[article] UK retailers stop selling analogue TVs

mike65

Guardian story

All the major high street electronics retailers have now stopped selling analogue sets after quietly running down their stocks in recent months, in preparation for the switch to digital terrestrial television (DTT) by 2012.

Last month, for the first time, there were no sales of analogue TV sets in the UK, according to figures published today by the organisation responsible for helping viewers switch, Digital UK.

With 5 million homes now transferred to a DTT-only signal and 11 million more due to switch by the end of 2011, new analogue TV sets are of little use to viewers.

And even though the process of turning off the analogue terrestrial television signal region by region across the UK will continue for two more years, in practice switchover has already nearly been achieved.

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Mike 1972

Last month, for the first time, there were no sales of analogue TV sets in the UK, according to figures published today by the organisation responsible for helping viewers switch, Digital UK.

Even in Lidl ??????

watty

If it has Freeview as WELL as Analogue, it counts as a Digital Set. Lidl & Aldi have been selling sets with Freeview and Analogue.

They may of course find some more Silvercrest badged CRT analogue only Bekos just especially for us

Digifriendly

Remember here in NI analogue is still useful for ROI stations at least for next 2-3 years.

copacetic

I've yet to see a DTT TV that doesn't also have an analogue tuner. Has anyone actually seen or heard of one?

Antenna

The heading is somewhat misleading.

If it where 'UK retailers stop selling analogue-only capable TVs' it would be more accurate.

Digifriendly wrote: »

Remember here in NI analogue is still useful for ROI stations at least for next 2-3 years.

And Freeview does not (yet) match analogue BBC/ITV/C4 coverage within NI either.