Hi JackyI understand that. The programme you are watching has to have AD for you to receive it. What I was really asking was that you don't need Sky to received it, Freeview will?
Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
Hi BarbaraIf what you buy has AD, then you will receive it. Watch the wording "compatible", because while it means you can get it with a source transmitting it, it doesn't follow the device has it built-in. So just be careful of the wording.Jackie Cairns Braille Specialist Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Tel: 01604 798024 Mob: 07887 883815 www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message-----From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara WilsonSent: 31 December 2009 14:58 To: Access-UK Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description Hi Can I just have this clarified to make myself 100% sure please?If I buy a TV with either built-in freeview or an external box, and the TV is AD compatible, then I will be able to access audio description? I do not need to be connected to a Sky box to access AD if I have Freeview?This is how I understand it.This morning I went to Currys, thinking they would be able to help. I don't expect them to know everything about every TV they have, but I assumed they'd know what AD is given that they are a huge TV retailer.I asked one of the assistants and he said he knew what I was after. He then disappeared and reappeared after a minute, saying he would have to go and ask "The big boss", So clearly he did not know what I was after.The "Big boss", Arrived after about 10 minutes and proceeded to tell me that to get audio description I had to contact the RNIB and download it from them and that was the only way to get AD. After that I knew it was going to be a long morning! I explained this wasn't the case and he seemed quite amazed that such a thing existed in TVs. He then said if I picked out some sets they would try them. I picked out an LG and a couple of Samsungs and he proceeded to open the box of a rather cheap Digitrex and spend 10 minutes reading the manual. Then he decided to try the LG. It did not have it. I then asked him to try the Samsungs and he proceeded to try another Digitrex. Clearly a make they are trying hard to shift. He eventually tried one of the Samsungs but it did not have it. I was about to ask him to try the remaining two when he told me I would not get it in Currys and he was sorry he couldn't help me. I interpreted this as go away.So I did.He seemed clueless and unprepared to provide the assistance I expected off such a store.Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4732 (20091231) __________The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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