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Nobody Here <news.reader@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>> Michael <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Apologies if this was posted earlier but it was on the news when I was 
>>>recently in Oz and probably has some relevance to UK switchover plans.
>>>see http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds24794.html
>>
>> It has. Australia has legislation to prevent DTT broadcasts of channels
>> that are not also available on analogue to prevent fragmentation of
>> the advertising revenue. They've been trying to sell DTT to the
>> Australian public on the basis of picture quality so it's been a bit of
>> a flop, not surprisingly.
>
>What are they transmitting digital on?  When I lived there 20 years
>ago most TV was on VHF, although one Sydney station was on UHF as well
>I believe.  VHF used to suffer quite badly from reflections, maybe
>because of the long distances involved.  When we moved here we were (UK) we
>were astonished by the better picture quality, but it was also a new
>TV which might have helped :-).  Anyway, chances are that digital
>pictures will be better than VHF analogue ones, especially in the bush.

Crosspost added: uk.tech.digital-tv,aus.tv.digital

Dunno. Suggest somebody Down Under answers that.

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Dave Farrance