Digital Television Will Be Here In Six Months
- Date: 2008-08-28 - Word Count: 389
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Digital television is knocking at our doors and we will have to let it in! Will you be left with no local TV on Feb 17, 2009? As March 1, 2007 all new TVs sold with a standard an analog TV tuner must also include a digital tuner.
February 17, 2009: The mandated date requires that all full-power TV stations stop broadcasting analog signals and only broadcast a digital signal format. This transformation will primarily change nearly 15-20 million TV viewers who depend on localized over-the-air broadcasts received by an antenna or rabbit ears.
Consumers who subscribe to cable or Dish TV shouldn't experience any interruption in those services. In fact, your Cable or Dish provider will distribute a digital set-top box that will work with your TV.
For continued reception after the cutoff, anyone out there with an older TV (analog-only tuners) will need to add a digital-to-analog converter box*, or replaced by a new HDTV with a built-in digital tuner.
As of now these device boxes will sell for between $50 and $70. They are available to the public now. If you opt out for the "stand alone" converter box* don't be fooled that you will have a high definition signal, you will be receiving a digital signal alright but like the boxes title, it's converting it back to analog!
Also if you currently subscribe to DIRECTV or DISH, your HD satellite receiver will most likely include an over-the-air HD receiver to get your localized HDTV stations.
Let me add something to this thought... most all your Cable and Satellite companies will charge you surplus (usually around $10/month more) to get your localized High def signals through their receiver! If you decide to go this route and your are fine with $10 fee your ready to go!
Your remaining option... Acquire your own over-the-air (OTA) HDTV antenna and keep the $120/year! The antenna is cheap and actually you will provide you with a sharper image than your cable or satellite provider's box! Why?... When you get your Hi def signal through your own antenna your are getting a (pure) 100% digital uncompressed signal!
Getting your signal through a Satellite or Cable provider causes the HD communication to get compressed (squeezed smaller) in order for your provider to transfer along with all the other channels their providing you!
February 17, 2009: The mandated date requires that all full-power TV stations stop broadcasting analog signals and only broadcast a digital signal format. This transformation will primarily change nearly 15-20 million TV viewers who depend on localized over-the-air broadcasts received by an antenna or rabbit ears.
Consumers who subscribe to cable or Dish TV shouldn't experience any interruption in those services. In fact, your Cable or Dish provider will distribute a digital set-top box that will work with your TV.
For continued reception after the cutoff, anyone out there with an older TV (analog-only tuners) will need to add a digital-to-analog converter box*, or replaced by a new HDTV with a built-in digital tuner.
As of now these device boxes will sell for between $50 and $70. They are available to the public now. If you opt out for the "stand alone" converter box* don't be fooled that you will have a high definition signal, you will be receiving a digital signal alright but like the boxes title, it's converting it back to analog!
Also if you currently subscribe to DIRECTV or DISH, your HD satellite receiver will most likely include an over-the-air HD receiver to get your localized HDTV stations.
Let me add something to this thought... most all your Cable and Satellite companies will charge you surplus (usually around $10/month more) to get your localized High def signals through their receiver! If you decide to go this route and your are fine with $10 fee your ready to go!
Your remaining option... Acquire your own over-the-air (OTA) HDTV antenna and keep the $120/year! The antenna is cheap and actually you will provide you with a sharper image than your cable or satellite provider's box! Why?... When you get your Hi def signal through your own antenna your are getting a (pure) 100% digital uncompressed signal!
Getting your signal through a Satellite or Cable provider causes the HD communication to get compressed (squeezed smaller) in order for your provider to transfer along with all the other channels their providing you!
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