Haven’t seen an antenna quite like that one before, looks optimised for Channels 0 and 2, rather than 7 and 9?
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Have an old VHF antenna that would have been used for Bunya Mountains reception mounted to the chimley (It has fallen apart and mostly resting on the roof) on the current place I rent which used the old 300ohm ribbon, even have the old termination point on the side of the house (been painted over)
Luckily I have a more modern UHF antenna for local reception.
I am sure there is still quite a few old antennas floating around on older houses
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Tasmanian TV Services Upgrades
Over the last Free TV has been upgrading your free to air TV services in Tasmania to improve picture quality and deliver more High-Definition channels.
From 5 October 2023, the channel numbers of some of your favourite TV services are changing.
The change affects all five primary TV channels in Tasmania.Most people won’t even notice the difference, although their picture might suddenly look better. But a minority of viewers, with very old TV sets (All TVs sold since 2012, and many sold since 2008, should be MPEG-4 compatible), will find the channels no longer display.
If this affects you, you will need to use your TV remote either to enter a new, two-digit channel number to view the channels in future, or scroll up and down till you find the channels again.
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This is confusing. Are these new channel numbers just for SD versions of the main channel?
ie: Are the HD channels taking the primary slots on 2, 3, 5, 6, 8?
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Yep, these “new” channel numbers are the MPEG-2 SD versions of the channels. There will no longer be any other channels like this. The rest will be HD.
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What confuses me though is that WIN SD is apparently MPEG4? So what’s the point?
Or is that changeover happening later in the year? (An SD MPEG4 stream would be stupid)
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Yeah but older TVs can’t see MPEG4.
They’ll probably keep this thing going for a year.
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If WIN SD is MPEG4 and older TVs cant see MPEG4, then what is the point of advertising WIN SD on 88?
Every TV should be capable of receiving WIN HD on 8 in this case.
Just get rid of the SD simulcast altogether.
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These channels will be the older version no? This is for the old people who cannot upgrade for whatever reason.
I agree they should drop all SD channels everywhere.
This is what I am getting at. Apparently WIN SD is already MPEG4 and any TV which receives MPEG4 can get HD (I’ve never seen an SD-only MPEG4 TV).
So what is the point of this for WIN?
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Older TVs are not MPEG4 compatible, thus until now couldn’t get WIN SD yes. This change is seemingly changing these 5 channels to MPEG2 SD to allow them to receive it after October.
Customised version airing on WIN:
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I think we need a Tasmanian to provide some clarification. No way that WIN would be reverting the service backward.
I could be wrong altogether and WIN SD could still be MPEG2.
I remember someone mentioning not long ago about all MPEG2 services being dropped completely from WIN in Tasmania.
Either way, it seems like the next step to culling MPEG2 completely in the state which is undoubtedly a great move.
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Thank you! Seems like it is planned for retirement later in the year then (if it is indeed going to be removed altogether).
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WIN excluded the SD channel from the changes immediately but later in the calendar year.
WIN Network Technology Improvement | WIN Television.
In Tasmania, all commercial broadcasters have transitioned to mpeg 4 formats apart from channels 8, 6, and 5. These will also transition to mpeg4 within the calendar year.
Which presumably means they will be switched off.
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Am I right to say that these SD channels in Tasmania will eventually be switched off, to allow more multichannels to be imported from the mainland?
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Yes they will, probably after a year of transition/trial time.
The press release implies ABC and SBS are also participating. Is SBS really going to swap 3 and 30 over? That would be pretty shitty for the vast majority of SBS viewers who are MPEG-4 ready.
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