Ofcom to facilitate launch of three HD terrestrial channels by 2009

**The News Bot** · 04-04-2008, 11:00 AM

Ofcom has announced that it is going to be overseeing the conversion of terrestrial broadcast systems from analogue to digital - and is promising that three HD channels will be available as soon as the gradual digital switchover begins in the Granada region in 2009. Apparently a fourth HD channel will...

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HeadBanger · 04-04-2008, 12:30 PM

Will Mpeg4 and DVB-T2 be backwards compatible or will everyone one who's currently upgraded to Freeview need to upgrade again?

Miles High · 06-04-2008, 5:53 PM

One would need to upgrade. No current freeview boxes are HD capable.

David Mackenzie · 07-04-2008, 10:59 AM

Although the DVB tuners inside some of the newer Sony TVs are (unless Ofcom has chosen some sort of incompatible standard)...

ricpamiwor · 16-04-2008, 11:27 AM

What about the BT Vision box? That has an HDMI port, does that mean that when these channels are introduced the BT Vision box will support them straight away?

David Mackenzie · 16-04-2008, 4:29 PM

I'd assume that it won't unless it specifically states otherwise.

SeanT · 17-04-2008, 7:28 AM

The next version of the vision box might, but I don't think this one will - could be wrong though, it has the HD processing power, but I'm thinking that the DVB-T chipset probably isn't upto the job.