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Originally Posted by Kimmy
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No, but on our way. In Germany, last analog TV broadcasting will be switched off 2010, that'S what the law has set as a deadline, the switching phase already has taken several years, with some regions already having switched off analog TV over the past 3-4 years. Radio is another thing, though. It is unlikely that there will be any major chnages before the year 2015 at the earliest. Probably analog radio will stay for much, much longer than just that. Forums mention time frames of 10-20 years. No federal state and not the federal government has any plans for chnaging radio.
Now, when we will get widespread HDTV - that is a totally different story. test programs have been stopped again last year. Demand for HDTV is low in Germany, and the broadcasting stations are hesitent, since they already had lost lots of money with earlier experiments that failed (PAL+ being one example). 5-12 years, I estimate, before HDTV is becoming a norm with major stations. The interest of broadcasting stations is incredibly low. I know a salesaman in a major electonric chain store, who tells me. He says customers are very interested in flat screen TV since the football world championship - but nobody is waiting for HDTV.
Same for me.
