I'd guess that about half the set top boxes given to the grannies are
ending up in their grandchildren's bedrooms.

Grannies are putting up with the box for a week or so then kicking it
into touch and getting a new telly.

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
I'd guess that about half the set top boxes given to the grannies are
ending up in their grandchildren's bedrooms.

Grannies are putting up with the box for a week or so then kicking it
into touch and getting a new telly.

Bill

My parents rushed out and got a new set after wrestling with a set top
box for a while. Unfortunately they got a Freesat/Freeview LG and every
couple of days one or the other of them manages to press the wrong
button on the remote and I have to go through resetting everything via
phone.

Last month they set a new security number to avoid any further problems
and promptly forgot the number...

--
David Kennedy

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On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 23:47:12h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Grannies are putting up with the box for a week or so then kicking it
into touch and getting a new telly.

It is the black bars that do it.

J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 23:47:12h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Grannies are putting up with the box for a week or so then kicking it
into touch and getting a new telly.

It is the black bars that do it.

We don't have any round here. A few gay bars though.

Bill

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do complain
about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet, when you actually
compare the sizes between people on the old and new tv they buy, they are
very close to the same size. I think quite often it has to be an optical
illusion effect that causes the feeling that you are being cheated in the
newer aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might help.
Brian

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"J G Miller" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at 23:47:12h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Grannies are putting up with the box for a week or so then kicking it
into touch and getting a new telly.

It is the black bars that do it.

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:55:18 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do
complain about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet,
when you actually compare the sizes between people on the old and new
tv they buy, they are very close to the same size. I think quite
often it has to be an optical illusion effect that causes the feeling
that you are being cheated in the newer aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might help.
Brian


Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn your B&W
TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the bottom and a
bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?
--
Davey.

In article ,
Martin wrote:
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:37:58 +0000, Davey
wrote:

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:55:18 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do
complain about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet,
when you actually compare the sizes between people on the old and new
tv they buy, they are very close to the same size. I think quite
often it has to be an optical illusion effect that causes the feeling
that you are being cheated in the newer aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might help.
Brian


Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn your B&W
TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the bottom and a
bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?

I can remember them.

Hands up anybody who had one.

I just remember the adverts for them - never even saw one

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:12:40 +0000 (GMT)
charles wrote:

In article ,
Martin wrote:
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:37:58 +0000, Davey
wrote:

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:55:18 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do
complain about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet,
when you actually compare the sizes between people on the old
and new tv they buy, they are very close to the same size. I
think quite often it has to be an optical illusion effect that
causes the feeling that you are being cheated in the newer
aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might
help. Brian


Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn
your B&W TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the
bottom and a bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?

I can remember them.

Hands up anybody who had one.

I just remember the adverts for them - never even saw one


I saw two, and neither of them were in my own home!
--
Davey.

"Davey" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:55:18 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do
complain about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet,
when you actually compare the sizes between people on the old and new
tv they buy, they are very close to the same size. I think quite
often it has to be an optical illusion effect that causes the feeling
that you are being cheated in the newer aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might help.

Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn your B&W
TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the bottom and a
bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?

I remember that Which? reviewed them, with a cartoon featuring the Blue,
Orange and Green Minstrel show.

--
Max Demian

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:59:33 -0000
"Max Demian" wrote:

"Davey" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:55:18 -0000
"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Ignoring the obvious feed line for a joke I must say that many do
complain about the size of people on the tv with black bars. Yet,
when you actually compare the sizes between people on the old and
new tv they buy, they are very close to the same size. I think
quite often it has to be an optical illusion effect that causes
the feeling that you are being cheated in the newer aspect ratio.

Maybe if the top and bottom were in some other colour it might
help.

Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn
your B&W TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the
bottom and a bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?

I remember that Which? reviewed them, with a cartoon featuring the
Blue, Orange and Green Minstrel show.


Appropriate, methinks. I didn't know Which? had a sense of humour.
--
Davey.