What happens with analog TV January 2007?
09-12-2006, 06:26 PM
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What happens with analog TV January 2007?
The Federal Communications Commission has mandated that
all broadcasters must comply and be capable of broadcasting
digital television by 2007. All stations must turn off their analog
signals come December 31st, 2006.
Your second option if you can’t afford a brand new television
set right now, is to purchase an HDTV converter box that runs
around 100 dollars. These converters will allow you to watch
all digital signals but without the benefit of the high resolution or
high definition. It will also convert HDTV down from the 16-by-
9 aspect ratio to 4-by-3 to fit an analog set. In essence the
converter will take an HDTV signal in and make it viewable on
your analog screen. By January of 2007 you will need this type
of converter to watch any television at all.
all broadcasters must comply and be capable of broadcasting
digital television by 2007. All stations must turn off their analog
signals come December 31st, 2006.
Your second option if you can’t afford a brand new television
set right now, is to purchase an HDTV converter box that runs
around 100 dollars. These converters will allow you to watch
all digital signals but without the benefit of the high resolution or
high definition. It will also convert HDTV down from the 16-by-
9 aspect ratio to 4-by-3 to fit an analog set. In essence the
converter will take an HDTV signal in and make it viewable on
your analog screen. By January of 2007 you will need this type
of converter to watch any television at all.
EDIT: Updated info found:
Originally Posted by http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#coupon
On February 18, 2009, full power television stations will stop analog broadcasting and transition to digital broadcasting. Households that do not subscribe to cable or satellite services will need either a television set capable of receiving DTV programming, or a digital-to-analog converter box. Digital-to-analog converter boxes will make DTV signals viewable on analog TV sets. These converter boxes will be available in retail stores during the transition.
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09-12-2006, 06:32 PM
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first ive heard of this.
I just heard them talking yesterday about how TV stations wont give a chunk of their bandwidth up for Fire fighters to have specialized communication devices in case of a major emergency (repeat of 9/11 for example). That seems to fly in the face of this news. I suspect a lot of low to mid income people will just go out and commit crimes if they pull this... GFL!
I just heard them talking yesterday about how TV stations wont give a chunk of their bandwidth up for Fire fighters to have specialized communication devices in case of a major emergency (repeat of 9/11 for example). That seems to fly in the face of this news. I suspect a lot of low to mid income people will just go out and commit crimes if they pull this... GFL!
09-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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k three ifers
they were supposed to switch a long time ago i think, but never got around to.. probably because people in the us werent ready. whatever, just an excuse for me to go hd 
