There are a handful of days left until the transition to new digital terrestrial for TV: Wednesday 21 December 2022 all national and local television networks will only be visible if you have the new devices capable of supporting theHigh Definition (HD). As explained by Ministry of Economy, from December 20 the switch off it will be up to Rai and all the broadcasters left with the DVB-T2 (ie second generation terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting), the channels relegated from number 500 onwards are essentially switched off. The final passage with the entry into the new phase and with the definitive transition having taken place will be foreseen for January 2023: on December 31, 2022, television will switch to the new DVB-T2 standard. This means that after this date, all non-approved televisions will definitively stop transmitting. Many, too many technical terms. But how it works the new digital terrestrial? And what must be done to continue to see all the channels?
New Digital Terrestrial: what changes?
This step was necessary to make room for new generation mobile transmissions, the 5G technologies. It is a more efficient system that will allow the same amount of data to be transmitted (therefore we are not talking about content) despite the reduction in frequencies. The coding MPEG4 it saves bandwidth compared to MPEG2 encoding. In a nutshell: it allows for less electromagnetic pollution and allows you to transmit with better video and audio quality.
How to know if you are ready for the new digital terrestrial?
To find out if your own television o decoder is compatible and capable of supporting high definition, you can immediately make a test: just go to channels 100 or 200. If the writing "Test HeVC Main 10" appears in at least one of these, it means that you are ready to switch.
Otherwise, you can try re-tuning the TV, but it is very likely that the TV has already done this by itself. In case of doubts, the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy has made two tools available: call the call center (Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 on 06 87 800 262) or ask for help via Whatsapp (on 340 1206348).
New digital terrestrial: TV-Decoder bonus and 2023 scrapping bonus coming soon
Bonus TV-Decorder: the news
Il TV Bonus – Decoder it is a facilitation that provides for a contribution in favor of citizens for the purchase of the latest generation TV and decoder. The incentive has entered the menu of the 2023 Budget Law and, therefore, will also be renewed for 2023. The extension was decided by the Council of Ministers thanks to a refinancing of 100 million euros. But there will be two news: the income requirement should be abolished (ISEE relating to the family nucleus not exceeding 20.000 euros) and the amount rises from 30 to 50 euros.
Please note that this bonus is granted only once within the household.
TV Scrapping Bonus
It should come back too TV scrapping bonus, which instead provides for the disbursement of a contribution for the purchase of new generation television sets, but only after having started recycling the old ones. The purpose of this incentive is the replacement of obsolete television sets through a proper waste disposal electronics, with a view to protecting the environment. The facilitation is recognized in the form of a discount applied by the seller of the television set on the sale price, for an amount equal to 20% of the price, up to a maximum of 100 euros.
This bonus is also granted only once and citizens who pay can benefit from it canon TV o citizens who, as at 31 December 2020, are aged seventy-five or over, residing in Italy, and therefore exempt from paying the TV license fee.
The TV–Decoder bonus and the TV Scrapping bonus can be combined.
