>>
>> Because Aussies are slack.
>> If it's not broken - don't fix it.
>
> That's not being slack. That's being practical. If something is working
> fine, why replace it?
And why replace it with Something worse?
> If you've seen the difference for yourself, then I'd be surprised if you
>> wouldn't cough up the money for a SD set top box.
>
> Be surprised. I've seen the difference. I still see no point forking out
> money for something that I don't need to fork out money for. I have good
> FTA reception and Foxtel.
>
>> My point is that the technology is vastly superior and when people become
>> aware of the improvement they'll take it up.
>
> For many people there is no improvement. I live 30km from the main local
> FTA Tx site and I see no point to Digital at this time. The main benefit I
> see is widescreen but for that to be effective I need at least an 82cm
> widescreen TV to replace my 68cm 4:3 TV and that's a bit more than just an
For me Digital offers Inferior performance to Analogue TV. I am probably a bit less than 30KM from the Transmitters and receive good clean Picture quality on analogue however the STB (I am now on my Second STB the first had a noticeable delay between Audio and Picture in addition to the other problems) often pixelates, freezes and causes loud short squeals.
I do not own a HD TV nor can I justify the cost at the moment so I do not actually get any benefit from Digital TV unless I was prepared to spend more money.
I am not really sure why I bothered with the STB -except a Friend lent them to me long term (ie they were/are free) and I generally find watching analogue TV a lot less of a nuisance (due to the issues listed above) so I tend to watch Analogue and probably will until the ignorant sods turn it off.
I am starting to get the feeling that where the 80's and 90's may have been about getting Technology to improve performance - ie CD players etc that the push nowadays is for Consumers to accept lower quality goods ie Digital TV, Typical 'Home theater Systems' MP3 Players and Mobile phones.