Television in Bay of Plenty is going digital in 12 months' time and residents are being warned to get prepared early.
Everyone in the region who wants to watch TV after December 1, 2013 will need Freeview or SKY, says Going Digital national manager Greg Harford.
'If you aren't already digital now is the time to start looking at your options and take action.”
New Zealand television is going digital in stages, with Hawke's Bay and the West
Coast of the South Island the first regions to make the move earlier this year.
More than eight out of 10 homes in the Bay of Plenty have already made the move to digital TV.
Greg says people do not need a new TV, as any set can go digital with the right equipment, such as Freeview built-in together with a UHF aerial or a satellite set-top box and satellite dish.
He says it is important to remember every TV you want to continue watching after December 1, whether in the bedroom, living room or shed will need to be digital.
'Now is also a good time to think about your DVD or video recorders. If you want to continue to receive and record television programmes using your current DVD or video recorder it will also need to go digital.”
For more information on going digital visit www.goingdigital.co.nz
3 comments
all in all
Posted on 23-12-2012 14:54 | By traceybjammet
i love the way people make it sound tricky or flash its just the same as when we had to upgrade from AM radio to FM we coped we are quite smart us Kiwis
Owen Goodrick
Posted on 24-12-2012 09:50 | By Owen G
We've had digital Free to air since 2007 and Digital pay TV since 1998 so shouldn't the promotion be "Go Digital" before the old lot gets switched off in 12 months time
There may be a hidden cost
Posted on 24-12-2012 17:01 | By xenasdad
No one is telling you that Terrestrial UHF is very demanding, and you MAY have to upgrade your ENTIRE TV cabling from the aerial to TV with the latest grade of cable for starters. Even then you may find ,as we did, that another $50 is required for a special "UHF band pass filter" to reduce "interference". UHF Freeview has TOTAL control of your TV, time, programming setting etc, and ANY odd signal results in programs not recording or stopping earlier than set, not being able to even set programs etc. In Ohauiti our $600 Panasonic twin head PVR/DVD recorder is quite unreliable, despite the filter. As usual the ONLY comment from Freeview is "That's a technical problem, nothing to do with us"
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