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Turkey Machine · 26-10-2008, 22:56

People complained about it in much the same way when DVB-S2 was introduced for H.264/AVC High Definition satellite broadcasting. That required an upgrade of hardware, and is still prohibitively expensive, even for PCs. It was only inevitable H.264 and HD would make its way to Terrestrial, and only inevitable that there will be early problems because the standard (DVB-T2) has either only recently been ratified, or is due to be before the end of the year. But at least it's backwards compatible with DVB-T.

Stockists are still selling analogue TVs even though the signals are being switched off in the next 3 years, and I think the UK should pass similar legislation to the US when they moved from analogue to digital; they outlawed the selling of analogue TVs in all commercial stores to avoid confusion among consumers.

If companies can make DVB-T2 devices affordable, I can see the uptake being wider than Freesat HD.

26-10-2008, 22:56	#14
Turkey Machine Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norwich Age: 35 Services: Company LLU internet, soon-to-be company FTTC internet at 56Mb/20Mb! Posts: 1,895	Re: Freeview-HD to launch in 2009 People complained about it in much the same way when DVB-S2 was introduced for H.264/AVC High Definition satellite broadcasting. That required an upgrade of hardware, and is still prohibitively expensive, even for PCs. It was only inevitable H.264 and HD would make its way to Terrestrial, and only inevitable that there will be early problems because the standard (DVB-T2) has either only recently been ratified, or is due to be before the end of the year. But at least it's backwards compatible with DVB-T. Stockists are still selling analogue TVs even though the signals are being switched off in the next 3 years, and I think the UK should pass similar legislation to the US when they moved from analogue to digital; they outlawed the selling of analogue TVs in all commercial stores to avoid confusion among consumers. If companies can make DVB-T2 devices affordable, I can see the uptake being wider than Freesat HD.