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Originally Posted by Chris
I can’t believe this is still a thing, so many years after digital switchover and the launch of HD services. In the long run it would surely have been simpler to can Freeview altogether and standardise on Freesat service.
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Not everyone can have a dish, some still have to put up with indoor aerials.
They probably learned from Freeview and put the required systems in place for Freesat. There
may be a historical technical hurdle inadvertently introduced by the rushed introduction of Freeview after the On/ITV Digital collapse, that made an HD/SD swap facility difficult to implement at the time of switchover.