Comments on: Digital switch timetable

By: Garth Henderson

Garth Henderson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:10:28 +0000

Why do we need to drop analogue. And I want a decent reason from some politician (or reference to some press release that they have put together) not some half baked idea by some bloke who thinks he knows something about TV please…

By: ash

ash — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:27:16 +0000

turn off analog before 2013 in perth i think 2011
in all metro areas

By: Robert G Scott

Robert G Scott — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:03:35 +0000

In Reply to Andrew on the 21 October 2008. American spellings have eaten their way into our version of the Queen’s English. I believe those of us that can still read & write the Queens English should educate these poor people that can’t.

The American, Webster changed a lot of English spelling in north America after 1776 for several reasons. One of them was to distance themselves from the English after a fairly bloody revolution involving the British government.

We are Australians, not Americans, thank the fates for that. We could also do without a lot of the American content on commercial television. Maybe that’s where our young people are picking up all this American spelling and bad English grammar from. By the way, Colour is the correct English spelling. The yanks leave the U out.

I for one would like to see more Australian, British, Scottish & Irish content on Television. Why, well that’s where the majority of us came from and our way of life is mostly styled on the culture of the above mentioned countries.

By: Robert G Scott

Robert G Scott — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:31:48 +0000

Living on the west Coast of Tasmania in a small town called Waratah. Our Television services are very minimal. Till just recently we only received analogue transmissions. ABC, WIN and Prime. We now get ABC Digital, 1,2 and 3 plus HD ABC and two digital radio stations. No sign of SBS. The analogue stations are so weak that reception is impossible without a masthead Antenna amplifier. Tasmania is so mountainous on the west coast that UHF TV signals don’t propagate very well. It would have been more prudent to keep a couple of VHF transmitters in service for digital, but then that would require a special receiver ( set top box ). I wonder if commercial television will even bother going digital for most of the west coast. Most small towns are under 1000 people, Waratah only has 300, not much buying power there.
When it rains reception becomes difficult as the UHF signals are attenuated by the water droplets. Analogue television becomes impossible to watch due to a greater receiver inherent noise, due to the fact that receiver gain is flat out. (Snow). Luckily I am at an age where commercial television, I can do without. I can always watch a Blu-ray or DVD on my home theatre set-up. If I miss the news on ABC there is always the Internet for world information. I miss SBS though, I wish they would hurry and put a digital translator in.

By: ???

??? — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:49:06 +0000

The take up of digital is slow because we didnt even have any digital stations to watch here till november of last year. And even then it is still only abc and sbs that are digital. gwn and win are still analogue. Other than being able to only now get abc2 why would we bother?

By: no

no — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:25:57 +0000

id rather spell analog without the silent u and e. waste of keystrokes if you ask me. silent letters are shit

By: LH

LH — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:18 +0000

It will be interesting to see when Imparja actually go digital in there “amazing” $4 million studio

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:59:57 +0000

There are a lot of elderly citizens who are not equipped with the knowledge many of us have here. Maybe they will have tech-savvy family, maybe not. The changeover is slow because it’s a big change, and just telling everyone to go out and buy a new TV, etc. is stupid; not everyone has the means.

And get over the spellings; it makes you sound old. Language evolves, don’t you know. Aussies love Americanisms. E.g. “Yoh-gurt”. In England, we say “Yoghurt”. “Analog”, “Analogue”. What’s the difference? the meaning is the same.

By: bindi

bindi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:50:57 +0000

in what universe does it make sense to switch off regional areas before metro when they are missing the biggest incentive to buy digital- 10HD. southern cross and affiliates still don’t give regional viewers the exclusive programming on 10HD and they have pushed their own deadline back several times. boasting the better picture and sound quality just doesn’t cut it when you want people to upgrade to digital, most people don’t really care. but offer more choice and good shows that they may have been following for years until they got shifted to 10HD and people will switch. that’s what made me switch, i heard they were going to launch 10HD and there would be sci-fi nights so i ran out and upgraded, although 7 got their launch in before i did coz they didn’t announce it. and if regional areas still aren’t getting 10HD by the time this switch over happens they will probably end up buying an SD set top box first only to discover they wasted their money and should have bought HD when they do finally get it. this will create even more anger and confusion amongst the public and will turn this whole switch over into a fiasco that leaves a taste of bitterness in the mouths of many.

By: timmy

timmy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:06:39 +0000

At least the timetable marks a point at which the analogue/analog debate becomes redundant. Even so, I remain in the former camp. Bring it on!

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:40:43 +0000

Oh no this means I need a new TV!! I guess it would be better to wait till 2013 then so the prices will drop.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:31:15 +0000

David Knox, taking grammar lessons from a politician!!?!?

By: Tris

Tris — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:19:26 +0000

You are considered Southern NSW.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:14:34 +0000

Full list is here.

By: DansDans

DansDans — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:58:35 +0000

Where was Canberra and ACT on that list? Or are we considered Southern NSW?

By: thesportsfreak

thesportsfreak — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:39:34 +0000

And when do GWN and WIN start broadcasting in digital? Because as far as I can see, it still ain’t happening. Talk about us Regional west aussies being behind the times!