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Old 11-12-2007, 21:13
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It seems we are are less than a year away from High Definition coming on freeview, BBC ITV 4, 5 and a few more all free... yipee...

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Do we need new freeview set top boxes or will our HD TV's with built in freeview work fine?.
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Old 11-12-2007, 21:27
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You would certainly need a new set-top box to get HD, assuming it happens? - I wouldn't get excited yet!

If you're wanting free HD I would suggest you look into FreeSat come March, which is likely to be a far better prospect.
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Old 11-12-2007, 21:47
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I was quite impressed with a HD telly in Comet.. Then they bloke told me it wasn't a HD prog on at the time.
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Old 12-12-2007, 14:58
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It seems we are are less than a year away from High Definition coming on freeview, BBC ITV 4, 5 and a few more all free... yipee...

But...

Do we need new freeview set top boxes or will our HD TV's with built in freeview work fine?.
Digital switchover in Cornwall isn't until mid-2009. The technology Ofcom want to use for HD on digital terrestrial may just be starting to become available around then. Ofcom have suggested rolling out HD with the digital switchover as the mode changes that accompany it theoretically make clearing a multiplex for HD easier to accomplish.

The range and quality of HD services on digital may be quite limited due to the bandwidth restrictions of the platform. There may be a single service from each of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five but it's very unlikely there will be any room for "a few more".

You will need a new set top box (or new iDTV) with a DVB-T2 tuner and MPEG4 decoding. The cost of first generation HD digital terrestrial receivers is likely to be relatively high compared with HD on other platforms using more mature technologies like DVB-S2.
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