View Poll Results: Should I get rid of my TV?

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  • Get rid of it

    21 29.58%
  • Best keep it, just in case

    18 25.35%
  • I don't have a TV and I don't miss it at all

    14 19.72%
  • I don't have a TV, but I do miss it sometimes

    2 2.82%
  • I would love to get rid of it, but the wife would kill me!

    7 9.86%
  • I do have a TV and wouldn't be without one

    13 18.31%
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Thread: Should I get rid of my TV?

  1. #121
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Funny . . . your comment about the Radio Times? I used to do exactly the same, read through and then circle what I wanted to watch. I even had one of those leather Radio Times covers! What a daftee Marco is, on-line programming guides indeed - and him the lover of all things vintage
    Lol... Much as I love vintage things, I'll avail myself of technology if the function it's providing is no-brainer better than its vintage counterpart, and in this case it is!

    Marco.
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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

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    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

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  2. #122
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    Quote Originally Posted by narabdela View Post



    Ha - yes there are some!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  3. #123
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    . . . and in this case it is!
    I would actually agree with you, but I was surprised to hear you say it
    "People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison

  4. #124
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    Nah, if something's obviously better, it's better. I'm not irrationally anachronistic!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


  5. #125
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    That's not the case any more Barry, used to be, but the rules have changed over the years. The licence used to apply to just owning the equipment, now it relates to the use of said equipment. You can own and watch anything you like on a TV without a licence, such as Netflix, DVDs, media files, on demand services and so on, as long as it's not broadcast programming (any channel) that you watch at the time of broadcast, or record to watch later. You also need a licence for the iPlayer now, which you didn't a few years ago.
    And how are the costs of programme-making paid for? Through advertising, and who pays for the adverts? Anybody who buys the products, as the advertising costs are factored into the sale price - so applies to all those who buy the product regardless of if they watch TV or not.
    Barry

  6. #126
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    I never had a tv program on today again. Lol
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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  7. #127
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    Thank you very much Mike for your post 100 which is very helpful.

    Of course I am trying to avoid all the mistake making with compatibility problems and dysfunctions which occur with apparently numerous attempts at solutions, and which of course the equipment makers must love.

    I agree entirely about Logitech from my limited experience, which is a wireless mouse for my studio Mac.

  8. #128
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    And how are the costs of programme-making paid for? Through advertising, and who pays for the adverts? Anybody who buys the products, as the advertising costs are factored into the sale price - so applies to all those who buy the product regardless of if they watch TV or not.
    I'm totally confused now Barry, I think my wires have been crossed as I was talking about the licence fee and how it's changed . . . or maybe you are? I can be a bit slow at times, I'm not getting any younger you know
    "People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison

  9. #129
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    All I was trying to say was that even if you don't own a TV and never watch TV, you still pay for it if you buy the products that are advertised on the commercial TV channels.
    Barry

  10. #130
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    Ah, a tad oblique for my intellect - I'll never know the answer to that one, as I don't watch adverts. So I'm happy to remain blissfully ignorant.

    Might buy one again when I'm a real old codger with nothing better to do, but until that day . . . .
    "People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison

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