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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I think you are missing my point. I am wondering how I can get my local channels without a converter box
The government should have left the old reliable NTSC system alone, as DTV, at least in its early stages, is proving to be more trouble than it is worth The FCC really blew it this time.
Over and out.
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Analog TV in general is 80 years OLD! Think of that. Even the current NTSC scanning standards were codified in 1946. We have to move on. Everything else is digital, not that that's necessarily a good thing. But with the population of the planet and bandwidth requirements to feed that population being what it is, the much more efficient use of bandwidth provided by digital rather than analog is now a necessity.
Baseband cable is still analog, the cable provider uses digital receivers for the front end and converts the signal to standard NTSC for old fashioned viewers like yourself.
High Definition TV is very pretty, a movie screen in your home. If you had a digital set and convertor you wouldn't raise these questions. Of course there will be hiccups over such a radical change in technology.
Why shouldn't they add the suffix "-DT" for their Digital service? After all, stations have long used the suffix "-TV" to distinguish between television and radio service.