Currys, Dixons and PC World are to stop stocking analogue televisions and will instead promote "integrated" sets with built-in digital Freeview tuners. The chains said more than 90% of the TVs they sold were already digital. The move was welcomed by Digital UK, the body managing the analogue switch-off, which will finish in 2012. "Retailers of all sizes have a vital role to play in ensuring their products and their customers are ready," Digital UK chief executive Ford Ennals said. A major push to inform viewers about the move to digital began last year, when Whitehaven in Cumbria became the first area to have its analogue signal switched off. The Scottish Borders will be the first full geographical region to lose its analogue signal, starting on 6 November 2008. The rest of the UK will follow suit over the next four years.
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I'm not referring to analogue tuners, I'm referring to the fact that CRT televisions are an analogue device.
the problem in the UK is that a few area's still cannot get digital TV. Cable TV coverage is pretty poor, and while Freeview (digital OTA broadcasts) covers most of the country, it doesn't cover everywhere. And then there are a few circumstances where you are not allowed to put up a satellite for TV. So if you happen to be in a place where you can't get any of the 3, then you have to rely on analogue (at least for now)
He had to BUILD himself a house extension for somewhere to put a sattelite dish. And even that will be on a tall pole. They're sending Sky round soon to see if he can get connected.
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