I dont understand. Why is the GOVERNMENT saying that we all have to get a HDTV? Is there some conspericy behind this? Im perfectly fine with the regular tvs now
2007-10-18 07:44:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
The conspiracy is to pay off the national debt without raising taxes. Once Analog broadcasting is discontinued in 2009, those frequencies will be auctioned off for other uses. Digital modulation allows all the existing broadcasters to be telescoped into a smaller band, freeing up the spectruum that had to be held in reserve for analog TV to prevent station to station interference. You get better TV and no tax raise. Conspiracy, complain to your congress person now before it happens.
2007-10-19 08:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government is not requiring you to switch to HDTV, they are requiring that you have a digital tuner of some sort for your television signals. This does not mean that you need to purchase a new TV or does it require that you have an HDTV. There are other options to obtaining a digital signal. One is a digital tuner, another is satellite TV, and another is digital cable.
The reason for the switch is the government wants to give the analog signals back to radio.
2007-10-18 07:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government is mandating a switch to Digital TV not High Definition TV.
2007-10-18 07:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why digital TV?
The quality is inferior to analogue. It does NOT provide a better signal path (Just watch ENG from the BBC).
It does enable the BBC to spend huge amounts of our money on channels nobody watches (and not just the BBC)
It may raise some money for HMG, but after the last frequency sell off, bidders might be rather scarce.
2007-10-18 10:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Do not trust low score answerers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋