By now you will already know that “the high definition on all channels“, as stated in a television advertisement that has been broadcast in recent days. DTT or Digital Terrestrial Television, the one you see connecting your television to an antenna, it is updated, updated, and will stop broadcasting in SD or standard definition to do it in HD or high definition in its entirety. So that there will be channels that disappear and they will begin to broadcast in better quality.
Previously we have seen what this DTT change consists of and also what exactly you need to be able to watch all the channels in HD. In reality, most users won’t have to do anything. The televisions between five and ten years They already tune in to DTT in high definition. The change from SD to HD will be done automatically, with exceptions, and starting February 14, your channel guide will show only high definition stations.
If you have already seen the previous articles, it is time to complete that information by reviewing the channels that disappear and, consequently, the list of channels that you will be able to see on your TV from now on. He change focuses on the image and sound quality. The programming will continue to be the usual one. But taking into account that, today, there are channels broadcasting series and movies in SD quality that squeaks a lot on our HD and 4K televisions, I think that we will gain a lot with the change.
Channels that disappear from DTT
As we said, since February 14, the SD channels that broadcast Currently they will become HD. That is to say, it is not that they disappear, except for some exceptions of private channels with regional reach. They simply make a leap in image and sound quality to high definition. All channels are forced to do so, by law. Currently, these are the SD channels that you can watch on your TV that are going away.
- The 1
- The 2
- 24h
- Tdp (Teleport)
- Clan
- Antenna 3
- the sixth
- Mega
- Neox
- Not going
- Telecinco
- Four
- boing
- Energy
- FDF (Fiction Factory)
- Divinity
- TEN
- THIRTEEN
- DKISS
- Goal Play
- DMAX
- Disney Channel
- Paramount Network
To this list of channels with state coverage, we must add the regional, regional and local channels. In the next section we review the dates on which its broadcasts in SD will cease for broadcast exclusively in HD.
To make sure which channels you should watch where you live, try checking DTT coverage from this page of the Government of Spain. Enter your Postal Code and will show you the multiple digitals assigned to your areathe center from which they broadcast and the channels that you should tune in to be able to see all the stations we have listed.
This is how DTT HD will look like from now on
The deadline for TV stations to start broadcasting in high definition is February 14. However, some channels will make the change two days before, February 12. Others have already done it at the beginning of the year. And several local channels throughout Spain made the jump last year. Finally, the main TV channels could now be seen in HD. Below is a list of the DTT HD channels that you will see soon, highlighting those that are new because They only broadcast in SD until now.
- The 1 HD
- The 2 HD
- 24h HD
- Tdp HD
- Clan HD (you may need to retune it)
- Antenna 3 HD
- laSexta HD
- Mega HD (from February 14)
- Neox HD (from February 14)
- Nova HD (from February 14)
- Telecinco HD
- Four HD
- Boing HD (from February 14)
- Energy HD (from February 14)
- FDF HD (from February 14)
- Divinity HD (from February 14)
- A3S/ Atreseries HD
- BeMad TV HD
- Realmadrid TV HD
- TEN HD (from February 14)
- THIRTEEN HD (from February 14)
- DKISS HD (from February 14)
- Gol Play HD (from February 14)
- DMAX HD (from February 14)
- Disney Channel HD (from February 14)
- Paramount Network HD (from February 14)
To this list we must add regional and local channels. In the province of Barcelona, for example, local channels such as betevé HD (Barcelona) or BDN HD (Badalona) have been broadcasting in HD for months. Since January 16all 3Cat (Catalunya) and Televisión Canaria channels broadcast in HD. Starting February 8NavarraTV will broadcast only in HD. Since February 12, EITB (Euskadi), Canal Sur (Andalusia), TVG (Galicia), IB3 (Balearic Islands), CMM (Castilla La Mancha) and Aragón TV. In Madrid, Telemadrid and La Otra were already broadcasting in HD. As well as 8Madrid. It remains to be seen what the other channels with regional coverage such as El Toro TV or Libertad Digital TV will do.