Comments on: Digital vs analog TV http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13279 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Just my two cents http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13279/comment-page-1#comment-175285 Just my two cents Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:50:03 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13279#comment-175285 Sounds like a catastrophe in the making. This is the same problem that is looming in Japan, where I live. Japan is to take the dive into the Digital sea, drowning out all traditional analogue broadcasting in 2011. The big difference between Japan and the US, is that the cable TV is STILL a minority, thus if the schedule continues as scheduled, a significant number of people would be rendered unable to watch TV, mainly those from lower class and elderly people. Those who have a TV with Video-in capability "can" watch TV by buying a digital tuner, what right now the cheapest tuners range from US$120 to US$400 just to see the channels, and also will be required to setup and reallign their airial (antenna) to catch the signal. Sure the government as said that they would help subsitize low income people, so that they can BUY the tuner for much less (I am sure that a familty just getting by is going to have the extra cash to buy a digital tuner for their 20 year old TV set). Which brings up another problem, reception. When it comes to television reception, Japan is oftem plagued with many obisticals. The biggest comming from the crowded cities. At present, many houses whose reception is blocked by tall buildings, are liked up to the building's arial, so they can recieve a decent reception. Untill now, this arial and the boosters have been paid for by the building owners, but many of the owers are stating that when they convert to digital, they will no longer be able to keep up this service, and if the people want to receive a signal, they will need to buy their own arial, or get cable TV. Like wise, in areas where local trains had caused interferrence, and thus the train companies built and kept up a local high power signal receiving station, has stated that they will not upgrade the system to support digital TV because it was not their fault that TV is going to Digital. Considering that my mother in law has trouble even figuring out how to change channels while using the VCR, I wonder how well people are going to be able to cope with a completely new system to watch TV. I can't help but say that there will be major problems when each country switches to digital, unless some people really sit down and consider the consiquences. Just my Two Cents Sounds like a catastrophe in the making.

This is the same problem that is looming in Japan, where I live. Japan is to take the dive into the Digital sea, drowning out all traditional analogue broadcasting in 2011. The big difference between Japan and the US, is that the cable TV is STILL a minority, thus if the schedule continues as scheduled, a significant number of people would be rendered unable to watch TV, mainly those from lower class and elderly people.

Those who have a TV with Video-in capability “can” watch TV by buying a digital tuner, what right now the cheapest tuners range from US$120 to US$400 just to see the channels, and also will be required to setup and reallign their airial (antenna) to catch the signal. Sure the government as said that they would help subsitize low income people, so that they can BUY the tuner for much less (I am sure that a familty just getting by is going to have the extra cash to buy a digital tuner for their 20 year old TV set).

Which brings up another problem, reception.
When it comes to television reception, Japan is oftem plagued with many obisticals. The biggest comming from the crowded cities. At present, many houses whose reception is blocked by tall buildings, are liked up to the building’s arial, so they can recieve a decent reception. Untill now, this arial and the boosters have been paid for by the building owners, but many of the owers are stating that when they convert to digital, they will no longer be able to keep up this service, and if the people want to receive a signal, they will need to buy their own arial, or get cable TV.

Like wise, in areas where local trains had caused interferrence, and thus the train companies built and kept up a local high power signal receiving station, has stated that they will not upgrade the system to support digital TV because it was not their fault that TV is going to Digital.

Considering that my mother in law has trouble even figuring out how to change channels while using the VCR, I wonder how well people are going to be able to cope with a completely new system to watch TV.

I can’t help but say that there will be major problems when each country switches to digital, unless some people really sit down and consider the consiquences.

Just my Two Cents

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