You pay a price for being an early adopter. 'twas ever thus. There were no integrated DVB-T TVs in the UK for quite some time after digital services launched, because there were too few places in Europe where manufacturers could actually sell them. And now we have a situation where your 'integrated' digital TV probably isn't capable of receiving HD.
Over in the USA they paid the price for being early adopters of colour TV broadcasts. They settled on the NTSC* standard and endured decades of dreadfully mushy pictures as a result.
*Often referred to as Never Twice the Same Colour.
