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DTV - All out push by U.S.A. [message #28727] Tue, 19 October 2004 22:40 Go to next message
Clockwork Tangerine is currently offline  Clockwork Tangerine
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Not that it's bad, but big brother is really pushing the DTV transition. It even has it's own website:

Re: DTV - All out push by U.S.A. [message #28728 is a reply to message #28727] Wed, 20 October 2004 18:14 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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That kind of concerns me too. I like the technology, but I sort of lump this in with the BPL issue. Having digital communications pumped through the power lines is a cool idea, but it may kill radio reception, particularly in the shortwave and medium wave (AM) bands. Of course, that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with DTV, but this is another example of a technology leap that requires a paradigm shift.

Naturally, I am glad to see the move towards higher quality but wonder about the hundreds of millions of existing televisions that will be made obsolete. Many families plan to keep televisions sets for a decade or longer, so the next three years will go pretty quickly. Perhaps the cable television and satelite companies will retain analog channels for customers that request it. We'll see.

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