I like to watch the local weather and the occasional episode of "Law And Order" but my brother tells me that regular tv will disappear and if you don't have cable you will have to buy a thousand dollar digital tv? Is this right? I like the occasional PBS episode but I am not buying a thousand dollar tv. I can read a book...
2007-08-18 20:15:08 · 8 answers · asked by nowyat 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
So, how will this make my life better? Who is making money out of this? Thanks for all these answers, by the way. They are very informative.
2007-08-18 20:47:15 · update #1
So, how will this make my life better? Who is making money out of this? Thanks for all these answers, by the way. They are very informative.
2007-08-18 20:47:16 · update #2
Sorry about the double typo. But I say, "Bah! I need no tv." I will just watch videos and dvds and get the weather on the internet.
2007-08-18 20:54:34 · update #3
If you don't want to buy a new TV, there will be converters available for older TVs that will convert digital signals to an analog signal. So don't worry about it. And TVs are becoming really cheap. You can buy a nice LCD TV for a couple hundred dollars.
2007-08-18 20:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by poop 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, not illegal. They are just going to stop transmitting an analogue (over the air) signal, and will only transmit in digital. You can keep your old TV, but will need a digital receiver, which you can get from any cable or satellite company with service.
All new TVs are digital ready, even cheap CRT TVs, so you don't need to by a thousand dollar plasma just to watch TV. Your current TV may even be digital ready if you bought it in the last couple of years.
There is no need to worry- TV won't become something only the rich can enjoy with this.
2007-08-18 20:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Once broadcast TV goes digital, you will either have to buy a TV with a digital tuner or buy a digital tuner box for your existing TV. The boxes won't be very expensive, and if you are in the market for a new TV, you can just get one with a digital tuner and you'll be set. You won't have to by an thousand dollar digital TV.
Don't confuse digital broadcast TV with HDTV, they are two totally different things.
2007-08-18 20:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by stever002 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You'll be able to buy a couple hundred $ HDTV for after Feb 2009 . They are just not going to transmit Reg TV signal
2007-08-18 20:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by acount1962 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fortunately, what you heard isnt true. You can still use an analog tv. You will need to get a digital-to-analog converter box that will hook up to your tv though. If you dont hook it up, you wont get a picture. Theres even a program to get financial help to obtain a DTA converter. Heres info on that program: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2007/DTVfinalrule_031207.htm
2007-08-18 20:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by Somaesthesia 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't blame you. isn't there a whole lot of demografics out there that are in similar situations. DIGITAL HDTV and all the others have been around a long time. at least10 or more yrs. I'm not worried. .T4
2007-08-18 20:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read this before. So I think you brother may be on to something.
some of the old TVs will be obsolete when it is all digital
2007-08-18 20:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YOUR BROTHER is yanking your CHAIN....
Messing with your mind....
He is so far off base that he's either HEARD what he wanted to hear (to pixx you off),
or he's so bad at LISTENING that his parents say behind his back "He didn't get brains like our daughter did..."
Thousand dollar TV set.......sheesh.
I got mine for $800 eight months ago.....
Illegal? C'mon......
2007-08-18 21:19:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋