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Thread ID: 112645	2010-09-15 21:10:00	2013 tipped as year for analogue TV to end	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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1137473	2010-09-16 07:47:00	the digital decoders, do they have AV out? or only HDMI?? My Zinwell 640 dose. :)	Trev (427)
1137474	2010-09-16 09:32:00	Or get one decoder and feed it to a splitter. (That is if all 6 TV's are using one antenna). Good idea! 3 TVs are on a distributed single antenna (2 are still good CRT sets - 34" Sony hooked into the stereo and a 29" Mitsy). The others are small jobs with rabbit ears, their days are numbered. Running Freeview on the computer too, from a sky dish. Edit: If the STB feeds the antenna network, does that control the channel selection?	seltsam (13470)
1137475	2010-09-16 10:22:00	Edit: If the STB feeds the antenna network, does that control the channel selection? Yes Ken	kenj (9738)
1137476	2010-09-16 10:43:00	It has been confirmed that they are going ahead with it. Dates below from the Herald. New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government announced today. Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman said the switch to digital, initially intended to completed by 2015, would provide enhanced reception, better picture quality and more channels than what is available on analogue. "There will be a substantial wider economic benefit generated by the use of freed up spectrum for new technology," he said. "Achieving DSO (digital switch over) earlier brings forward the total economic benefits which are estimated to be in the range of $1.1 billion to $2.4 billion over 20 years." Coleman said 70 per cent of New Zealand households were already watching digital TV, but the switch would be done progressively, starting in Hawke's Bay and the West Coast in September 2012, followed by the rest of the South Island in April 2013, the lower North Island, Gisborne and Taranaki in September and the rest of the North Island in November 2013. Communications and IT Minister Stephen Joyce said digital television technology made more efficient use of radio spectrum than analogue technology, and freed up a large amount of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for new uses. "We expect this spectrum will be ideal for 4G mobile technologies, which will give New Zealanders access to faster mobile broadband services and with improved coverage." Households that have Freeview, Sky or TelstraClear are already set for digital switchover. Other viewers don't need to buy a new television to make the switch, but may need to buy a set-top box and possibly a new aerial or satellite dish depending on their current equipment or location. Most new TVs have in-built tuners which will receive Freeview signals throughout most of the country, but a set top box would be required for older sets without an in-built digital tuner. The ministers said a campaign would be launched later this year to provide additional information and support. :)	Trev (427)
1137477	2010-09-16 11:07:00	Edit: If the STB feeds the antenna network, does that control the channel selection? Yes Can someone explain that to me, please? :confused: Does that mean like if you had a sky decoder and you wanted to watch one channel every other TV in the house would have to watch that channel ? :waughh: :stare:	stu161204 (123)
1137478	2010-09-16 11:20:00	That's my sneaking suspicion, but not having an STB, I just dunno :confused:	seltsam (13470)
1137479	2010-09-16 11:20:00	Isn't it nice that the all wise, all knowing Government can decide to make my working TV set obsolete whether I like that or not and with no compensation for same. I will be making a note of same and hand this on to my descendants so they can raise grievances about 160 years in the future.	Snorkbox (15764)
1137480	2010-09-16 18:39:00	Can someone explain that to me, please? :confused: Does that mean like if you had a sky decoder and you wanted to watch one channel every other TV in the house would have to watch that channel ? :waughh: :stare: That is correct as the RF feed for the other TVs comes from the decoder. I have this setup for sky where I feed other TVs the sky signal but they can only receive the channel that is selected on the decoder.	Safari (3993)
1137481	2010-09-16 20:18:00	And this is where it gets very messy - unattended (timer) recording of channels. Unless your recorder has a way to communicate with the decoder to tell it the channel to provide, you may find you record static. The challenge becomes remembering to power up the decoder and to set the correct channel on the decoder so that the video recorder / PVR will then get a signal it can record. Fine if you're only recording one item. Tears if there's programs from 2 different channels you want to record during your absence... so it's not just a nuisance with old TVs, it's also a problem for the variety of recorders that lack a digital decoder. Whatever the outcome, get prepared to blow money in multiples of $100, with the best (convenient) outcome requiring multiples of $1000 unfortunately.	Paul.Cov (425)
1137482	2010-09-16 21:23:00	That is correct as the RF feed for the other TVs comes from the decoder. I have this setup for sky where I feed other TVs the sky signal but they can only receive the channel that is selected on the decoder. You could opt for multiple decoders so you can have diff channels for each TV, but you pay more to your monthly rental.	Nomad (952)
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