Analog Converter
Analog Converter
The fcc will allow hd transmission in 2010. How does one purchase a digital to analog converter box .?
also if you have hd tv set,how do you get your old analog recorders to work properly. d/a converter?? Will the FCC grant an extention from hd transmissions until people have a better Idea of what is envolved.
There are already digital TV broadcasts, including "HD" ones. What is happening is that after 2/17/09, almost all analog over the air broadcasts will stop.
You can buy converters for your old analog TV and recorders now, but most people are waiting until March 2008 when cheaper converters should be in the stores and the government will be sending out discount coupons that will bring the cost of the first two converters down to about $20 each.
These converters are for use with an antenna only; satellite and cable companies usually supply the conversion for their customers.
The converters only tune into on channel at a time. To change that channel you have to either use a remote control (included with converter) or press buttons on the converter box. This means that you won't be able to program your analog recorders to change the channels.
All the HDTVs I know of have analog inputs, so there isn't any problem hooking your analog recorders to them. The problem is that if you have a large screen, the picture quality will not be that great
You can also buy DVD recorders with digital (ATSC) tuners built in. I was in Walmart yesterday; they had their cheapest one down to $135. They only record in SD quality, but at least you can program them like an old VCR.
The chances of the government (FCC) changing the 2/17/09 cutoff is pretty close to zero. They are planning on getting a big pile of money by selling off some surplus channels.
The transition is to digital TV (DTV), not HDTV; some programming is not in HD. This doesn't matter if you are using a converter because they convert it all to analog with about the same quality as you get from a DVD player.
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