View Full Version : Canada Goes Digital Only


subdermis2000
05-17-2007, 11:44 AM
It's official, the CRTC has decreed that by August 13, 2011 all TV licencees will have to broadcast in digital only. Anyone care to share how this affects older TVs?

linky here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2007/r070517.htm

Jack G
05-17-2007, 12:02 PM
It will probably be like what will happen here in the US in a few years. Satalite/cable companies will probably offer converter boxes, and for OTA, there will be (hopefully) cheap tuners/converters for older TVs.
Jack

Celt
05-17-2007, 12:57 PM
By that point I'll probably be so disgusted with television that I'll no longer care.

OvenMaster
05-17-2007, 05:28 PM
By that point I'll probably be so disgusted with television that I'll no longer care.
I'm already there. I'm seriously considering not bothering with a converter or buying a new TV or hard disc recorder when analog dies. I'm lucky to be able to spend a half hour a day in front of the TV now. A new one isn't worth it to me.