Digital switchover is almost upon my area. The old analogue TVs are within weeks of obsolescence. As those who have already made the leap will testify, there are many reasons to be cheerful about this. For one thing there are elderly people out there who have never seen The Bourne Identity. It was, as we all know, written into Freeview’s articles of incorporation that there should always be one of the Bourne movies showing – preferably the middle one. Don’t misunderstand me; I value that fact that with Freeview you can be certain there is always a good film on telly; I just wish it wasn’t always the same good film. I’m not knocking the Bourne films; it’s just that they lose something on the seventh showing.
數字電視轉換馬上就要進行到我所在的區域了。老式的模擬電視在幾周之內就會被淘汰。已經經歷了這一跨越的人將能證明，有許多理由爲此歡呼。首先，有許多老年人還沒有看過電影《伯恩的身份》（The Bourne Identity，又譯作《諜影重重》）。我們都知道，在Freeview的公司章程中寫明瞭，總會有一部伯恩系列電影在播放——最好是第二部。不要誤解我的意思。對於有了Freeview、你總能保證電視上在播放一部好電影這一點，我表示認同。我只是希望，不要永遠是同一部好電影。我不是在批評伯恩系列電影，只不過，在播放到第七遍的時候，某些東西就失去味道了。