Idiots

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3930739.stm

Everyone please tell them how irritating this is, please. customer.responses@centraltrains.co.uk

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[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

The article says "The company said it could extend the 21-inch screens to all its 323 trains."

That suggests that it's big screens in the middle of the aisle, not individual screens, hence not-switch-offable. They're not offering a choice, they're offering a "range of news and sports programmes", which suggests to me that they're just putting on something like Sky News with custom ads.

I find having a flickering TV in the corner of my vision to be quite distracting if I'm trying to read. It's not the first anyway, they've got TVs on the Heathrow Express.

[songster.livejournal.com]

Hum - I did interpret it as individual screens. I didn't focus on the subtle difference between a range of programmes and a range of channels - which latter would imply individual screens.