Converting to digital tv

[Facetious]

^ Shayd & fellas, I'm In a hurry as usual :o but I thought that I'd tell you exactly what CCast sent me. Here goes -


1ea - Standard Definition All Digital Cable receiver
(Motorola mfgr)

2ea) Digital Transport Adapter self Installation kit
(mfgr unknown)


FWIW
I'll read the preceding posts later

Thanks for your inputs, Sir(s) ! :hatsoff:

 

[megaewok]

I agree that the transition shouldn't have been forced. Doing that just made peoples lives more complicated by having to go buy a box, requesting a rebate, or buy satellite or cable. I think we need an explanation of why it was mandatory. :thumbsup:

 

[Jane Burgess]

I have Direct TV. Even with that there is still nothing good on sometimes.

 

[occamsrzr]

The "digital tv switch" refers to OTA (Over the air) trasmissions. The FCC required that all OTA transmissions be digital by a certain date and you need a new decoder box to recieve these transmissions. It had NOTHING to do with transmissions via wire. Those can still be analog for however long your provider choses as those transmissions are not under the FCCs control.

 

[Hot Mega]

The "digital tv switch" refers to OTA (Over the air) trasmissions. The FCC required that all OTA transmissions be digital by a certain date and you need a new decoder box to recieve these transmissions. It had NOTHING to do with transmissions via wire. Those can still be analog for however long your provider choses as those transmissions are not under the FCCs control.

If I'm not mistaken you have the child in college without having taught him grade school. Meaning you can't end up somewhere without starting somewhere.

If terrestrial broadcast stations are theorectically no longer licensed to broadcast on their former analog channels, how do cable and sat. carriers get the analog content to send over wire?

 

[Hot Mega]

They don't. they convert a digital signal to analog, and transmit that down the wire.

Theoretically yes but practically no? Where are cable carriers receiving digital terrestrial broadcast, using D/A converter then pipping it to their customers as analog transmission? (There could be as I don't know the industry but wouldn't seem to make much business sense IMO.)

 

[shayd]

Theoretically yes but practically no? Where are cable carriers receiving digital terrestrial broadcast, using D/A converter then pipping it to their customers as analog transmission? (There could be as I don't know the industry but wouldn't seem to make much business sense IMO.)

I was under the impression that the cable carriers never lost access to the feeds they already received, so I would assume it's just a matter of converting and passing it along.

 

[Hot Mega]

I was under the impression that the cable carriers never lost access to the feeds they already received, so I would assume it's just a matter of converting and passing it along.

No one ever lost access and it has all been just a matter of conversion for everyone. In other words, you didn't need a new antenna just a converter of the new modulated carrier. Many cable, sat., etc. carriers already converted terrestrial t.v. signal from analog to digital as they delivered all digital content.

The question in this case is, if a cable company who still sends their content via analog for some reason would invest in front end D/A conversion of terrestrial t.v. signal or invest in back end A/D conversion for their signal since they are being subsidized to do so?

As one poster stated, they delivered to him equipment for free whereas it was the case that he'd been receiving analog cable before. That would suggest to me while front end D/A conversion of DTV is a technical possibility, practically cable carriers are investing in back end A/D conversion of their signal to match.