It is due for a full switch-over by late 2011.
Analog television broadcasts will cease in June of 2009 now. The date was pushed out from February. If you are hooked up to cable or satellite you don't need to do anything.
After Feb 17, 2009, all analog television broadcasting will be discontinued and will become digital.
Analog television was first used in the 1930s. Analog signals are sent by varying voltage, radio frequencies, and static images.
If you want a bigger screen, then buy one, but do be sure to buy a digital TV because analog is being phased out quickly. Also, go to www.antennaweb.org to find out exactly what digital stations are broadcasting or will be broadcasting soon in your area. Every TV for sale now - as of March 1, 2007 - will have built in decoders for HD broadcasting. The FCC is phasing out analog TV (over the air) broadcasting and that date is now set for Feb. 17th, 2009 http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
In the United States, broadcasters started broadcasting in the digital format and turning off the old analog transmitters. Many changed channels. Old analog TV can not receive the new digital signals.
Didn't you hear about the change to digital tv? Old analog tv's will not tune the new digital TV stations.
Digital television is simply the process of broadcasting a digital signal, instead of an analog one. This results in better sound and picture quality, as well as increased coverage.
With analog TV, usually the picture improved slightly, as our whole bodies were being used as an antenna. I don't know if that phenomena holds true with digital signal broadcasting or not.
The move to digital television broadcasting reflects the change in production, storage and viewing of television content. Digital transmission adds features that analog services are unable to support and there is a flexibility in the use of transmission bandwidth that is also not possible with analog broadcasts. As far as the viewer is concerned, digital television broadcasts allow far more channels to be received and normally with better image quality than seen with analog.
Its a television with an analog tuner built in. It picks up analog signals.
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Chiba Television Broadcasting was created in 1970.