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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler
The different aerial added to the chimney had some snob value... we can afford the new telly and aerial for BBC2!
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This was also a factor in the early days of satellite TV. BSB installations used a small unobtrusive 'squarial' while Sky installations needed a big white dish (because they were using a satellite cluster not originally intended for direct broadcasting). BSB thought this would give them a big marketing advantage, but the opposite was often the case - people on council estates liked having a great big dish on the side of the house as it showed their neighbours that they could afford a Sky subscription.