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In the next few years I believe analog signals will no longer be transmitted. As the analog signal for the freeview comes through the aerial cable before being digitised how will we be able to use Freeview in future?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If you live in a good reception area for digital tv you may not have to change your aerial.
Some people will have to buy a new aerial.
You will need a freeview receiver of some kind - either incorporated into a television, or through a digibox. This is because the analogue tuner inside non-digital televisions cannot receive digital signals.
Some people will have to buy a new aerial.
You will need a freeview receiver of some kind - either incorporated into a television, or through a digibox. This is because the analogue tuner inside non-digital televisions cannot receive digital signals.
> I always assumed the digital box did the conversion?
The digital box DOES do the conversion, but it converts the DIGITAL freeview signal that is sent out to ANALOGUE so the TV can display it.
In your question you say "the analogue signal from freeview" but that is the whole point, the freeview signal is SENT OUT as digital and received by your aerial as digital.
But because most TVs are analogue you need a box to convert the digital signal to analogue so the TV can display it.
The digital box DOES do the conversion, but it converts the DIGITAL freeview signal that is sent out to ANALOGUE so the TV can display it.
In your question you say "the analogue signal from freeview" but that is the whole point, the freeview signal is SENT OUT as digital and received by your aerial as digital.
But because most TVs are analogue you need a box to convert the digital signal to analogue so the TV can display it.