Welcome to UK Digital TVWelcome to UK Digital TV, the best guide to digital television available in the UK. We cover all kinds of digital television subjects so if you want to know about digital TV in the UK then this is the place to be.
We cover set top boxes that allow you to access digital television and also other digital TV services such as Sky Digital and cable so you can decide what is the best way for you to receive digital television in your home. We also cover the electrical equipment that you will need to receive digital television such as the televisions themselves and lots more, after reading this web site you will know enough about digital TV to buy the right digital TV service.
We also provide great shopping links as we have a database of products from the top electronics shops, so for example on a set top box page you will see lots of set top boxes which makes it easy for you to find and buy equipment. They are also listed with the cheapest first so you can easily buy the cheapest equipment and find the cheap deals, we have equipment from most of the big brand electronics online shops so we include most of the cheap deals available online.
Digital television is a revolution in the quality of the television that we watch, it has a much better quality of picture and reception and the sound is also digital so it is near CD quality. Digital television also has many more channels so there is much more choice of what to watch, even the free digital TV services have over 20 channels and some services such as Sky or cable can offer hundreds of channels. And finally digital TV offers interactive services that blow the old Teletext service away, they are far more detailed and offer interactive choices such as changing camera angles, audio options, voting and even playing games. In fact many programmes and services from the main channels are only available to digital TV users through the red button so you can even find more programmes through the interactive services.
So switching to digital TV is a very good idea as you get so much more out of your television, as well as this there is also the fact that the government are phasing out the old analogue transmissions so if you do not switch you digital TV there will come a time when you will not be able to watch television at all. They are going to start turning off the old transmissions in 2008 and will complete the process by 2012 so there is less time than you may think.
The good thing is though that getting digital television is cheap and easy, the cheapest option is Freeview which offers lots of channels and is free to access. You will need to buy a set top box though but these are relatively cheap, you can buy a set top box for around £40 and once you have this you do not need to pay any more unless you subscribe to any premium channels. If you want the top notch digital TV experience in your home then you should choose Sky Digital or cable as these offer lots more free and premium channels and there are literally hundreds of channels so there will always be something to watch. Sky Digital and cable do require a monthly subscription though so they are not as cheap as Freeview, this ranges from around £10-£40 per month and there are also lots of premium pay per view services such as the very latest movies and big sports events that can add to this.
So if you are planning on switching to digital television there are lots of choices and we have pages that can be found in the menu on the left that cover all of these options in detail. So choose a page and see how easy it is to switch to digital TV, once you have you will wonder how you ever managed with just five channels and low quality pictures at all! | Top Digital TV Providers:
Sky Digital - Satellite with the best quality and choice.
NTL - Cable with lots of packages.
Telewest - Cable with lots of choices.
Top Digital TV Equipment Shops:
Amazon
Argos
Comet
LX Direct
Maplin
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