[MacDV] January 1, 2009 Doomsday Plan

[Kunga]

I already have a off air digital tuner in my EyeTV 500. The point is  
that digital transmissions are much more fragile than analog  
transmissions and breakdown completely if you have no line of sight  
to the transmitter.

k

On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Michael Winter wrote:

> Why? This transition affects over-the-air transmission only. That  
> means the stations that are broadcasting over the air now will  
> still be broadcasting over the air then. Just in digital. Over-the- 
> air broadcasting isn't going to disappear. As evidence, look at how  
> hard the industry players are fighting to get their share of the  
> bandwidth for just such transmissions.
>
> If you want to receive over-the-air digital broadcasts you will  
> need either a TV with a digital tuner or a convertor box. Note the  
> TV display doesn't need to be digital, just the tuner (either  
> internal or external).
>
> As a side note, if there really is a huge demographic that doesn't  
> want to buy digital-ready TV's, there's nothing preventing the  
> cable companies from continuing their analog feeds.