digital switchover - what to do?

suiko

Thanks. So maybe best to wait a bit to see whether the PVRs come down in price, as someone mentioned earlier?

macman

They've already come down a lot, unlikely to drop much further in the near future, unless everyone starts moving to the HD options.

almillar

Yep, Freeview+ boxes have been around for ages and won't drop much, so just go for it, the HD ones are more likely to come down because they're newer. Will be a straight swap, just SCART leads as mentioned above.
Macman, I'm positive it's a typo, but worth fixing - post #16 you say 'A decent Freeview PVR is very much more expensive than an SD one.' - when you mean FreeviewHD PVR.

suiko

Thanks for all the great advice - whole lot more useful than the booklet I got in the post

Now I just need to sort a cheap aerial for the upstairs TV (that's if it has a SCART socket to connect to the old Freeview box at all, of course!)

derrick

suiko wrote: »

Thanks for all the great advice - whole lot more useful than the booklet I got in the post

Now I just need to sort a cheap aerial for the upstairs TV (that's if it has a SCART socket to connect to the old Freeview box at all, of course!)

Then you will need a modulator.


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suiko

Thanks. Looks like the modulator costs as much as my Frreview box and TV combined tho!