What's this in the order of deduction analog signal TVs surrounded by 2009? Why and who is doing this?
Please educate me on this which immediately I see no rhyme or reason for going on.
Answers: The US congress did it. Effective 2/18/09, all OTA analog TV broadcasting will extension in the US. Similar change are happening within some other countries. Starting 1/1/08, each household can apply for two coupons worth $40 respectively towards two converters (cost about $60 each) which will convert the digital OTA signals into analog so that elder TVs, VCRs, Etc. can still work. The FCC and industry are just implement the Government's orders.
The plea for the change is that withour establishment action, here would be no way to migrate to the high definition designs that are now possible since the organization controls the portions of the airwaves needed.
>confounded by all the crap
The government/FCC is doing it, I don`t know that explains the confusion.
>educate me on this which in a minute I see no rhyme or reason
The current analog standard is base on 1940's technology. Electronics technology has advanced considerably since the days when computers beside the calculating power of a $5 calculator were the size of a massive room and required enough power to reading light a small town.
Changing to a modern digital system allows for higher part signals and more channels can be squeezed into equal frequency allocation. The system is so efficient that some of the frequencies currently used for TV are self reallocated to other wireless uses.
Almost all "over the air" analog broadcast will stop on 2/17/09. Cable companies hold to provide analog signals until at least 2012, but they can do it by providing converter boxes it they decision.
Starting in Jan 2008 the rule is starting a coupon program that will let associates buy a couple of over the air converter boxes for in the order of $20 each. You basically connect your antenna to the converter and connect the converter to your TV. It's about impossible to tell apart as hooking up a VCR. The converter comes with it's own remote control and tunes contained by all OTA digital and analog channel. Since the picture quality coming out of the converter is roughly the same power as you get from a DVD player, at hand isn't much reason to loaf till the last minute to receive one.
There are also BS artists who claim that you have to own a new "HD antenna". This is a marketing gimmick; most empire will be able to use their ancient "analog" antenna.
>My parents ....signal from an antenna... retired and don't have a fortune
Why are you complaining so much almost a $20 converter box?
Old type OTA TV signals = NTSC = "Analog TV"
New type OTA TV signals = ATSC = "Digital TV" = DTV
OTA = "Over the Air" = stuff you get through your TV antenna
Check this site from RCA
Explains what is going on and also promotes RCA's contemporary low-cost set-top box for old analog TVs.
www.keepmytv.com
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