SD-shutdown: What you need to do to be Concerned now

HD-TV is already arrived in many German households. Nevertheless, many people look to continue in the old SD Format. This should be over soon.

• From mid-2020, the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF want to switch off the SD-TV. For cost reasons, the two transmitters are not allowed to operate the SD-Signal.
• The private broadcasters are still obliged to 2022, by law, to send in SD. According to the current state Pro7, RTL and co. want to broadcast to even more in SD.
• Is switched off, the SD channels for the satellite reception via DVB-S. you Want to see the public in the year 2020, will require, until then, to the new Standard DVB-S2. Then you receive all the channels in HD.

The change to DVB-S2 is not necessarily linked to cost more. Have you seen the channel only in SD quality, you need new Hardware.

• You want to continue on satellite television, you need a DVB-S2 receiver. Your TV has no integrated such a receiver, you can retrofit an external receiver. The HB-Digital Receiver you can get for 30 euros, the DVB-S2 Receiver from Samsung for about 50 euros.
• Your TV is already come into the years, it may be worth buying a new one. Make sure you purchase only the fact that the new TV has a DVB-S2 receiver has. Alternatively, you can retrofit an external receiver.
• The reception of DVB-S2 is subject to a fee. In Germany you will receive all the channels on Freenet TV or HD+. There you will receive a Chip card, which switches the reception free. The card has to be plugged into either the TV or the external receiver.