Will I be forced to go full HD or will regular DTV continue?
2007-09-15 16:20:30 · 2 answers · asked by Chief_Reynolds 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
No. Only analog TV signals will no longer be transmitted. Your Direct TV box is set up to receive digital TV and still DnA (convert) it to analog to your TV antenna jack. All TVs that are not now set up to receive digital will have to have a digital to analog converter box between the signal source and the TV's antenna input.
2007-09-15 16:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between Analog and HD signals. In fact, they're two different categories.
What you've heard is that all tv signals will be required to be broadcast in DIGITAL format instead of over the airwaves (i.e. receivable through a set of rabbit ears).
High Definition is the type of broadcast defining how clear your picture is based off of the number of pixels in the picture. Both standard definition ("regular DTV") and high definition can (and ARE) broadcast in digital format.
In fact, all of DTV's programming is broadcast in digital, so you will not see a difference.
2007-09-17 01:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by Laura 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋