will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

Bert Hyman wrote:

In "Elmo P.
Shagnasty" wrote:

In article ,
Bert Hyman wrote:

I'm sorry. The FCC that I know of is only for the United States of
America, and there's no mandate for HDTV or HDTV tuners.

But there is a requirement that all over-the-air TV stations in the US
switch to "digital" broadcasts by Feb. 18, 2009.

By March 2007, all TVs sold in the US must have built-in digital
tuners.

That's right.

And that has nothing to do with HDTV.

Why did I just -know that was going to be your angle?

Wouldn't it have been simpler, not to mention more civil, to simply
correct the posters apparent confusion about digital vs. HD TV and go from
there?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

Bert

I agree with you about the general lack of civility in this group,
however, this same original post has been posted about 5 times in the
past few months, under different poster names. Why,,beats me,,,?? The
original poster never posts back saying thanks for clarifying, or
anything..?

I think people are getting a bit fatigued answering the same question
over and over - HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

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common_ wrote:
I agree with you about the general lack of civility in this group,
however, this same original post has been posted about 5 times in the
past few months, under different poster names. Why,,beats me,,,?? The
original poster never posts back saying thanks for clarifying, or
anything..?

I think people are getting a bit fatigued answering the same question
over and over - HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

Since hd signals are a subset of digital broadcasting, I wouldn't say hdtv has nothing to do with the switch.
It is a confusing subject for the novice, no doubt. There are good primers on the net to help explain it all.
This is a good place to start:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television

Chip

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In common_
wrote:

I agree with you about the general lack of civility in this group,
however, this same original post has been posted about 5 times in the
past few months, under different poster names. Why,,beats me,,,?? The
original poster never posts back saying thanks for clarifying, or
anything..?

I think people are getting a bit fatigued answering the same question
over and over - HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

I can see how that would happen; I guess I haven't hit the group at the
times when the messages you're talking about were current, or I just
ignored them :-)

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

common_ wrote:

HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

Agree but I didn't know that myself until I asked here
myself.

So basically a station can broadcast in digital but NOT
at the definition required to technically be "High
definition", correct?

Do I have it right?

will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

wrote:
common_ wrote:

HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

Agree but I didn't know that myself until I asked here
myself.

So basically a station can broadcast in digital but NOT
at the definition required to technically be "High
definition", correct?

Do I have it right?

Yes, that is correct.

Chip

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"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

Since hd signals are a subset of digital broadcasting, I wouldn't say
hdtv has nothing to do with the switch.

How can you say that?

The mandate is for digital broadcasting and digital tuners, period. The
mandate says absolutely nothing about HDTV.

HDTV has nothing to do with the mandated switch to digital broadcasting
and receivers.

HD is not part of the mandate, but nearly all stations broadcasting digitally are sending out an hd signal. That makes it part of it.

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common_ wrote:

HDTV has nothing to do with the switch to digital
broadcasting.

Agree but I didn't know that myself until I asked here
myself.

So basically a station can broadcast in digital but NOT
at the definition required to technically be "High
definition", correct?

Do I have it right?

They are permitted to broadcast HDTV, but it's not a requirement.
From http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/dtv/#RF

"Broadcasters are allowed to use the channels according to their best
business judgment -- as long as they continue to offer a free digital video
programming service at least comparable in resolution to the service
available today and aired during the same time periods."

However, the FCC, Congress, the broadcasters, and the media have preached
HDTV since the beginning of the transition. By now the public justifiability
expects HDTV to continue after the transition period.