When it becomes mandatory to go to digital tv, will we still be able to use present dvd player & recorders?

Question

2009 is the year of the change. also will we be able to play vhs movies at all. any information about thiis change will be appreciated.

Answer 1

you are talking about several different technologies that are not necessarily related. digital tv has to do with the signal tuner that is inside your television. in 2009 all tv's will need a built in digital tuner or set top box digi tuner to receive 'over the air' broadcasts only. digital cable and sattelite subscribers will not be affected by this as their set top boxes provide the digital signal decoder.
devices like dvd players and vcrs are simply input and output devices. it doesn't really matter if the tuner is digital or analog; it has nothing to do with dvd or vhs input signals.
the issue with dvd's is the blue-ray and hd-dvd formats. they require a different dvd player and an hd complinat tv. it can still be played on an ordinary tv but it will not be full quality digital.

Answer 2

You will still be able to use both your VHS movies and your DVD player. What will happen in 2009 is the way we watch TV and how it will be broadcast.
Right now TV is broadcast in analog (Current or old technology), and digital. In 2009 broadcast in analog will cease and everything will be digital.

Answer 3

DVD players and recorders are already digital TV. The mandatory switch to digital applies only to broadcast TV. It doesn't even apply to cable TV, which can remain analog (although many cable systems are offering digital TV, they still have analog available).

Answer 4

Are you making optimistic that you a million) have the television on the splendid channel to play DVDs or 2) that you're picking the perfect enter? My television has diverse alternatives for enter on the enter menu from the distant; i.e. Video a million, Video 2, Comp a million, Comp 2, and so on.

Answer 5

You will still be able to play DVD's and VCR tapes but you won't be able to record the digital or HD programming anymore unless they have the ATSC tuner built in.