What is this analog to digital television transition all about?
Filed under: Why conversion?
Digital television (or «DTV») is a new technology which soon will be used for all television broadcasting in US. It means that everyone soon will have to use this technology to watch TV.
Lets try to understand what is that digital television. In a few words – this is a new way of transferring video information from TV station to your home TV receiver (your personal TV set). This new way is much more efficient and more flexible than the traditional way of broadcasting – that means that you will have more fun and possibilities watching your TV (high picture quality, new interactive possibilities and more) and wouldn’t have any problems with it (no «snow on the screen» or missing channels). Most interesting things about it are interactive video and data services – new possibilities like live chats, communities, shopping and more – inside of your old good TV. If you are want know more about this stuff – just check out this site later – I will post more articles about DTV possibilities. But don’t worry - «Digital television transition» sounds pretty complicated, but in fact, when it comes to your personal TV – it’ll be really simple changes to make to step in a «new era» of television.
Why everyone will have to switch to digital television?