2007-01-17 16:20:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Because digital TV will be the only thing available in a few years. Current TV's won't work unless you buy a out-board box to receive digital signals...
2007-01-17 16:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
digital TV allows for more programing over the same amount of frequency spectrum. for example here on regular over the air old style analog TV we have one PBS station channel 7 ,however the same Chanel that's being broadcast in digital had 4 other to of which are h.d. Chanel's 7.1,, 7.2 ,,7.3 ,and 7.4 all of which are using the same amount of signal space as the one old analog 7. you will not be able to buy a non digital t.v. much longer as there has been a law passed saying that all t.v.s sold in the USA must be digital soon,some time this year,and in 2 years or so all old analog programming will be turned off.All satellite like directv and dish network are already digital that's why they can put so many channels on the same satellite?The satellite box converts the signal to analog for your t.v. Even radio is going digital check out www.hdradio.com As for H.D. its just for quality and you can live without that for a while ,but if you ever do go H.D> there is no going back ,,id be like switching from dsl to dial up again!
2007-01-17 16:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
and what form of entertainment dominates many American lives?
TV. consumers want the best and the cheapest, and now it's getting cheaper to buy a TV that will phase out older televisions because of their superior picture quality and other factors.
and I'm sure you've heard of the PS3, correct? it basically requires HDTV or else it wont show games correctly. sounds crazy, i know, but the newer televisions are becoming a necessity in households for other electronics. of course, that is probably the only case in which another product relies on HDTV, but it's only the beginning in the television's revolution.
the popularity of them alone is enough to push consumers to buy one. my computer even has a hi-def that's about 20" wide. i use that computer strictly for gaming, and it definitely adds to the intensity of any game i play, and i'm sure that's why people are pushed to buy them. not only for money, but quality.
2007-01-17 16:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pushing TV broadcasters to use digital instead of analog transmission allows the FCC to push them out of the VHF bands and solely into the UHF band.
The VHF bands are to be then auctioned off to wireless comm companies, ostensibly to expand their cellular network's RF bandwidth, to provide high bandwidth services such as streaming audio.
Cellular networks win because they get more real estate to do their thing, which makes more money. The US government wins because they get oodles of money auctioning off the licenses for this spectra. Electronics manufacturers win because they get to sell new TVs and other HD equipment at large margins, for now.
Commercial broadcasters get hosed because they have to upgrade their Tx equipment in order to meet the FCC deadline of Feb 2009.
And we, the TV watching public, have no choice but to either plunk down the bucks to get a digital converter so our TVs aren't obsolete, or get herded into paying $$$ for that newfangled HDTV set at Sam's Club that does nothing but give us pixelated images of Everybody Loves Raymond reruns. So much for "free" TV.
2007-01-18 03:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by CMass Stan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of high tech
2007-01-17 16:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by Sweet S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋