Home audio & video: Can you believe it?
Can you believe it?
by Coryphaeus - 9/30/07 5:29 PMOnly a little more than a year until SD broadcasting is turned off.
Here's how to build one. . .
by Coryphaeus - 9/30/07 5:33 PM In reply to: Can you believe it? by CoryphaeusHere's how to power it up.
by R. Proffitt
- 9/30/07 5:47 PM
In reply to: Here's how to build one. . . by Coryphaeus
Please, don't neglect 'THINK GREEN." Don't neglect solar or
by NM_Bill - 10/11/07 8:08 PM In reply to: Here's how to power it up. by R. Proffitt
wind power.
Here in New Mexico shade is a hard to come by commodity. Help us by donating to my fund to provide shade by building each deprived New Mexican a shading pergola topped with photovoltaic panels. Yes, I'm embarrassed by the topic of charity, but in return we will do our best to enrich you in return with regular shipments of fine Hatch, NM hot variety chili peppers.
As for prime future placements for wind farms, simply place in close proximity to partisan political centers. The hot volume of hot air emanating from Fox Network alone should be sufficient to power a few hundred thousand homes.
That's not to mention Washington, DC, whose enormous vortex of sucking wind energy should make them self sufficient. (For electrical power that it, not otherwise.)
Sorry for my lack of visual schematics.
RE:Can you believe it.
by ysub99 - 10/12/07 5:23 PM In reply to: Can you believe it? by CoryphaeusClose but not exactly true.
SD is not being turned off, analog is being turned off.
Not all digital stations will be HDTV many will still be SDTV, especially subchannels.
What does this really mean?
by edpuggles - 10/12/07 6:57 PM In reply to: Can you believe it? by CoryphaeusOk, no more analog. Does this mean the antenna on the roof of my workshop is obsolete? Or, can i run the antenna thru a set top digital tuner and still tune in free stations?
Some old things will still work!
by albizzia - 10/16/07 5:54 PM In reply to: What does this really mean? by edpugglesFree "over the air" digital broadcasts can be recieved with the same antenna used for the old analog broadcast, and you may be able to use the same old coax lead from the antenna (if it is connected by an ancient flat 300 ohm "twin lead", replace it with a balun and 75 ohm coax lead). Old analog antenna amplifiers and splitters may work, if they don't degrade the signal.
What you will need is a digital tuner, either in a new digital TV or a digital tuner box for your old analog TV. If you go for the digital tuner box, wait until the Government shells out those $40 certificates to help pay for it!
The downside is that digital TV is much less forgiving of bad signals - a station that came in with some "snow" but otherwise viewable in analog may have annoying pixelated interrruptions - or may not appear at all - after the digital switchover. For the same reason, a bad antenna or defective signal splitter may cause problems and may have to be replaced.
Just some FYI!!!
by jcrobso - 10/19/07 6:46 AM In reply to: What does this really mean? by edpugglesFeb 2009 Over The Air analog broadcasting will cease!!
Only Digital Over The Air will remain. The VHF band will be chopped up for other usage. Digital TV will be broadcast in the UHF Band only!
If your antenna has a UHF section you can still use it for receiving digital OTA UHF broadcasts. John
Incorrect
by Flatworm - 10/13/07 5:17 AM In reply to: Can you believe it? by CoryphaeusIt is not standard definition television that will be shut off. It is analogue television that is being shut off. Some stations (maybe most) will continue to broadcast standard definition signals, but they will be digital, not analog.
The reason for this is that a digital signal takes a LOT less bandwidth than the old analog signals, and that bandwidth will be shifted over to such things as cellular data services and emergency response.
Your antenna should be fine -- it doesn't care whether a signal is digital or analog. But your television's tuner, if it is an older TV, will not be able to use the signal your antenna receives and you will have to get an adapter, which will become much more readily available when the time for the switchover draws closer.
If you get your television over cable using a set-top box like most people do these days, no problemo. These are mostly already digital.
this is a question--
by ccturp - 10/14/07 7:58 AM In reply to: Incorrect by Flatwormi have a 1997 zenith tv model SY2549S.i do not have cable and use inside rabbit ears. with the new change coming up the question is will i be able to receive any signal or not. i don't know whether this tv is analog or digital -- how do i find out?
as i am older i don't want to spend a lot of money getting a new tv if i don't have to but i don't understand most of what is being said about the old and new tv's e.g.analog, digital, lcd and/or hdtv. i don't have the space for a large tv but when i have asked about the smaller new tv's i was told that if i don't have cable -- don't bother.
do you have any suggestions?
FACTS FOR CCT.
by stewart norrie - 10/14/07 11:35 AM In reply to: this is a question-- by ccturpYes you have to buy a digital to anol;og box, about $50.00 if you are a poor person ha ha the government will help you pay for it, now for the good news, the over the air signal will be free of ghosts, and snow but the signal will be perfect or not come in at all, BEST bet You can buy an entry level large screen size hi.def set for about $400 add a a sweet hi-def satellite system This will give you tons of quality hi-def channels what you will have is a movie quality picture with awsome programming steweee
thanks for the answer --one problem with your answer
by ccturp - 10/14/07 12:22 PM In reply to: FACTS FOR CCT. by stewart norrieas i said -- i don't have cable (and the government probably wouldn't consider me poor)-- and in order to get satellite i have to get an okay from my homeowners association as well as having to pay them $200. to allow it on the roof of my garage. then i have to pay for the satellite service monthly. i am retired and i don't watch tv all that much and don't feel that $50 to $90 extra each month for cable or satellite is worth it to me for the extra channels.
any other suggestions?
Digital tuners
by steve051 - 10/14/07 2:31 PM In reply to: thanks for the answer --one problem with your answer by ccturpccturp.
If you are okay rabbit ears TV only, then you should buy a new TV with a digital tuner built in.
For 2-300 (27" non-widescreen) you can get a brand new type of TV for viewing digital TV( broadcast) through it's buit-in dig. tuner.
These are meant just for your purpose-- a cross-over TV!
If you get Sunday paper, check circular ads stuffed inside it for these TVs. They are supposed to put a note( asterisk for note) on any TV not equipped for digital TV, now.
I have ValueCity Dept. stores ,here, that have them.
Believe it?
by J G M - 10/17/07 7:25 AM In reply to: Can you believe it? by CoryphaeusI will be shocked if this "deadline" isn't extended, probably right after the holiday buying season. Not a good idea, right around an election, to upset as many people as this is going to.
We tech-heads here tend to lose touch of the real world out there. Yes, a majority of people have cable/sat, but there are a huge number of rabbit-eared bedroom TVs still in play.
Exactly
by edpuggles - 10/17/07 8:21 AM In reply to: Believe it? by J G MA lot of us take for granted having cable hook up in each room, let alone cable at all. A large portion of the population has one or neither. The change to digital signal could cause a huge dip in tv viewership for people who have the extra tv's so families don't have to argue over what they watch. They are not going to want to or be able to go and buy a bunch of extra converter boxes or new tv's w/digital tuners. Even though we have all had ample time to get ready, if you can't afford it, you can't afford it. I hope the government is serious about the subsidies since they are the ones forcing the change.
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