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Yes you are fine buying from the North. Bought 4 TV's in the past 8 months from the North
I'm confused now. What's DTT and why won't the Northern Ireland TVs be good when DTT arrives? Is DTT same as what JHegarty refers to as "digital tv over an aerial"? As one who is about to buy TV from North I would really appreciate an explanation for "Dummies". Thanks v.much. BTW I will be using it to watch usual TV stations via SKY or NTL - haven't decided as yet - and also to watch DVDs etc.At the moment. Won't be fine once DTT comes online.
I'm confused now. What's DTT and why won't the Northern Ireland TVs be good when DTT arrives? Is DTT same as what JHegarty refers to as "digital tv over an aerial"? As one who is about to buy TV from North I would really appreciate an explanation for "Dummies". Thanks v.much. BTW I will be using it to watch usual TV stations via SKY or NTL - haven't decided as yet - and also to watch DVDs etc.
.DDT is Digital Terrestrial Television. Basically it's the type of TV you will get from the aerial on your roof very soon.
The current TV (analogue) they we get will be turn off soon. This is scheduled for 2012.
Becuase the UK is way ahead of us in having DTT they use an older system called MPEG 2.
We are going straight to the newer (and more expensive) MPEG 4.
Because there MPEG 4 costs more than MPEG 2 then UK tv's will generally not be capable for it.
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Many thanks for that. Just so I'm clear .... is DTT exactly the same as what I would call High Definition (HD)? If so, then I understand.
We are going straight to the newer (and more expensive) MPEG 4.
Because there MPEG 4 costs more than MPEG 2 then UK tv's will generally not be capable for it.
I don't get that -- MPEG2 and MPEG4 are just "software". MPEG4 gives better quality at the same compression ratio, or smaller data size for the same quality, compared to MPEG2. UK TVs won't do it because its not the standard in the UK. I wasn't aware that cost came into it.
A set top box would solve the difficulty, and most likely they will be available relatively cheaply when DTT becomes available.
Anyway, given economic circumstances, is RTE likely to have the money to roll out Digital TV soon.
Is that not only on a testing basis?It is already available in a number of areas.
Anyway, given economic circumstances, is RTE likely to have the money to roll out Digital TV soon
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