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Irish FTA DTT logo - "Saorview"

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  • #182
    MarkK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭MarkK


    StudentDad wrote: »
    What political independence from the UK has to do with tv channels is beyond me.
    If that is beyond you, it seems it's pointless debating with you on this topic.


  • #183
    StudentDad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭StudentDad


    Karsini wrote: »
    Because you're essentially suggesting we drop domestic Irish broadcasting and carry Freeview, a UK terrestrial service.

    Nope, I think the service as envisaged is crap. Incorporating freeview into saorview would be a good idea. as it currently stands however, you can keep saorview.

    SD


  • #184
    MACHEAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭MACHEAD


    You could always move up here to 'nordie land'. The licence is only around 6 euro more than the irish one. You'll get all the UK culture/TV channels you could handle, in fact you could even pretend it's not Ireland at all!


  • #185
    thetwangman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭thetwangman


    StudentDad wrote: »
    Nope, I think the service as envisaged is crap. Incorporating freeview into saorview would be a good idea. as it currently stands however, you can keep saorview.

    SD

    Digital TV is a huge improvement over Analogue TV. I am particularly enjoying the PVR capabilities. It's far from crap in my opinion. Do you really think I would be better off ditching my setup and subscribing to UPC or Sky? Why would I do that? I haven't got money to burn. Blaming Saorview, RTE or the Government because Saorview doesn't carry the channels you want is a bit like blaming the milkman if you have no bread. The bottom line is domestic terrestrial broadcasting has to exist and the fact that it is going digital is a good thing. I really don't understand what you are complaining about. It really would be a farce if we had to subscribe to UPC or Sky to receive our domestic channels, then we really would have something to complain about.


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