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Old 23-08-2009, 07:38 PM #1
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Border - 2008-09
Westcountry, Granada - 2009
Wales - 2009-10
West, STV North - 2010-11
STV Central - 2010-11
Central, Yorkshire, Anglia - 2011
Meridian, London, Tyne Tees, Ulster - 2012

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Some of you have to wait ages lol. Wales was done August 12th
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Good job my TV in my bedroom already has digital TV in it. But the living room TV still has the "digi box" so my rents will have to purchase a new TV before 2011
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Im surprised Wales of all places turned digital first lol
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2010-2011.

We have Digital Boxes anyway.
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We were switched over in May.
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http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/


FreesatHD
is the best
with ITV HD and BBCHD

One Off to buy it
and works on a Sky Dish.

Freeview in some places will never be picked up
so FreesatHD is the best out there

And more channels than out of date Freeview
http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/freesat-channels

If your TV has a HDMI connection
then Freesat HD

If not
then Freesat.




Sign Of The Times.
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Laura- Freeview, Sky ect. Analog signal is being switched off for good in a few years.

12th of August.. only ITV has gone here though so far :P
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What's Digital??

When the Old style TV pick up gets turn off

Then
Freeview
FreesatHD
Freesat
Sky & Sky HD
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Virgin Media


Will be all that is left.
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Ooh thanks Soph!

I havn't had analog since we got a 3rd Sky+ box,they said we could have one dish for 3 sky tellys and no analog or get an extra dish and keep analog so we got rid
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Im surprised Wales of all places turned digital first lol

It was used as a Test.
To find out how many old had problem changing.
And how many could not get Freeview at all.


And Reports showed a Whole Valley Angry as they could not have Cable or Freeview.

Freesat at that time was still being worked on.

Many had no choice but to have Sky.
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Im surprised Wales of all places turned digital first lol

It was used as a Test.
To find out hyow many old had problem changing.
And how many could not get Freeview at all.
Ahh yeah because Wales is remote and will be harder to pick up signal than somewhere central like London.
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Im surprised Wales of all places turned digital first lol

It was used as a Test.
To find out how many old had problem changing.
And how many could not get Freeview at all.

Devon & West country were done before Wales. Wales were August. We were May down here.
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One bloke in a remote area in Devon
was very Angry with the BBC
as he could never pick up Freeview.
He phoned Radio 5.

At that time Freesat was not out
http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/freesat-channels
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2012

we have freeview in our house anyway, as does almost everyone
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Granada is 4th November this year so not far to go now
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