Consumer Electronics Blog September Archive

Digital Transition for Televisions

By Website Introductions at 09/19/08 19:00

From manufacturers, networks up to the common household would have to cope to the changes that is about to happen in the Television Industry on February next. TV networks will be having a transition from analog to digital signal broadcasting. This will be a major point in broadcasting industry as it goes with the advancement of technology. Converters will be available in the market so analog televisions will still work after the conversion.

Link: Digital TV (DTV) Transition » Iowa Public Television

The Countdown to a New Vision

A countdown to new vision and image of the all-time favorite main source of entertainment and news, the television. Televisions have been using analog signal since the very beginning of its creation but the countdown to innovating this signal has been developed and will soon be implemented by 2009. There are so many opportunities included with the new "digital tv". Get updated and learn more about this ground-breaking news here.

Link: Countdown to Digital TV / Florida Association of Broadcasters

All Digital in 2009

United States plans to make analog broadcasting airwaves in televisions obsolete. The transition to digital signal will commence on the 17th of February 2009.

DTV is already tested in Wilmington, North Carolina - all analog broadcast ended last September 8, 2008.

Digital broadcasting will surely allow tv stations to offer improved picture and sound quality and more additional channels.

Link: The Digital TV Transition: What You Need to Know About DTV

The Advantage of a Digital Converter Box

Thanks to the digital converter box, analog television can now be able to receive digital signals and act as a digital television. Some advantages of receiving digital broadcasts through digital converter boxes which includes:

• digital broadcasts offers improved receptions;
• With most multicasting stations, digital broadcasts, stations can offer a variety of channels instead of having just one. It is true that digital converter boxes will be the the answer to people who are still using the analog television.

Link: Can you use a digital TV converter box now? - Tips from The Kim Komando Radio Show & Web site