Are you ready for switchover to Digital TV?

Published: August 15, 2007, 8:39 am

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Awww! Look! A cute robot! What's that? He brings bad news? Our TV sets are going to be defunct if we don't spend some money quick! Why, the little shi... Of course, Digital TV is on its way, and with that, it means that our old analogue boxes are going the same way as BetaMax videos, 8 Track tapes and mortgages. The process of digital switchover will take place between 2008 and 2012, TV region by TV region. However, one switchover is a matter of months away, with Whitehaven in Cumbria, which becomes the first place to switch in October 2007. Switchover is a complicated process, and needs to be done in stages so that everyone in the country will be ready for it. Are you ready? Of course, we Brits like a good moan and fear anything resembling change. That said, when you think about it, we're great at adapting to new ideas. Think back to the time when people were throwing themselves from bridges at the thought of Chip and Pin. Decimalisation also caused people to wring their

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