd]

It may not be an analogue signal, but 625 lines (actually 576) is still what most people are watching most of the time.

Nah, HD now, wiked init

(I only used to watch 49 lines then - I liked Teletext/Ceefax!)

[nomadd]

It may not be an analogue signal, but 625 lines (actually 576) is still what most people are watching most of the time.

And watching it on their cheap 1920x1080 flat screen T.V. from Tesco no less.

[xoggoth]

Those were the days. With the old 70s system you could listen to TV sound with a diode and a pair of earphones. Well, you could if you lived next door to the Crystal Palace transmitter anyway.

Still got an old 70s transistor radio, use to to detect wires in the wall.