HD FREEVIEW CHANNELS - HD FUTURE IS MPEG4

HD FREEVIEW CHANNELS - HD FUTURE IS MPEG4

HD Freeview channels are going to be the first of the Freeview HD channels sent out in MPEG4.
What does this mean to the non-technical viewer who has only one thing in mind, ie; relaxing after a hard day with his family and choosing to watch the football in HD from Freeview.
What does our Mr average need from his TV equipment to do this - if he has freesat there are no problems, as he can watch freesat in MPEG2 at present and enjoy his football or perhaps a family movie.
2010 will see the addition of HD being transmitted from Freeview and Mr average will need a new, (yet to be revealed) Freeview box, (not to be confused with freesat) which is capable of handling MPEG4, the older Freeview boxes cannot handle MPEG4 and those wishing the very latest HD channels their Freeview box will need to be replaced. To elaborate; ALL EXISTING PUBLIC FREEVIEW BOXES will be unable to handle MPEG4.
Now this is where it gets awkward and confusing, but here goes;
Only a very small proportion of BRAND NEW TV systems out there are actually capable of handling MPEG4 - our research has found that some of the so called latest bargain TV's which are Plasma or LCD and have inbuilt Freeview, are not designed to handle the new MPEG4, although your local friendly salesman will quite happily wash over this as something in the future far far away.
If you are shopping for your new telly, and you want the latest with everything considered and you also want HD (high definition) then insist on a TV that has inbuilt MPEG4 firmware.
The sky will not fall in if you use your existing Freeview boxes or Freeview inbuilt telly, but if you like the latest in techie equipment which in 2010 will be the new Freeview box which will be capable of handling MPEG4 + many other little extras. To compliment the new type Freeview box insist on the latest inbuilt MPEG4 firmware TV.
It seems the media and the political arena are awash with the magic word, "CHANGE", and we feel that like everything else our TV as we know it is going to be the next victim.