[TechAssist] Re: Analog TV Broadcasts Will Stop in: xxxxxx ?
- From: "John @ Myers TV " <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 20:33:24 -0400
Here's the way I'm seeing it. Someone correct me, please.
If you are receiving via antenna, you have the most to lose. After the
cutoff date (we'll say 12/31/2006), You will have to have a converter
box to be able to continue to use your analog television.
If you are receiving via satellite, You are OK, since the receiver
output will remain the same.
If you are on cable, You MAY be able to still use your analog TV, since
the cable system MAY have enough throughput to run both analog, and
digital signals in the same system.
Well, how about it? how far off the beam am I?
BTW, I checked a month or 2 ago. A Samsung converter box was available
on EBay for about $125. I'm thinking about it.
John Myers
Myers TV Service Co.
376 E. State St.
Alliance, OH 44601
Voice / Fax: 330-821-6545
Myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.myerstv.net
Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Ben Franklin
Technotronic Dimensions wrote:
>I watch c-span alot late at night on cable. 2-3 Weeks ago, they had the new
>chairman of the FCC on, and a senator from NY asked about this situation,
>and asked who sets the date and policy. The FCC guy could not answer, but
>promised a follow up at a later date. The senator expressed concerns
>weather consumers who currently have the old TV's would now find themselves
>in posession of 'junk' , and the old broadcasting system will be abandoned
>in favor of the new. The problem he saw was no one knowing the cut off, and
>buying brand new analog TV's right up till the time the broadcast format
>changes, and being stuck with junk.
>
>Does this plan you refer to take this into consideraton? Funny that the FCC
>guy didnt know much at all about it.
>
>Steve Hearns
>Technotronic Dimensions, NY [USA]
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>From: "J. Knoll" <jaystv@xxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:31 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Analog TV Broadcasts Will Stop in: xxxxxx ?
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>That date was set long ago and has not changed as of yet.
>Quote below from DTV.GOV
>****<quote>When will the DTV transition be complete?
>
>The target date for the end of the transition from analog to digital
>television signals is December 31, 2006. That date may be extended,
>however, until most homes (85%) in an area are able to watch the DTV
>programming. At that point, broadcasting the current "analog"
>channels will end and that spectrum will be put to other uses. Until
>the transition to DTV is complete, television stations will continue
>broadcasting on both their digital and analog channels.=20
></endquote>****
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>If and when we here anything official that changes this, we will
>adjust accordingly.
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>>Technotronic Dimensions, NY [USA]
>>WWW.TECHNOTRONIC-DIMENSIONS.COM
>>1-877-817-9885 (Voice / Fax Toll Free - US Only)
>>E-Mail: Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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