Digital
Between 2008 and 2012 analogue signals will be gradually switched off and replaced with digital. The main reason for the switch is quality. The quality of digital broadcasts are far better than analogue. The picture is clearer, the sound is sharper and digital TVs allow for interactive features and onscreen channel guides.
Many people assume that switching over will be expensive, however, it needn't be, the costs depend solely on the choices you make.
Your digital choices fall in to two categories; an upfront cost or a monthly subscription. In the long term an upfront cost works out far cheaper. Based on Sky's basic package against the Tvonics MDR-250 you could save over £160 a year!
It is easy to switch to digital with TVonics. There is no complicated installation process and whether you have a scart socket or not we have a digital Freeview box for you. Visit our online store and find the right Digital Box for you.
Benefits of the Digital TV Switchover
This digital TV switchover will ensure that most people in the UK will be able to receive digital TV through a Freeview aerial. It also uses less broadcast space. Therefore, after the switchover, there will be more room for services like high definition television, wireless broadband internet and local television services since the new format is much more efficient. It will also reduce the cost of broadcasting the same content in both digital and analogue form. For those people who do not currently have digital TVs, they need to convert their TVs to digital before their area switches over.
Increasing the prevalence of digital TV across the country provides users with a wider range of television channels, new interactive features and on-screen TV listings, subtitles, and options for additional premium channels and services.
The digital TV switchover will also help the UK keep up with other countries. Most European states will have also done the digital switchover by the end of 2012, and this change in digital TV will ensure that the UK remains on the forefront of technology.
Equipment
The digital Tick logo located on digital TV equipment tells you that certain products are designed to work throughout the digital TV switchover. This logo belongs to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). digital UK is licensed to coordinate key aspects of this. BERR has also created an action plan to increase the availability of a wider range of digital TV receivers in the UK that incorporate best practice features that will transfer through the switchover.
