[78-L] end of 525-line television ^

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: <Mwcpc2 at aol.com>
> Everything will change when they convert. From discussions  with engineers 
> at
> a local SMPTE meeting, most digital channels are in the  UHF bands now,
> operating on relatively low power. After the VHF analog channels  are 
> vacated, many
> digital channels will switch to higher power on VHF channels.  Others will
> increase their power but on different frequencies, as "commercial"
> communications take over the part of the UHF spectrum to be auctioned 
> off.
> 30 miles south of Rochester NY I get more than 24 analog channels from 
> three
> cities. However most are of marginal signal strength and there is severe
> multipath on VHF from Rochester. I can foresee completely redoing the 
> $300
> antenna, rotor, amplifier and tower setup I installed 30 years ago to get 
> even
> those signals at levels needed for reliable digital reception. Or paying
> $100/month for the cable feed from 60 miles away that didn't really work 
> the  three
> times I tried it. Or just forget about TV altogether!
>
Assume that virtually ALL television will be distributed via the 
"Internet!!"

Essentially, "analog is dead!!"

Once it was figured out how to present information of ANY sort as an
accumulation of ones and zeroes..."radio" and "television" became
souvenirs of a vanished era...! The jury is still out as to whether there
exists an audible difference between an analog and a digital representation
of the identical sonic event; however, the digital version is winning in
the marketplace...like it or else...?!

...stevenc