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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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On 3/15/24 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-03-15 14:40, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote:
>> > On 15.03.24 14:04, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> >> On 2024-03-15 13:49, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote:
>> >>> On 15.03.24 12:34, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> >>>> On 2024-03-15 07:42, J=F6rg Lorenz wrote:
>> >>>>> On 14.03.24 21:13, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> [...]
>> >>>>>> It is so in his country, to my understanding.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The Swiss I know have a tendency to think that the changes appl=
ied in
>> >>>>>> their country have also been applied elsewhere :-D
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Like no TV over the air.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Very Old Style! We use satellite or fibre-based IP-TV. More=20
>> >>>>> reliable and
>> >>>>> much better quality.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Tsk, tsk. Actually, in Spain, some channels transmit in better qu=
ality
>> >>>> over the air than via fibre. Just a fact, they do.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> BTW: Classical TV is a thing of the past.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I know you would say that. But it is not classical TV over here, =
it is
>> >>>> digital, and it is going strong.
>> >>>
>> >>> You do not know what classical TV is: Linear TV. Has nothing to do=
 with
>> >>> digital or not.
>> >>
>> >> Analog TV over the air is dead here; it is probably what you call
>> >> "linear TV". Digital TV broadcasted over the air, which is somethin=
g you
>> >> Swiss do not have and probably did not even seriously tried, is
>> >> flourishing.
>> >=20
>> > You really do not understand linear TV and modern TV concepts at all=
=2E
>> >=20
>> > For your: https://www.vplayed.com/blog/what-is-linear-tv/
>>=20
>> Maybe because it is a concept used only by you. Instead of insulting, =

>> you could start the conversation by describing it.
>=20
>    Exactly! His term "classical TV" didn't mean a thing to me, way too
> ambiguous. OTOH, I knew what "linear TV" means.

Is it the opposite of logarithmic TV?  I've been watching it since 1948=20
or so and I've never heard that term.  OTA?

>> Now that I know what you mean, I say "no, it is not a thing of the pas=
t,=20
>> except in Switzerland", which is what I said initially.
>=20


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Cheers, Bev
  The early bird gets the worm, the second mouse gets the cheese.