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Ensure your new tv set is MPEG4 enabled

  • 11-08-2008 9:50pm
    #1
    a bientot
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    This post does NOT apply and will not be of any interest to those who are 'chained' forever to a cable tv/radio service (UPC or other) or satellite service (BskyB).

    As about 24% of the population does not have cable or satellite and most of these people have no intention of ever availing of these services they will find that in a few years time their tv sets will no longer receive tv pictures (in analogue) unless they have a set capable of receiving digital terrestrial television.
    In order to avoid having to buy a set top decoder they would be well advised to buy a tv set with an integrated MPEG4 decoder. These are going to become increasingly available here thanks to France making it obligatory for all 'HD ready' tv sets to be in MPEG4 from December 2008. This is the system we are adopting here in Ireland also.
    The U.K. has the old fashioned MPEG2 system. So look for deals wherever you see these sets, yes, almost everywhere and particularly in the British chains outlets in Ireland!

    Search for digital tv Ireland on Department of Communications website and bci.ie

    Also search google.fr for list of MPEG4 tv sets. Many of them are/will also be available in the major stores here in Ireland.


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  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Does "freeview tuner" cover this?


  • #3
    Mayo Exile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Mayo Exile


    "Freeview Tuner" would generally refer to the UK's Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system which is MPEG2. More fully known as DVB-T/MPEG2. This type of digital tuner is no good for DTT in Ireland anymore. Its MPEG4 only from now on.

    I have a Sony 4000 W Series TV which luckily has an DVB-T/MPEG4 tuner. However if you want a TV (or a set top box) just because it has an DVB-T/MPEG4 tuner I would advise people to wait until at least Summer 2009 when the specifications for Irish DTT should be in place. There are test transmissions available in the Dublin area and parts of Leinster at the moment in the DVB-T/MPEG4 standard from masts at Three Rock (Dublin), Mount Leinster (Carlow) and Claremont Carn (Louth). Other masts around the country may start up too.

    Irish DTT (RTE's own services, plus pay services from Boxer) is due to launch by Autumn 2009. However, should the launch of this DTT service be delayed until, say, 2010 there is a small possibility that a standard called DVB-T2/MPEG4 could be adopted and not DVB-T/MPEG4 which is used for DTT in France at the moment. DVB-T/MPEG4 tuners are incompatible with the DVB-T2/MPEG4 standard!

    From late 2009/early 2010, DVB-T2/MPEG4 is due to be used in the UK, initially for HD DTT transmissions. We might adopt this standard too if it is feasible to do so. Highly unlikely though if there is an Autumn 2009 launch.

    Loads of stuff over in the Terrestrial Broadcasting Forum on this issue.

    Forum Link: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=56


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