It seems those wise ones deciding our destiny over in Brussels have decided that 2012 is the date at which the whole of Europe has to go digital: HWSW - Az Európai Bizottság sürgeti a digitális televíziózásra váltást.

At this date conventional (analog) telly can be turned off. Currently the map of coverage for Hungary looks like this:

The current map of digital signal coverage for Hungary is:


So, if you're outside Bp or somewhere around Veszprem, you're out of luck. Still who needs TV when there's the internet? And I know that digital TV allows more channels and interactivity, but that's pretty much what we have already with broadband - and we have more control over the adverts we have to sit through.