The transition from analog to all-digital broadcasts will be completed in the U.S. by February 2009, and most Western European countries will terminate analog TV broadcasts by 2012, will help to drive a predicted demand for digital television services. Other factors will also drive DTV's penetration in the U.S. and Western Europe, such as the growth of bundle offers of different services, ... [ read the full article ]
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My biggest concern about the switch over is the lack of portable digital TV's. the second that takes the list, is the concern of improper use of Broadcast Flags that the DTV will use to protect content from OTA recording's. it simply exerts to much power to those who it shouldn't concern.
Granted if its electrical it can be reverse engineered in do time.
my concern is the fact that i don't see any good in the switch.
this benefits an average consumer in absolutely no way.
even if you get the vouchers for the converters,
each one will still cost you at least $10.
the cheapest one is at walmart for $50,
but i don't see the stores being the big winner either.
i've tried to inform anyone who is confused or affected,
and most were as totally confused as one might think.
many people who asked me about it had cable,
but still didn't yet understand they had no worries.
this makes me certain that many will spend money for no reason.
i'm guessing most people will subscribe to cable/satellite
or maybe buy a brand new hdtv they otherwise wouldn't have.
Dela nice article. Penetration is right! I understand that airwaves need to be cleared due to congestion BUT until the broadcast flags are dead and buried all of us will be grabbing our ankles and grimacing.
"Want to record that show? Sorry pal we think you should pay twice for it now bend over!"
problems with dtv:
1.great picture or none at all
2.signal is lost with small wind
3.with hd you only have 2/3 of picture with 4x3 90% of time
4.on a 55" tv you only get a 37" picture and less with 16 x 9
5.you can increase the picture screen but the pictures are not good.
6.the fcc have not done their job. we needed a real standard.
7.we need a real free to air system like other countries.
there is no congestion in the airwaves, its a spin to give the suites the okay. you see there already got people with billions lining up to bid on the free frequency's thus entirely destroys the congested airwave theory.
government wants cash, and the suits want control what better way to do this than sell the most reliable frequency's in RF history,and let the suits devise new idea's while the FCC is on the side screaming you cant do that, all while the suits are singing its are invention and we can do what we want.
