If you happen to live in the Mildura area, tomorrow is D-Day. Or Digital day, as I’ve decided to officially start calling it. If you haven’t upgraded your home theatre system to include a digital tuner, either in built in your TV or via a set-top box, then you might be seeing a whole heap of nothing tomorrow as the broadcasters switch off the analogue TV broadcasts. More »
If you’ve been watching the upcoming trainwreck that is the Digital TV transition happening in the US at the moment and thinking, “I’m glad that’s not us”, here’s a sobering thought: K-Rudd yesterday announced a $13.6 million package to supply digital set-top boxes for pensioners in Mildura, where the analogue signal will be switched off next year. Can you sense the impending doom?
