Tag archive: analog

Tomorrow is June 12—do you know what that means? If you still receive television using traditional analog over-the-air broadcasts, your television will pick up nothing but snow starting tomorrow. Although stations are staggering their shutoffs a little bit, by mid-day on June 12 virtually all analog television transmission in the United States should be shut down, in favor of all-digital broadcasting. Television viewers who receive… Read More

The stations have to turn off their analog broadcasts on June 12 as part of a nationwide mandate to move to more efficient digital signals. For Thursday's "soft test," analog broadcasts will be interrupted for two to five minutes once in the morning, once just after noon, at once in the early evening, around 6:30 p.m. local time for most stations. Households that have all their sets hooked up to cable or satellite feeds… Read More

The new official date for the U.S. to switch over to digital television might be June 12, 2009, but the Federal Communications Commission has just granted permission for 158 additional television stations to turn off their analog broadcasts before that date. Most of the stations transitioning early tend to be in smaller markets where the transition doesn't present a clear public safety issue; however, the list does include NBC and ABC… Read More

It's February 17, 2009, a date which has been relentlessly pounded into the consciousness of American television viewers for over two years as the date analog television broadcasts in the United States would cease forever. However, as with so many best-laid plans, the digital TV transition hasn't worked out so well: confusion and lack of funding for the government's $40 voucher program to help consumers defray the cost of… Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would delay the United States' transition to digital television by four months, shifting the transition date from February 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009. The bill is now going to President Obama to be signed into law; the President has said he supports the delay due to concerns an estimates 20 million Americans (mainly poor, elderly, and rural homes) were not ready for the… Read More

With the impending doom of analog television, many smart TV watchers are taking the government’s advice and buying digital-to-analog converter boxes in preparation for the switch to digital-only broadcasting. But what if your favorite station hasn’t switched on a digital broadcast yet? To give TV viewers the option of DTV without snatching a way the old standby while it still works, RadioShack has found a simple fix: a… Read More

February 18, 2008, was the last day for old-style analog cell service in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission mandates shutdown of obsolete systems in order to free frequency ranges for new advances services. Although the shutdown of analog cell phone service will impact comparatively few mobile phone users (the exceptions potentially being in rural areas were equipment was never upgraded, and the range of analog gear… Read More

The United States is scheduled to shut off over-the-air analog television broadcasts on February 17, 2009, which means folks who rely on over-the-air television reception need to either acquire a new digital-capable TV, get a converter box for their existing analog TV so they can get new digital TV signals, switch to a service like satellite or cable…or get used to looking at a whole lot of snow. So far, American consumers seem… Read More

By now, a handful of Americans probably know that the FCC has mandated analog terrestrial television broadcasts cease in February 17, 2009, in favor of all-digital television broadcasting. (We use the word "handful" generously"—the government, broadcasters, and the media haven't done a particularly good job of publicizing the transition.) The transition means that folks who rely on terrestrial television broadcasts… Read More

Digital media, surveillance, and presentation technology maker AverMedia has announced a new external USB television tuner designed to let PC users tap intoboth traditional analog and ATSC high-definition television. Blessed with a truly prolix name, the AverTV Hybrid Ultra USB High Definitionand Analog USB TV Tuner enabled users to watch and record both traditional analog and high-definition television. "The new AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB… Read More

Gefen, a maker of home theatre multi-platform extension, switching, distribution and conversion devices, today announced a new product which focuses on extending analog and digital audio in addition to HD video. The new DVI Audio Extender is priced at $649 and should be available now. The Gefen DVI Audio Extender, said Gefen, includes six-foot DVI and audio RCA cables in addition to two external power supplies (one on each end)… Read More

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have approved a large budget reconciliation bill which, among many other things, sets a February 19, 2009 deadline for broadcasters to stop analog TV broadcasts and move to digital television. The final version of the bill includes as much as $1.5 billion in funding to provide up to two $40 vouchers per U.S. household toward the purchase of digital-to-analog set-top converter devices.… Read More

During remarks at the 19th Annual Television Conference, held by the Association of Maximum Service Television, Senator Ted Stevens (R – Alaska) said he supports setting a hard deadline of 2009 for television broadcasters to complete their transition to digital television, and, on October 19, he plans to have his committee consider a bill fixing that date. Senator Stevens' comments put pressure on television broadcasters to… Read More

In an effort to speed along the adoption of Digital Television Technology, Mr. Shapiro will testify in a hearing next week on the need for a hard date to end analog television broadcasting.  The CEA maintains that only 12% of viewers watch broadcast television, with 10% more only used as game or DVD players. A decade ago, Congress and the FCC set a hard date of Dec. 31, 2006 for the end of analog television broadcast. … Read More

Video Cables from the Inside Out http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/125190.html When reading descriptions of home theater cable products off of packages in a big-box store, or off of websites online, it's sometimes hard to get a clear understanding of just what, exactly, is inside a length of cable. It often isn't clear where the engineering-speak ends and where the marketing-speak begins, and the marketing-speak… Read More