Digital Television (DTV) is an advanced broadcasting technology that transmits visual images, music, and speech. DTV offers program choices called multicasting. Multicasting allows each digital broadcast station to split its bit stream into 2 or more individual channels of programs and data services. The digital transition is not fully prepared. Starting February 17th, some broadcast television stations in the U.S will stop broadcasting on analog and start broadcasting DTV. Analogy television has been in use for 50 years to transmit signals to customers. The customer that has analogy TV has a problem with color and brightness. So Prepare Now!!! Cables and Satellite subscribers may need new DTV equipment for DTV to receive high definition. If you are interested, check with your cable or satellite company for more details. June 12th is the final termination for analog broadcast and is expected to be signed by President Obama.
http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html
FCC DTV Websites (what’s on DTV)
http://www.tvguide.comhttp://www.titantv.com/
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I could not beleive they delayed the switch yet again. This transition should have been done years ago.
ReplyDeleteI am not holding my breath for the June 12th date as it will probably be delayed until early next year.
The DTV switch only affects people that receive over the air transmissions for free. It does not effect cable and satellite subscribers at all.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think that the DTV transition is not fully prepared?
I think it's not fully prepared because the change in technoloy, anolog tv to digital tv. Stations been broadcasting with analog tv for over 50 years. New technology makes a difference and a change.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to know some figures on how many people are still actually using analog TV as their main TV reception.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the change is going to affect too many people although I may be wrong.
Most research found 98% of people being ready.
ReplyDeleteOthers are spreading false information about the unprepared in support of the additional delay. Those figures started at 6 million and grew periodically to 8, 10, 12, and 20 million. Those figures are no more than political FUD. (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)