February 17th, 2009

A year from now, there will be no more analog TV broadcasts.

Digital.

They're forcing the switchover to digital in America, too? Interesting.

Is that the reason behind the auctioning of the D block bandwidth, out of interest (I think it was D, might have been C... the 700Mhz bandwidth, I believe)?

Also it doesn't apply to cable television, only air broadcasts.

My cell phone's alarm clock is set and ready

A year from now, there will be no more analog TV broadcasts.

HD > Analog


Though, I won't be able to use my little handheld TV anymore

Who has an analog TV anyway nowadays?

I actually have one in my room at my parents, still. Though, it's got the RCA jack so I could always run a splitter and have satellite in my room, as long as I don't mind watching the same channel as whomever else has it on in the living room...

Though, the damn converter boxes are going to be like $80, though you can ask for a $40 refund from the government.

When I had Directv I used the analog for local news channels sometimes, but I wouldn't pay $40 or $80 to keep watching them. Hmm it might be interesting to see the quality though.