Comments on: What will happen in two years or so when the switch is made to HDTV? http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/ Your Digital HDTV Resource Wed, 23 May 2012 05:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dataminer http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Dataminer Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:08:10 +0000 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/#comment-366 You'll need convertor boxes which can be purchased at radio shack and the like for about $50 keep your receipt as you can then get a rebate from the govt. of $40 for each purchase. for more info You’ll need convertor boxes which can be purchased at radio shack and the like for about $50 keep your receipt as you can then get a rebate from the govt. of $40 for each purchase.
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]]> By: jjki_11738 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/comment-page-1/#comment-365 jjki_11738 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:47:36 +0000 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/#comment-365 You will still be able to use your TVs. At Midnight on February 17, 2009, most analog Over The Air (OTA) broadcasting will end in the US. Satellite is not effected. Cable is under mandate to keep providing analog versions of the local OTA or provide converter boxes, until at least 2012. What they do with the rest of the analog channels they provide is up to them. The OTA replacement is not HDTV. It is digital TV. All HDTV is digital, not all digital is HDTV. Many of these stations are already broadcasting. In January of 2008, each household can apply for up to two coupons worth $40 off the price of digital to analog converter boxes. The boxes are expected to cost around $60 before the coupon. You will need one for every analog device you have with a tuner-TVs, VCRs Etc, if you want to continue to use them to receive OTA TV. Most of the OTA digital is on UHF channels which don't have as great a range as VHF on which most of the present analiog OTA resides. So, you may have to upgrade your antenna. Digital or HDTV antennas are a marketing gimmick. What you need is an antenna with gioog UHF performance. See the links to the FCC site and antenna related sites below. Update There is no government rebate. You have to get the Govt. coupons before you buy the converters. And, yes, you can use your old sets, but only with the converters. You will still be able to use your TVs. At Midnight on February 17, 2009, most analog Over The Air (OTA) broadcasting will end in the US. Satellite is not effected. Cable is under mandate to keep providing analog versions of the local OTA or provide converter boxes, until at least 2012. What they do with the rest of the analog channels they provide is up to them. The OTA replacement is not HDTV. It is digital TV. All HDTV is digital, not all digital is HDTV. Many of these stations are already broadcasting. In January of 2008, each household can apply for up to two coupons worth $40 off the price of digital to analog converter boxes. The boxes are expected to cost around $60 before the coupon. You will need one for every analog device you have with a tuner-TVs, VCRs Etc, if you want to continue to use them to receive OTA TV. Most of the OTA digital is on UHF channels which don’t have as great a range as VHF on which most of the present analiog OTA resides. So, you may have to upgrade your antenna. Digital or HDTV antennas are a marketing gimmick. What you need is an antenna with gioog UHF performance. See the links to the FCC site and antenna related sites below.

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There is no government rebate. You have to get the Govt. coupons before you buy the converters. And, yes, you can use your old sets, but only with the converters.

]]> By: jirachii http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/comment-page-1/#comment-364 jirachii Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:28:31 +0000 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/#comment-364 No you WONT have to buy a converter as long as you have Cable/DirectTV/etc The converter is for regular broadcast channels No you WONT have to buy a converter as long as you have Cable/DirectTV/etc The converter is for regular broadcast channels

]]> By: Top Cat http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Top Cat Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:20:43 +0000 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/#comment-363 you have to buy a converter but eventually they will drop down, as they did with computers (compared to when they first came out), but high defs are cheap so you have to buy a converter but eventually they will drop down, as they did with computers (compared to when they first came out), but high defs are cheap so

]]> By: xbluelikewaterx http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/comment-page-1/#comment-362 xbluelikewaterx Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://digitalhdpro.com/what-will-happen-in-two-years-or-so-when-the-switch-is-made-to-hdtv/280/#comment-362 Yes, you will have to buy a converter. I'm not sure how much they will be, but I know that the government will be subsidizing this cost with a rebate, since they are forcing the crossover to HD. Really, though you should just get an HDTV... they are getting so cheap now, and you will love it once you have it! The difference is amazing! Yes, you will have to buy a converter. I’m not sure how much they will be, but I know that the government will be subsidizing this cost with a rebate, since they are forcing the crossover to HD. Really, though you should just get an HDTV… they are getting so cheap now, and you will love it once you have it! The difference is amazing!

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