Right. It is *not* SD that is being mandated, only that they replace their analog transmitters with 'digital' ones. However, by then more and more footage will be shot in various flavors of HD, so it'll become more common gradually. Most of what we see on TV today is shot in HD.
Once a station's digital facilities are in place, it won't cost them any extra to broadcast in HD, so they will. This conversion is not *supposed* to leave any 'dark' TVs when the last analog transmitter is shut down on February 17, 2009. There will be cheap converter boxes, and in fact there's a mandate to offer one free box per household (that requests one). However, at this point I wouldn't buy a new TV that doesn't specifically offer the new "ATSC" tuner. On 8/29/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just looked it up. It is the conversion of Analog to Digital that > is being mandated by 2009. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
