I bet there's millions of us not ready for Digital switchover
stirlingguy1
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Now, Im quite media/techincally-savvy but I bet many of us are not ready for swtichover. How many people have a TV set in their bedrooms that arent digital? Or portable TVs in their caravans? Or handheld tvs?
I have one satellite dish, one big TV in the lounge with Sky. But...I also have 6 TVs around the house which are non-digital. I wouldnt have the foggiest about if its possible to connect these to the satellite dish.
I have one satellite dish, one big TV in the lounge with Sky. But...I also have 6 TVs around the house which are non-digital. I wouldnt have the foggiest about if its possible to connect these to the satellite dish.
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It's not just getting the digi box for some people, they have to upgrade aerial as well for a decent picture, done my way can have problems getting channel 5, not that I miss it.
Don't know what it will be like signal wise when full switchover is complete, as at the mo picture can be tempermental on some channels, apparently the signal in my area can't be boosted as it pisses off the French across the water:D
Otherwise, you could look at getting Freeview boxes for the portables. Not as many channels but it's better than nothing.
Our switchover isn't until 2012 but I still watch terrestrial a lot, it'll take getting used to.
In this case it's absolutely inexcusable. It's been plugged for YEARS on TV.
Really what more can anyone actually do for people? Break into their homes and force an upgrade?
A Freeview box is now free with a box of cornflakes so why is it that people are still having problems? Do they like rubbish pictures with ghosting?
I bet there will actually be people screaming blue murder on the day they pull the analogue plug and queueing up in front of TV news cameras to say "Oh well they never told us anything about it." And "Oh I don't understand all that stuff, I want to remain ignorant and never educate myself in even the most simplest things. That way I get people to do everything for me whilst I sit back"
There is no acceptable excuse for this at all.
No freeview coverage in my area
Correction:
Those who refuse to switch over WILL be punished by loss of TV service
And rightly so.
The only people who have the excuse not to have switched are the mentally ill who probably have no idea of such things.
we switch in feb 09:P
got a box for the old tv. nice and clear, and many more channels.
analog is the pits
Once analogue is switched off you will probably be able to receive Freeview, as the signal will be much stronger.
In most cases you need to do very little.
If you are presently in an area that gets digital, just carry on as normal but with a digital box on each of your telly's (cost about £20 each from any of the lagre super markets).
If you are in an area that presently does not get digital, get a digital box for each TV nearer the time (they will probably be about £5 by then) and get ready to connect when the time comes.
People who are off a main transmitter (and probably getting freeview already) will get the full range of freeview channels,
People who presently dont get it are probably receiving from a relay transmitter and are likely to only get a limited range of freeview after switchover. (Still about 30 or 40 channels but not the 80 or so that main transmitters will show).
A small number of people will want to switch from relay transmitter to main transmitter to get the full range of channels, these people will probably need a new aerial.
if its anything like ours its just a digital reciever box you attach to old tvs. works sorta like a cable box. for us it resizes any hd streams to sd as well for old tvs. but according to wiki i guess freeview is strange in ur country. we don't have a single company controlling digital tv. just different networks licensing spectrum from the government and they've been putting out hd broadcasts for years now beside their analog broadcasts. so no pay broadcast service is possible in the us, its all free.
new tvs all have digital receivers.
digital is always perfectly clear if you get enough signal.
see post 17
I'm fairly media-savvy but I really don't understand what's being switched over. All the main channels are already available on digital TV (and radio) - what else is going to be switched over?
For people unsure, its extremely simple to turn digital, just buy a £15 digital freeview box from argos and connect it to the scart on the back of your TV and away you go.
OK some areas are still not getting good reception, like my friends have a caravan not too far from us and they do not get digital yet, but once the switch over happens the signal will be boosted much higher and everywhere will be able to get it so don't worry about that either.
My old 26inch CRT is upstairs not being used, when I change things around I will put it so I can use it, not sure how often I will, I have got a Thomson DHD4000 PVr, which I may put on it or I may put the TUTV on that one and the Thomson down here. I have also got a old Grundig set top box, which I may use.
My DVd recorder which have a built in hard drive have a analogue tuner and I use that for the 5 main channels, because the quality is better.
My parents are ready, they got a set top box, but want to get a flat screen at sme point so they don't have a box under the T.v, they don't bother recording
I know three households that don't have any digital T.V. One is going to wait until 2011 which is when we change. I expect she is waiting to get free stuff as she is a OAP, but as she have lots of money, I think it is a disgrace that she is waiting to see what she can get for free.
Another household is not going to bother, they have a very old Baird T.V, which I doubt will be working by the time we change over and they have both said that when the T.v goes, they wil not bother with another one as they only watch a little bit now.
The last household is just not interested and looking in a T.V mag don't think it is worth bothering with until they have to and then they might just forget about T.V
All of my close family have got digital T.V, either by Sky or Freeview.
Myself I think digital T.v is not all it is cracked up to be and I think it is wrong that people are being forced into this.
double broadcasting will stop. analog held over during transition period go bye bye. granny turns on telly...and sees snow