Well I suppose it keeps the old boys occupied and its a technical challenge to convert the digital signal of freeview to 405 lines (the first form of black and white TV which was closed down in 1985)
RICHARD Howard has got the country’s oldest digital television – it’s a stunning 51 YEARS old.
Mr Howard, 59, was a schoolboy when his dad bought the family’s first TV for £113 in 1957.
And more than half a century and a few repairs and modern tweaks later, the old post-war screen is now hooked up to a Freeview box and DVD player.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=NewsRegional&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED14%20Jun%202008%2009%3A23%3A47%3A070
