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Vandan Borre staff: “broadcast TV was eliminated in Belgium” (fedia.io)

submitted 1 month ago by ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io to c/Belgium

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(crossposted to !right_to_unplug@sopuli.xyz)

Krefel and Electro Depot have TVs on display, but they have no ability to demo TV tuning ability. Electro Depot even sells indoor and outdoor antennas. Sales people said they actually are /not allowed/ to show anything on the screens other than the OEM demo video. WTF? Sales people are actually micromanaged by this constraint that prevents them doing their job.

I’m like: “sell me this TV.. show me that it has a working tuner.”
Sales: “can’t do that”

Electro Depot should be embarassed because they sell antennas too. Yet they cannot show that they actually work in their showroom.

Then I went to Vandan Borre. Same situation, but even more embarrassing: their demo radios are not powered. So you cannot even see whether a DAB radio decodes the album art and shows it. You cannot even hear how it sounds.

Vanden Borre staff: go see the FNAC showroom.

LOL. Are you fucking kidding me?

Also Vanden Borre staff: “broadcast TV does not exist in Belgium. It was eliminated. You have to subscribe to a provider (Telenet, Proximus, etc).”

This seems to explain my problem. But then why is Electro Depot selling antennas? The antennas cover both TV and radio ranges, so it could be for radio, but it’s obviously a bit off that they have no sign posting or disclosure to say TV tuning is impossible in Belgium.

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