London DSO

RIP ANALOGUE TELEVISION IN LONDON: 1936-2012
RIP CRYSTAL PALACE ANALOGUE SERVICES: 1956-2012
RIP CEEFAX IN LONDON: 1974-2012.

END OF AN ERA.

Digital muxes starting to disappear now.

RIP ORIGINAL DIGITAL MUXES IN LONDON: 1998-2012.

END OF AN ERA.

RIP BAMBOOZLE: 1993-2wait no.

On this most historic of nights - I would like to end by "borrowing" and slightly re-wording a great speech from the late Richard Whiteley.


"As the countdown to the digital switchover ends, a brand new countdown begins.... 100 days until the London Olympics!".

That was a 4 gone conclusion ... buh-bm-tish!

Bad anorak, I slept through the whole thing... YouTube anyone?

Makes me remember when the Channel Islands switched off. I never did get round to putting on YouTube the cut off that I recorded which I think may still be kicking around on the DVD recorder mainly cause it was just someone pulling the plug nothing nice like the CH4 testcard.

Ceefax lovers mourning its demise might like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17745100

Courtesy: Arqiva

As with when I saw Winter Hill DSO at my parents' house, initially some boxes seem to be putting "inferior" versions of channels on the correct number with the correct/strongest ones in the 80s. This morning on my Humax I had CH23's BBC Mux in the 800s and a version from CH60/61 on 1/2 etc complete with glitching (which I can't work out with a bit of research on Digital UK where they might be coming from - obvious answer for me is Ally Pally but that doesn't seem right). All the other digital tuners (in TVs/DVD recorders) I have seemed to sort it fine.

Nothing that a bit of manual tuning won't sort out for me, but do wonder if some elderly/less techy viewers will have issues with that.

Edit: actually, perhaps it's coming from Reigate?