[LINK] Digital television take up and multi-channelling

[Craig Sanders]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 11:33:04AM +1000, David Boxall wrote:
> I prefer digital, even for the basics like news. Analogue seems muddy 
> in comparison. So far, standard definition is good enough.            

have to agree there. the picture quality is better (better reception,
esp. on ABC), the current/next program display is useful.  

you don't need a new wide-screen tv for digital, it's nice but not
essential. HD & SD set-top boxes can output to either 4:3 or 16:9
screens.

and with cheap set-top boxes currently not much more than $100, i
don't see that there'll be any need to keep analog going past 2008 (or
whenever the cutoff date is supposed to be). by then the boxes will be
under $50.



as far as i can tell, the main problem with digital TV is the same
as the problem with cable and pay tv - the legislation is designed
primarily to protect the interests of the incumbent free-to-air
commercial TV stations, with any other considerations coming in a very
distant second.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)