Thread: SD SD and STB's to go by 2020 claims David Elstein.
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Old 17-03-2014, 23:18   #45
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Re: SD and STB's to go by 2020 claims David Elstein.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
I'd put money on it not happening, but worst case your Nan would only need to get a HD-capable decoder. Similar to how people with analogue-only TVs are able to watch digital TV.
Slightly more difficult when they will likely have a SD tv.

Of course, when 2020 arrives it will be cheap enough to have a STB that includes a scaler to downscale HD content to allow it to work with any set.
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