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Broadcast Digital Switch:
Effective February 17, 2009, analog television broadcast will be turned off.
Congress mandated the conversion to all-digital television broadcasting, also known as the digital television (DTV) transition, because all-digital broadcasting will free up frequencies for public safety communications (such as police, fire, and emergency rescue). Also, digital is a more efficient transmission technology that allows broadcast stations to offer improved picture and sound quality, as well as offer more programming options for consumers through multiple broadcast streams (multicasting).Cable Operators Must Support Analog TVs Until 2012
September 11, 2007: While the federal government has worked out a plan to help buy digital-to-analog converter boxes for Americans who rely on over-the-air broadcasts and still have analog TV sets, the rules for cable operators were not finalized until yesterday. The FCC voted 5-0 to require that cable operators must continue to make all local broadcasts available to their users, even those with analog televisions.
After broadcasters stop transmitting in analog, cable operators will have two signals to work with: digital standard definition (SD) and digital high definition (HD). Neither will work with analog TV sets, which the FCC estimates are still in use in 40 million American homes. After yesterday's ruling, cable operators will have two choices come February 2009. They can either convert the digital SD signal to analog SD or they can offer digital SD only and roll out converter boxes to all their subscribers.
Digital One Source Solution
Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. is the largest stocking distributor for all your digital equipment and solutions. Toner Cable has implemented over 100 digital headends in our newly updated headend engineering facility. Let us be your number one source for all your digital equipment needs.
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