The digital television changeover is coming and for those who haven't got the gear they need, it pays to shop around, a study shows.
Consumer magazine looked at the costs of buying and installing a UHF aerial or satellite dish and the installation costs for a set-top box.
The research found that the costs varied widely between regions and depending on what was required.
The national manager of Going Digital, Greg Harford, encouraged people to shop around if they were considering paying someone to install an aerial or satellite dish.
Also, some people could go digital without technical assistance because installing a set-top box could be no harder than setting up a new DVD player or some other piece of home theatre, he said.