BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Mr Matt
Re: Blank Screens Undermine $1.5 Billion U.S. Digital-TV Subsidy
All worrying for nothing. Of course signals are bad now because stations are having to provide BOTH analog and digital signals. And since most people using OTA are still doingit via analog stations are using the best assignment for that signal. Once they no longer have to carry analog signals station will move the digital assignment that provides the best signal. If people would actually wait until Feb 17 2009 before whinning they see there won't be anything to whine about in 99% of the cases.
In 5 1/2 months show me someone that used to get in a signal with analog OTA and no longer does with digital OTA then they'll be something worth getting panties in a wad over. Until then it's all speculation. And wishful thinking by the haters. |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
 ·Comcast
|  Unfortunately most people do not realize the results of a station changing the frequency of their signal from the VHF Band to the UHF Band. In the case I described above, where a viewer cannot receive any stations broadcasting on UHF Channels, if a station changes their frequency from an VHF Frequency to a UHF Frequency, those viewers that were formerly able to receive a viewable signal from that station before the change, will no longer be able to receive a viewable signal from that station after the change. Some stations are already simulcasting on their old NTSC Channel and new UHF DTV Channel. Some viewers find that they cannot receive a viewable signal on the stations new UHF Frequency Assignment. What do you do if you formerly were able to receive the a station on their old VHF NTSC Channel but not on their new UHF ATSC Channel? |
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