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Digital TV in Australia

By Pam Carroll and Ty Pendlebury on 25 July 2008

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  daveystar commented on 01/12/2009 07:41 Report abuse

  i have a new lg plasma 50" the reception is really good except during the day time the signal drops out, have checked and channel 7 is the worst.change back to analog and no problem. just as the 6pm news starts the signal stops dropping out.i was wondering if the signal strength is changed for popular viewing times. i live on the sunshine coast qld. have asked other friends in different areas and they have the same problem channel 7 6-7 local and all the digital ones are almost unwatchable during the day so annoying is there something i could do ??

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  HappyMac commented on 24/11/2009 11:15 Report abuse

  I am in one of areas in suburban Melbourne that has terrible coverage ... I paid $100 for a digital aerial and now have no dropouts (with the exception of SBS when it is berserk windy). I have a middle of the road digital TV and PVR ... You are all a bunch of sooks ... Go out and learn about something before you buy it ... Ask one of your geek mates they will love to help ... dont be a reactionary moron ... And just one other thing ... We don't pay for 'free to air tv' ads pay for it ... So don't sook about those either ... Get a clue ... or go away ...

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  Mel Content commented on 09/11/2009 10:05 Report abuse

  Digital TV is crap how can they force Australians to pay for infierior products. I never had much interferance with tradional broadcast only if the weather was raining and still we got enough information to understand the program, but digital cuts out to a blue screen for minutes at a time we spend a half of our tv time watching nothing and missing out on the plots to the story. Now a profetional installed the set top box and swears it is correct and claims, Thats as good as it gets. By the time anolog is obsulete Aussies would have paid billions for there Set Top Box's. I want to know when are Aussies going to get the quality we were promised by the Govenment on the half wit corperations who vowed to destoy our Free TV rights when are we going to get what we pay for. I am putting my set top box away until someone pulls there fingers out and gives us the quality we deserve, pay for and downright need because I'm so tired of watching my TV cut out 100 times a day. And I find it odd that it hardly cuts out during Commercials and mostly during the program perhaps theres more to then just interferance considering we could have blue sky's for days on end, and still get interferance 100 times a day. Never had that problem befor.

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  SharrieG commented on 06/11/2009 21:00 Report abuse

  I have read a lot of unhappy campers here and yes I am one. We can only watch ch 9 24/7 the rest might as well not be in our selection. 95% of the time the pixelation is so bad you can not watch the station, it doesn't matter if it is raining, windy overcast or beautiful sunshine and calm. My signal strength shows approx 70% we have spent $500 on an antenna tech who has been here three times. He has installed a booster in one room into the socket, he has fitted an amplifier on the antenna and now changed the antenna to a digital one with no difference. What can we do now, We cant watch analogue anymore because we have a digital aerial. They are saying a large portion of the population are not tuned in well I say don't bother. As I said there a loads of problems and complaints but where are the solutions from the government and broadcasters. Please help us or is this some conspiracy to stop watching tele and have more babies.

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  monika commented on 02/10/2009 12:22 Report abuse

  what a load of rubbish...during economic times where every cent is precious, we have to go out and buy yet another gadget to make the old TV work...whatv a joke. There is nothing wrong with the picture I get now and I can't afford to pay for the electicity or the initial outlay for a new TV so why is this being forced on me? If the government is imposing it, then maybe this same government needs to buy me a new TV?

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  UKGuy commented on 30/09/2009 20:58 Report abuse

  Will my Phillips HD LCD TV with built in freeview tuner that I shipped from the UK to Oz work, or will I need to buy a Oz set top box as well?
  http://www.freeiphone4me.co.uk

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  Flix commented on 22/09/2009 16:47 Report abuse

  Digital is a joke. I can have all channels clear and uninterrupted one day then a complete mess another. What's the story?

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  the AV guy commented on 01/09/2009 15:59 Report abuse

  topfield work fine while they work but ive been sending them back for repair constantly.
  If your signal is dropping out get the signal level checked.. you want between 50db and 70db in most cases less or more and you start getting drop outs and pixelisation.
  if you want to watch sport dont bother with LCD infact if your watching anything other then blu ray dont bother with LCD in many cases comercial panels are ok but residential stuff get serious screen streak when the image moves fast even on some of the fastest refresh rates once you notice it you wont stop seeing it. from an install side of things plasma is still i better option the still image isnt as good but they are better with moving pictures.... which i assume you want on a tv.
  you can use one set top box to feed all the tvs in your house but ummm for the cost of a crap stb from aldi i wouldnt bother it will be more a pain in the **** then youll save in money either way you have to run cables....
  and melissa as long as you have suitable signal all you need is a set top box.. dont believe the bullshit at the shop you can watch high def chanels on any tv as long as you have a high def tuner although hopefully canberra will follow sydney and melb and broadcast the high def shows in stadard def as well as high def is a complete croc.........
  i hope i either helped or annoyed some people

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  MelissaM1 commented on 19/07/2009 15:33 Report abuse

  I have a 42 inch Panasonic Plasma TV,and a Foxtel box. How do I get HDTV? What do I need to do to get it set up?

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  Budgie commented on 07/06/2009 21:35 Report abuse

  so in a nutshell, i can use my sd set-topbox and get the new channels, i just have to wait until they roll it down the southcoast!!