[mythtv-users] DTV: It Has Begun

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> * Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> [2008 Sep 08 15:43 -0500]:
>> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>> > While everyone knows that The Big Ol' Analog Switch will be getting
>> > pulled next spring, and OTA NTSC-M will be no more (except for low power
>> > stations and translators; pity them), I'd bet most of you didn't know
>> > that Wilmington NC pulled said switch *today at Noon ET*:
>>
>> The reporter who said this compares with the switch from B+W to color is
>> totally wrong. That transition did not require anyone to purchase new
>> equipment, and every B+W set out there continued to work precisely the
>> same as it did before that changeover.
>
> This is the mantra I'm seeing every broadcaster pitch--that the coming
> DTV switch is the natural progression of TV technology.  While it may
> be it's more than a simple enhancement as color and stereo were.
>
> I wouldn't fault the reporter as they know no more than the PHBs tell
> them.

As a Sky satellite STB user and then a mythtv user, I have been
ignoring the tuner in my TV for a good 10 years anyway*. The analogue
switch off (when we get it in NZ) will mean nothing to me.

* Apart from a couple of days a year or so back when optus b1 got
turned in the wrong direction :)