Price Comparisons For Digital TV: What The Analog TV Switch Off Means To You
Digital TV TV replaces analog in the next few years
By 2012 most countries in the world will have made the full digitaltransition toTV services and switched off TV their analog broadcasts. Different countries on different timescales will phase in the switch off but for most of us the deadline is rapidly approaching and could get to you sooner than you think. So what does it mean to you?
Digital Television
DigitalTheTV transition can't be ignored
TV Color TV revolutionised when it was introduced to the world in the 1960s but it had little immediate impact on our lives when it happened. The TV analog color standards were designed to be compatible with existing monochrome signalsI know nobody had to change their TV equipment unless they wanted to take advantage of the new color TV broadcasts.
This time things are different. If you are happy today with your analog TV equipment and you want to continue watching TV broadcasts then you will have to buy new gear. Digital TV is not compatible with analog TV and no attempt has been made to make it so.
You will need some way of receiving digital TV broadcasts
Your options will be digital satellite TV, digital cable TV or digital terrestrial TV. The most popular choice is likely to be terrestrial reception, which is the way most of us have watched TV for decades. Either wayyou will need new equipment to digital receive the signals. You might need to upgrade and reposition TV your terrestrial aerial and many people could find that they just can't get a good enough signal from their terrestrial digitalaerial forTV to work.
Terrestrial coverage is not 100% by any means and cable is rarely available except in densely populated areas, which means TV satellite that could be your only option.
No more watching one program while recording another
TV With analog there is a tuner in TV all your sets and in your VCR, which enables you to watch more than one channel at a time and even record one channel and watch another. To do the same digitalthing withTV you will need apparatus with more than one digital tuner which means you will likely need to change your VCR for a digital type as well.
There are some excellent subscription services like Sky + in the UK that provide you with a set-top box equipped with 2 tuners and a hard drive to allow you to record one channel while watching another or even to record 2 channels while watching another recording.
The bottom line is that watching more than one channel at a time will now only come at a cost. You will at least need to buy new equipment and you might have to pay for a subscription also.
The benefits of digital TV
Digital TV will mean better quality pictures and more channels to watch because it requires less bandwidth than theold analog service. When the analog signals are switched off and digital services claim the bandwidth that it releases you will see even more services being offered.
It's all at a price but that's progress I guess.
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