Posted by Clive on 10/30/06 07:27

"Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi> wrote in message
news:qy61h.41014$XK7.25383@reader1.news.jippii.net...
> >
> As far as the public attitude, awareness, and acceptance goes, pretty
> much everyone here (even the elderly) seems to understand that the
> change is coming and they can't watch tv the old way any more in the
> next September. Some may have misconceptions about the technical
> details, such as believing that their old set or aerial won't do any
> longer, but people seem to be pretty well-informed about the change in
> general. I don't think that there would be many left for whom the next
> September will come as a complete surprise. (It will be interesting to
> see what kind of show the broadcasters will put on during the last few
> weeks of the analogue system, and especially during the last few hours.
> I guess there will be countdown DOGs on the analogue channels, and a big
> gala show at around midnight, or something.)
>

Same situation here in Sweden, they are switching off analogue at around the
same time next year. But most people seem well prepared, the only mutterings
I've heard are why should people be forced to buy an STB themselves when
they already pay the license fee and get a good picture from analogue.
However these complaints are very minor, quite likely because mostly
everyone in the big cities are connected to cable these days and those out
in the sticks have satellite or DVB already. There is only a very limited
number of channels broadcast on analogue anyway so to be able to find
anything half decent to watch you must have cable.

//Clive.

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