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The benefits of going digital are you get better customer service, you get more out of your money, you don't have to research online what to buy, you have better quality television, and you don't have to repair your own TV.
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Can you convert a TV to digital TV?
It is not possible to convert an analog television to a digital television. However, by using a digital set top receiver, it is possible to receive digital signals and deliver them as an analog signal to an analog television. Digital receivers are not expensive, starting at around $25 in US and £20 in the UK. They will allow all terrestrial channels to be received in the same way that a digital television will. Cable and satellite receivers can also receive digital signals and will provide an analog output that can be used with older televisions. With these options, there is no need to replace analog televisions right away. Remember that analog only televisions will not be HD so don't expect a sudden increase in picture quality when the digital receivers are used.
When is analog signaling going to be turned off?
Analog signals of US television programming will end February 19, 2009. The formatting will change to digital, which will require a cable box to decode the programming.
When did it become a law to have an analog box?
It's not exactly a law to have a digital to analog converter box but they are needed to be able to watch television if you don't have a television with a digital receiver. Both the US and UK are going through a changeover from analog television broadcasts to digital broadcasts. In the US, major television channels had to be transmitted as a digital signal and their analog transmitters turned off in 2009. Smaller stations and community channels have more time to switch over. In the UK, all analog transmitters will be turned off by 2012. In both cases, once the analog transmitter is turned off, the only way to receive television channels is to use a digital receiver, sometimes referred to as an anlog box. The receiver changes the digital signal into a form that older analog televisions can display. The boxes mean that older televisions can still be used. All new televisions have a digital receiver built in so a separate box isn't needed.
How can you receive regular analog stations with a converter box?
this will depend on your area of living. check your local tv station for your best signal. also analog is going away so you cant really get a analog station.. that's why the converter box is for to receive digital transmitions
Why does the color on the tv keeps going red?
You didn't specify if it was an analog or digital TV. For analog, it's a shorted red gun in the CRT that usually causes the problem or the loss of the blue and green from bad video cable connections. For digital, the most common cause is loose video cable connections.
You h ave radio which receives television channels and therefore listen to some television programs over the radio will you still be able to receive television through your old radio after the digital?
No I am afraid not. The radio you have was built for reception of analog television audio. Once all the broadcasters switch their mode of transmission from analog to digital, all their signals going out over the air will be in a digital format.
Why are analog meters used in vehicles?
If you are cruising down the freeway, you can get about the same information on, say, your speed, if you look at an analog meter as a digital one. But if you are braking and your speed is changing, a digital meter will be "fluttering" as it continuously gets a new reading to post, and it won't be able to tell you how fast you're going. (This had to do with the way the sensors "sample" the speed to display it.) In the analog meter, the needle will be falling as you slow down, and the human brain has a better "grasp" of the "meaning" of the falling needle than it has of blinking numbers on a display. Certainly as the needle on an analog meter passes a specific mile-per-hour marker, you can see how fast you were going. But it is the value of the moving needle in the analog meter and the ability of the brain to "understand" it that makes it so much more effective than a digital display.
What is The definition of the word modem?
The word modem is a condensation of the two words modulate and demodulate. In the day of dial up, it takes the incoming analog telephone signal and modulates it into digital binary a computer can read. Out going it does the opposite, taking the binary digital computer code back into analog and out over the wire. Of course today, we have cable modems and wireless broadband.
Does the Sony DCR TRV280 allow for playback of old 8mm and hi8 tapes?
No, not if the old tapes are in analog rather than digital format. See the review of this DCC at http://www.easycamcorders.com/content/Quick-Review-Camcorder-Sony-DCR-TRV280.htm: "How ... am I going to watch those [old analog] tapes?... Not here, you re not. The DCR-TRV280 does not read analog 8mm. For that, you need to step up to the DCR-TRV480." Also see review at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-DCR-TRV280-Camcorder-Review.htm These reviews were somewhat disparaging, however Consumer Reports, in their 2007 Buying Guide, called this unit a Best Buy (p. 233). It seems to me to be the cheapest way to get into digital video with a reasonably high quality and versatile camera. No, not if the old tapes are in analog rather than digital format. See the review of this DCC at http://www.easycamcorders.com/content/Quick-Review-Camcorder-Sony-DCR-TRV280.htm: "How ... am I going to watch those [old analog] tapes?... Not here, you re not. The DCR-TRV280 does not read analog 8mm. For that, you need to step up to the DCR-TRV480." Also see review at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-DCR-TRV280-Camcorder-Review.htm These reviews were somewhat disparaging, however Consumer Reports, in their 2007 Buying Guide, called this unit a Best Buy (p. 233). It seems to me to be the cheapest way to get into digital video with a reasonably high quality and versatile camera. No, not if the old tapes are in analog rather than digital format. See the review of this DCC at http://www.easycamcorders.com/content/Quick-Review-Camcorder-Sony-DCR-TRV280.htm: "How ... am I going to watch those [old analog] tapes?... Not here, you re not. The DCR-TRV280 does not read analog 8mm. For that, you need to step up to the DCR-TRV480." Also see review at http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-DCR-TRV280-Camcorder-Review.htm These reviews were somewhat disparaging, however Consumer Reports, in their 2007 Buying Guide, called this unit a Best Buy (p. 233). It seems to me to be the cheapest way to get into digital video with a reasonably high quality and versatile camera.
What are the extra channels you get from a converter box?
I do not believe you gain "Extra Channels." The Converter box is to convert the Digital over the air signal to a non-digital TV so you can still receive channels after the analog signal broadcasts are going to stop on Feb. 17th, 2009 in the US.
My question is, what is digital TV?
Digital television has nothing to do with cable or satellite. The only thing digital television means is that the signal that is distributed is a digital one and not analog. The big switch that occurred two years ago means that everyone receives a digital signal. Now, if you want content, you are going to have to subscribe to a cable or satellite provider. What you probably saw was a basic service that gave you local channels, but not much else.
Why did the US change to digital?
Digital TV, you mean? It was to provide more bandwidth. Supposedly, programs were going to be sharper, clearer BUT of course networks and station owners went the shoddy route: more channels, each one no better (and usually worse) than the analog channels they replaced.
