Digital TV is a money-maker without benefits

From: M P Fitzgerald, The Crescent, Northallerton.

I FOUND it interesting that other readers are having difficulty with digital TV reception.

Until mid-September, I had perfect analogue reception from Yorkshire TV but since then lost everything from the Emley Moor transmitter. I bought a new digital set, but it is impossible to re-tune it, and the shop staff tell me that the digital signal is too weak from Yorkshire, which left me with having to use Tyne Tees which I can only get via my VHS video machine.

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Even then the picture is poorer, and BBC2 seems to have sound problems which spoils trying to watch The Weakest Link and Eggheads as I can’t hear the questions.

These so called expert “know-it-alls” like Katie Fryer (Yorkshire Post, November 25) have no idea how much misery was caused by switching off a perfectly good analogue system, and leaving viewers with an expensive changeover, and then finding it not even covering the same area properly. Apparently in this area, a digital signal can be found from the Newcastle transmitter, if a dish aerial is used, but I only have the standard swordfish style aerial.

I see from the letter from Arthur Quarmby (Yorkshire Post, November 17) that he has problems in Holmfirth and Terry Duncan from Bridlington (Yorkshire Post, November 28) also has difficulties, so this is a widespread problem and those who decided to switch off the good signal should have made sure that it would be replaced in all areas by an equally good or even better signal than the old one.

I don’t suppose the Government would consider reducing the licence fee for those who have lost their programmes. I think digital is just a money-making scheme with no user benefits at all.