MrMuddle

Just had a look at Truevisions present prices - Gold is half as much again as CTH, and Platinum is over 2000 Baht ! And not all channels are HD ! Daylight robbery.

Thank you - we haven't been to Pattaya for a few years, could you please tell me which road(s) they are on ?

Fitbit or any of the other exercise trackers, are they available anywhere in Pattaya ? My wife wants one, and as we're coming tp Pattaya for a few days next month, and I would like to get her one while we're there. I realise that Lazada probably has them, but I'd like to have a good look at which one is best for her, before I buy. Any advice appreciated, thank you.

Some great replies - Thank you all.

I can remember the last time True had EPL.

My team West Ham spent most of the time on the SD Channels.

Dreadful, could hardly follow the ball at times.

CTH/GMM had all the matches on HD for half the price.

God knows why they got such a hard time on here.

Totally agree, I've had no problems whatsoever with CTH, but had plenty with TrueVisions, previously. I'll be sorry to see CTH go.

I'm not interested in the lasses, (apart from looking at them), I just need to rest my legs every few hundred yards.

Thank you, CaninBKK, I'll look them up - been looking for an excuse not to go away from home !

Hi, it looks as though we are going to be taking a trip to Pattaya, from up North, to buy a few items. Last time we were there, 3 or 4 years ago, the little walls and areas for seating along the Beach Road had been replaced by really uncomfortable benches. I assume in an effort to get rid of the girls that used to hang around them. Are the same seats still there ? I'm in my 60s and like to walk a couple of hundred yards, then sit for a while, before continuing in the same manner. Don't the local authority consider that people are on holiday and like to sit and relax ? I'd always enjoyed a few days beside the sea, but didn't like the holiday last time we were there.

Thanks for the replies. I live out in the country here, and can't find a MP3 player anywhere locally, to replace my old one, which no longer works. I mentioned this on the phone to a mate, who offered to get me one for my birthday, to save us a 12 hour round trip on the bus to Bangkok or Pattaya. Might have to have a rethink, in view of the costs involved to him.

It's my birthday next month, and a friend in the UK wants to send me one of those little personal MP3 players. The cost is under 30 Pounds UK. Is it necessary to pay any tax on this, if he sends it in the post to me, marked as a "Gift" ?

So three weeks to go, before the start of the PL season, and still no prices or details from TrueVisions ? And people complain about CTH ? Unbelievable.

Looks as though we'll be doing the rounds of the Internet companies again, to see if any of them can get a decent service to our village. True is an absolute last resort as far as I'm concerned, I hate them.

As an American- I want to see the Pound recover because it affects so many British expats who have set down homes and families overseas-especially those on fixed incomes. No one should be happy at another person's suffering.

Thank you.

It is very seldom that we read anything on TVF that comes near to the generosity of spirit expressed in the above quote.

I agree - one of the reasons I don't use ThaiVisa very much, is because of the negative attitude of so many posters on here.

I thought CTH had just chopped off half their subscribers by shutting down one of the satellite contracts it has. Doesn't look like it's well set up to be an acquisition target for anybody, let alone BeIn which does not seek to be a global satellite provider. Holding franchises for sports transmissions and selling them off at a profit to transmission companies is their business model (I may be wrong, but that's my understanding - maybe they are a transmission company in the Middle East as well).

Think that Thailand is going to let an SEA-wide transmission company extend its reach into Thailand (if it is not owned by one of the Thai great and the good)? Not going to happen I think.

Hmm, I just wonder whether the acquisition of CTH might actually have its attractions to BeIn if they are after a short-term fix for getting a foothold into the Thai satellite/cable market? By all accounts CTH look doomed in the longer term in any case!

I hope you're right - my missus will kill me if we have yet another satellite dish on the house !

Since I don't see any player in this piece who will actually care a jot about the end consumer I suspect that the negotiations will continue well into the season. The only card that True has is in a one seller/one buyer negotiation is to deny revenue to BeIn.

They're Arabs, they'd rather give it away to a competitor and screw True.

I'm fine with that, got no time for True, and the football has been OK on CTH (and yes I know I am in a minority with that opinion).

No idea what I'm going to do. The village I live in is out of range for all the fast internet services, so getting one of the other TV deals here isn't an option.

I've seen these in another forum that I'm in. I've posted twice that these are wrong, but no one seems to want to listen ! Som nam na !

Probably like a lot of others who live in Thailand, I watch at least five Premier League games live every weekend. I've lost count of how many have been spoiled by bad decisions from the officials, but it is far too many. I worry that there is so much money and so much betting in football now, that something murky is going on. The only way to ensure that nothing is amiss, is to take the final decision out of the referee on the field's hands, and make an official who has access to video replays and any other technology the person responsible for the final say in games. There has to be a better way than the present system, because it just isn't working.

no you haven't.

Maybe he's not very good at counting.

I must admit, I do prefer it when others do the counting - I find Mr Bojangles is particularly good....

Stewart Downing - the only contribution he made was causing all the unrest with the manager, (along with his brother-in-law Woodgate). hopefully they will both be gone before next season.

Please let True get it...please please!

Anyone but 'kin True, as far as I'm concerned. if it is them I will look at all other possibilities, and if they don't work out, I won't bother with the football.

It seems to be the time of year, every year at this time we get hundreds of butterflies, where we live.

I completed my retirement extension at Phitsanulok recently, and noticed the Immigration officer noted down how many extensions I have had, which was 9, without leaving the country. No idea why they have suddenly started counting them, they've never down it before, to my knowledge.

Probably like a lot of others who live in Thailand, I watch at least five Premier League games live every weekend. I've lost count of how many have been spoiled by bad decisions from the officials, but it is far too many. I worry that there is so much money and so much betting in football now, that something murky is going on. The only way to ensure that nothing is amiss, is to take the final decision out of the referee on the field's hands, and make an official who has access to video replays and any other technology the person responsible for the final say in games. There has to be a better way than the present system, because it just isn't working.

I retired as soon as I could afford it - at 38.

Please do tell how you retired at 38 ?

I could afford to. I had always saved at least half of what I earned, and I had made sound investments in property, which I then rented out. I've lived a comfortable life since then. I'm now 62 and enjoying life in Thailand.