Re: The End of Analog TV
Anyone have any idea what the converter boxes for NTSC sets will cost? And, how many folks will it affect? Seems like if an NTSC set is on cable, the cable provider will have to provide the solution and may very well already be ready to do just that.
I recently switched our living room set out to HDTV (and we are
*really* glad we did) but our bedroom set is NTSC. I suppose our situation is not unusual.Also, I thought there was some 85% "rule" that had to occur in a given market to switch off NTSC.
The downside of all this is that no broadcaster will be forced to provide HTDV even after going digital. That will be up to the marketplace, or so it seems.
And, my local cable company does not even carry all the local (Los Angeles) broadcast stati
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Tim in General Telecommunications Forum
