Re:Please do not write below the line
by Xophmeister on Monday October 21, 2024 @07:10PM
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Since the switch to digital, presumably there’s no longer and signal for B&W TVs.
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There has rarely (if ever) been a separate broadcast signal for B&W vs colour. Broadcasts began in B&W, over time upgraded to colour, but there wasn't a need to broadcast Channel <whatever> in B&W and broadcast the same channel in colour on a different frequency.
One single broadcast signal, and different capabilities of receivers.
Re:Please do not write below the line
by Xophmeister on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:31PM
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But surely B&W TVs only exist with analog tuners?
Oh, I misunderstood the point you were making.
I guess you _could_ have a modern digital receiver with SCART-out (if such a thing exists) to a B&W TV. This BBC article (2018) claims 7,000 people watching TV with a B&W licence – whether they were actually watching it in B&W is not known :-D