Digital TV in Australia

By Pam Carroll and Ty Pendlebury on 25 July 2008

The formats are confusing and the standards don't seem to be standard. Our simple guide unravels the mysteries of Australian digital TV.

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  • Mick Hargrave commented on 16/04/2009 21:07 Report abuse

    What a joke, nearly half way through 2009 and still no Hi Def channels in regional Queensland. Yep, I know channel ten launched it's HD channel one....But where the hell are they showing it? Not here.

  • Lynne commented on 16/04/2009 11:14 Report abuse

    we have old tv with new HD set top box. the picture is good enough for us and the set top box gives us the extra hd channels. this has been working fine but suddenly Prime and ABC have lost signal and SBS is pixelating. I can still get these channels through analoge so i dont think its the aerial. any ideas why 2 channels suddenly are unavailable? will HD performance improve over time or wil this be the best service we get? Im in Port Macquarie.

  • Dan commented on 14/04/2009 19:49 Report abuse

    You could set up two tvs through one set top box if you wanted to watch the exact same thing on both tvs

  • lash commented on 14/04/2009 12:18 Report abuse

    what is SCART & what does it do

  • lash commented on 14/04/2009 11:55 Report abuse

    Being an electronic clutz, is it possible to run 2 tvs thru 1 settop box

  • Terry commented on 07/04/2009 16:56 Report abuse

    How do we get ONE digital - cannot find it even though we are in line of sight to transmitters on the adjacent mountain top

  • Diedy commented on 06/04/2009 21:16 Report abuse

    I purchased a digital TV hoping to be able to watch the free sports channel ONE. Not so, apparently our local council isn't going to replace the analogue tower until it is absolutely necessary so its bad luck to people living in the Clarence Valley - pay the money & get Austar - Free TV what crap!!

  • Willow commented on 06/04/2009 15:31 Report abuse

    How do I get ONE Digital? I've just got the standard digital set-top box. Thanks

  • LuisaC commented on 06/04/2009 07:35 Report abuse

    we have just purchases a HDTV and have terrible reception on it, when we plug in our SD STB it is fine.. does anyone know what is going on?

  • LuisaC commented on 05/04/2009 19:47 Report abuse

    we have just purchases a HDTV and have terrible reception on it, when we plug in our SD STB it is fine.. does anyone know what is going on?

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