Yesterday morning Sydney had its old analogue TV station broadcasts permanently switched off. From now on, you need a new digital TV, or a digital
set-top box on your old set, to watch TV (the original channels in digital plus all the new ones).
Sydney was one of the last Australian regions to shut off the old system. Mildura was first in June 2010. Melbourne will be the last, next week.
Australia will then be like Europe, which has already been fully digital for several years. By 2016 the whole TV world will be digital, except for
North Korea and Laos.
Sydney was switched off mid-morning yesterday. Three of the four channels just suddenly went to snow within a few seconds of each other, but ATN
Channel 7 played a proper 3-minute goodbye. They used a slightly changed version of their nightly station shutdown that they used in the 1970s (in the
days before 24-hour broadcast). This was the 'My City Of Sydney' film with Tommy Leonetti (1929-79), and the cute animated cartoon of the kangaroo
putting its baby to bed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5p3gjzr9s
A nice tribute, and the end of an era.
Good riddance I say. 
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The main Sydney channels 2/7/9/10 are not UHF but still VHF so we need a dual band aerial. I think that they are broadcast on 12/6/8/11
Some of us don't give up so easily. I still intend to use my trusty B&W analogue set. (I expect the quality of the content might improve too.)
Analogue was great in that you could still see a channel even if the reception wasn't perfect.
Digital has a sook when the reception isn't perfect.
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Phil
Guess i am critical of the old sets, the picture reception and the number of channels
Got to admit I dont watch a lot of TV but to say it was better back then is fantasy
Regular resetting of vertical and horizontal drifting, terrible sound, tiny screens and debatable if the shows were better
Certainly nature and documentary shows are light years ahead.
I dont pay extra for Foxtel and the like - but really happy they now have a free to air A League game on Friday nights 
I agree with you. But persoanlly I would much rather watch Alfred Hitccock Presents - Superman - Courageous Cat - Biggles - Three Stooges than any
number of the talent / reality rubbish we get nowadays.
I grew up watching Thunderbirds on Channel 9 at 6am, followed by Super Flying Fun Show. Those were the days.
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posted by Bizarre Phil Guess i am critical of the old sets, the picture reception and the number of channels Got to admit I dont watch a lot of TV but to say it was better back then is fantasy Regular resetting of vertical and horizontal drifting, terrible sound, tiny screens and debatable if the shows were better Certainly nature and documentary shows are light years ahead. I dont pay extra for Foxtel and the like - but really happy they now have a free to air A League game on Friday nights |