Digital switchover finally sees the light of the day in Western Regions.

Years of viewing TV under analogue mode, people from western part of England will finally switch to digital mode to watch TV. All the residents in western part of England are looking forward to digital TV which will offer them more channels with better video and audio quality compared to analogue mode of TV of they have been using in past.

BBC2 analogue channel has been already switched off forever in many regions like Somerset, Dorset, Bristol and Gloucestershire as digital signals were introduced in those areas with help of more than 60 digital transmitters.

People who are using set top boxes from Freeview and BT Vision will have to retune or reinstall their set top boxes so that the new changes are reflected in their connections too. The switchover to digital mode in the western part of England should be done by 1st week of April.

Digital UK’s regional manager for the south west said that digital TV is going to change the TV viewing experience for people in the Western England as many households there would be getting view few channels for the very first time. He said people shouldn’t worry about the switchover and if they have doubts and queries during the switchover period, they should contact Digital TV or they can sign up for the Help Scheme if they meet the eligibility requirements for the scheme.

Digital UK has completed with digital switchover in the areas of west and central Wales earlier this month and also finishing with switchover at Blaenplywf transmitter group too.   

Digital switchover finally sees the light of the day in Western Regions.