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To: flatsville who wrote (8562)	2/10/2000 12:15:00 PM
From: clochard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

TVs are more expensive here in Europe and we don't have 3000 square foot houses to put them in. Also, we have to pay for TV viewing with a licence fee of around $160 in the UK. Some people might be trying to escape the licence by hiding their TV in the computer with such a card. I was commenting about RealPlayer earlier, which is a real alternative to normal TV and radio in that it gets the signals over the internet direct from the sources. No cable company to bitch at for not carrying a particular channel. I watch Bloomberg TV now, something I didn't have on cable or satellite, even in the states. All you need is a reasonably fast internet connection. I can get acceptable quality on my 56k dial-up here in London. Next month I'm getting ADSL and it should be even better.