Does this mean that my emergency, battery-operated analog TV set will in fact continue to work on the VHF channels? When we're having a hurricane and the power is off, its good to see the weather maps, etc. that can be seen on the commercial, on-the-air VHF channels using the battery-operated TV. It runs on 12 volts and will operate for quite a while on a car battery. I suspect not. I suspect I will need either a battery-operated digital-to-analog converter box, or a battery-operated digital TV.
Fred Holmes At 02:44 PM 7/3/2008, Steve Rigby wrote: > That is what we all thought, wasn't it? It is not the case. >Digital TV allows for more efficient use of available spectrum. The >amount of bandwidth that can be freed up by the switch to digital >will be sold off or provided to public safety or utility agencies. >Most, if not all VHF stations will revert back to VHF from UHF for >digital in February 2009. Some VHF stations never did migrate to UHV >during this transitional phase. > > TV broadcasters are not required to provide high definition TV to >viewers. Full high definition, as opposed to a lower level of >quality, requires a lot of bandwidth. TV stations can lease out any >unused bandwidth to commercial enterprises that are seeking >frequencies for their own use. Thus there exists a financial >incentive for broadcasters to not provide the highest definition >images that are possible, and that many consumers will have bought >new receivers expecting to see. However, any digital is going to be >better than analog except for certain problems that will most likely >plague viewers on a routine basis. I am speaking of dropouts, >synchronization problems between audio and video, and pixellation of >the image that will be all too common. > > Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
