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Thread ID: 109027 2010-04-21 03:22:00 Digital freeview in Taranaki Gobe1 (6290) PC World Chat
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878773 2010-04-21 04:29:00 The prob isnt with Freeview, the prob is there is NO UHF HD transmitter on Mt Egmont. Which is probably where it would be broadcast from. If it existed.

However, it looks like there is a UHF transmitter for Sky there somewhere. But it wont be HD either. And the only way Freeview will get it is if Sky give it (altho, it probably wont work anyway). The closest transmitter near you by the looks of it, are Wharite / Ohakune and Hamilton
Speedy Gonzales (78)
878774 2010-04-21 04:42:00 Join the club, we've got none in Nelson either! :( wratterus (105)
878775 2010-04-21 04:43:00 That makes sense Speedy, and they wont want to upgrade the transmitter as it only covers half of Taranaki...
Wonder if i got a tall pole and see if i could get a signal from waikato....Na too hard and would probably be so high i restrict airpspace here
Guess it is hiring BR for me forever

EDIT: sucks eh Wratt
Gobe1 (6290)
878776 2010-04-21 05:07:00 They have satellite coverage there, no? inphinity (7274)
878777 2010-04-21 05:09:00 Yup, BUT by the sounds of it, Gobe wants HD which satellite doesnt have / support Speedy Gonzales (78)
878778 2010-04-21 05:09:00 They have satellite coverage there, no?

Yeah but it's just not the same... :groan:

For me it's just as much the quality as the ease of use having a TV with a built in tuner, there's enough bloody STBs, decoders and cables behind the TV as it is.
wratterus (105)
878779 2010-04-21 05:19:00 hehe, fair enough :) inphinity (7274)
878780 2010-04-21 09:59:00 I hear that for us in Taranaki we will get freeview HD before end of 2012. radium (8645)
878781 2010-04-21 10:20:00 I know a few people who sell electronics in chain stores, and they have been told that Invercargill will get freeview HD in about 3 years. That is a very different story than you will get if you email them - probably the same situation all over the country.

I hope the chain stores are right, but I'm not holding my breath.
Greven (91)
878782 2010-04-21 22:10:00 Woohoo, sounds good. I would just like them to confirm it is actually gonna be done one day. I have all the gear to watch HD (TV etc) but no available signal :(
I might get SD for now jsut to improve the picture a little and give me a few channels C4 etc
Good luck Greven and Wratt, hopefully oneday it will happen
Gobe1 (6290)
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