Digital Switch Over

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digital switch over has your area switched and is there any major difference, as usual west midlands is last :( just wondered what all fuss was about
 
you just get more crap channels to watch.lol

and you get an epg too.. yay
 
You shouldn't really notice anything, apart from using a set top box or the built in freeview. I been using a dreambox for years so I dont know if we switched over yet or not lol
 
Switched quite a while ago in the Manchester area, not noticed any difference... Freeview hd channels are available here but i've never used them.
 
Ive had this TV around 6 years and never used the internal tuner lol
always either sat box,cable box or freeview box :)
April next year for my area though :)
 
freeview round my area is pretty pants, its hard to get a decent signal but some of my neighbours have a good signal, even with a new aerial i struggle which will probably be down to the trees etc

my question is once the digital switchover is done will they increase the signal strengh that my local station currently outputs?
 
freeview round my area is pretty pants, its hard to get a decent signal but some of my neighbours have a good signal, even with a new aerial i struggle which will probably be down to the trees etc

my question is once the digital switchover is done will they increase the signal strengh that my local station currently outputs?

No, there will be no change in strength of signal, there will be more bandwidth available for HD broadcast, more channels and some spectrum to sell off for other uses.

You have to remember that there is no difference in the aerial required for analogue or digital broadcast. The difference is that analogue is more forgiving of poor signal. With digital broadcast, if there is a missing part of the signal its much more noticeable.
 
i had them round a couple of months back as i didnt have a feed in the bedroom and they fitted one for me, which i since had to redo because they made a shit job of it, but he did say at the time they will be boasting the signal but never said by how much.
 
No, there will be no change in strength of signal,



im pretty sure that i read somwhere that when winter hill switched from analogue to digital that the transmitter output went from 10.000w to 100.000w. i take my tv feed from a switchbox/array fitted by a***line for the council and the signal is poor sometimes and i loose about a third of my channels after midnight. regards mdt
 
napster said:
digital switch over has your area switched and is there any major difference, as usual west midlands is last just wondered what all fuss was about

The first thing you'll likely notice is a distinct drop in picture quality on most channels. Its amazing how poor a freeview digital picture looks in comparison to a good analog picture (regardless of stb). Even the main BBC channels, which use relatively high bitrates, are inferior to a good analog picture.

No, there will be no change in strength of signal, there will be more bandwidth available for HD broadcast, more channels and some spectrum to sell off for other uses.

You have to remember that there is no difference in the aerial required for analogue or digital broadcast. The difference is that analogue is more forgiving of poor signal. With digital broadcast, if there is a missing part of the signal its much more noticeable.

Most areas that run both analog and digital signals tended to run the digital service on a very reduced power level. When analog is switched off these areas usually dramatically increase the transmitted power level of the digital signal.

Whilst what you mention about aerials is true enough you have to remember that there are some area's where the frequency has switched significantly into a new frequency group. If your in one of these areas and had a group aerial installed (rather than wideband) then you may require a new aerial. Afaik, these areas are likely to be fed by local relay transmitters rather than the main regional transmitters.
 
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We had switch over on 17th and had to do a re-tune but wont get freeview hd until end of the month.
 
The first thing you'll likely notice is a distinct drop in picture quality on most channels. Its amazing how poor a freeview digital picture looks in comparison to a good analog picture (regardless of stb). Even the main BBC channels, which use relatively high bitrates, are inferior to a good analog picture.



Most areas that run both analog and digital signals tended to run the digital service on a very reduced power level. When analog is switched off these areas usually dramatically increase the transmitted power level of the digital signal.

Whilst what you mention about aerials is true enough you have to remember that there are some area's where the frequency has switched significantly into a new frequency group. If your in one of these areas and had a group aerial installed (rather than wideband) then you may require a new aerial. Afaik, these areas are likely to be fed by local relay transmitters rather than the main regional transmitters.

Thanks for the info, from that I had read I didn't think there was going to be a change in power levels. I did know about the frequency changes, what annoys me is when people talk about digital aerials.
 
as far as i know, all the power level will be at 100% at change over
 
We had switch over on 17th and had to do a re-tune but wont get freeview hd until end of the month.

im getting HD on freeview at the moment, do you me after the rescan we will lose them for a while.
 
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