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New Tvs for everyone?
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Hey im not sure if this is right or which parts are right but my mum told me she heard that pretty soon if you havent got a digital tv that youll have to replace your tvs as they are changing the signal or something and the older tvs wont work!!! Does anyone know anything about this or can anyone correct what i have heard?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes it is going to stop been broadcast next year. But if you have a digi box or sky then it will not be a problem as the recievers are allready in digital format and the older TVs can still be used with them. Probably the cheapest way is to buy a free-veiw digibox for around �40 and connect it to your existing TV. rather than replace the set. but you will need a scart socket on the tv though !!!
'Next year' is wrong. It will be in stages, depending where you live, between 2008 and 2012.
But yes, gasman is correct otherwise.
2008 � Border
2009 - Westcountry, Wales (previously HTV Wales), Granada
2010 � West (previously HTV West), Grampian, Scottish
2011 � Central, Yorkshire, Anglia
2012 � Meridian, London (previously Carlton/LWT), Tyne Tees, Ulster
But yes, gasman is correct otherwise.
2008 � Border
2009 - Westcountry, Wales (previously HTV Wales), Granada
2010 � West (previously HTV West), Grampian, Scottish
2011 � Central, Yorkshire, Anglia
2012 � Meridian, London (previously Carlton/LWT), Tyne Tees, Ulster
Hi all,
The staggered dates is to enable all areas to receive digital TV before the big change.
I bought a Satellite dish and receiver from Maplins and set it up for Astra 2 Satellite, this enables me to receive digital TV from all the regions in the UK plus lots of other stations. By moving the dish I can pick up every satellite on the northern hemisphere.
The only UK stations that I cannot receive are Channel 4 & 5 as they are decrypted, however I have been told that they will soon be available.
Well worth the �60 that I paid.
Regards
The staggered dates is to enable all areas to receive digital TV before the big change.
I bought a Satellite dish and receiver from Maplins and set it up for Astra 2 Satellite, this enables me to receive digital TV from all the regions in the UK plus lots of other stations. By moving the dish I can pick up every satellite on the northern hemisphere.
The only UK stations that I cannot receive are Channel 4 & 5 as they are decrypted, however I have been told that they will soon be available.
Well worth the �60 that I paid.
Regards
freak - I did mean a freeview box and apparently the whole of the UK will be freeview enabled before the old signals are switched off.
This will still be received through the aerial, and then into the box.
The satellite system CSG mentions is a good solution - but not everyone is allowed to have dishes outside their homes.
I have telewest free tv. It gives the basic freeview channels through a cable.
This will still be received through the aerial, and then into the box.
The satellite system CSG mentions is a good solution - but not everyone is allowed to have dishes outside their homes.
I have telewest free tv. It gives the basic freeview channels through a cable.
As MattK says, it will free up lots of bandwith, with little benefit to the customer but the government will make huge amounts of cash by selling new licences to broadcasters.
I can't get freeview in my area, because although there is a freeview TV transmitter less than a mile away, I am in the shadow of a hill and the nearest other transmitters signal is too weak to reach me. I have a freeview box that I can't use because of this.
I can't get freeview in my area, because although there is a freeview TV transmitter less than a mile away, I am in the shadow of a hill and the nearest other transmitters signal is too weak to reach me. I have a freeview box that I can't use because of this.
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