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borschtBomber[SS]
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| mrweasel wrote: | | that chicks got a mouth like Billy Big Bass |
lol, that could come in handy though.....  |
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Little Bruin
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BeerCheeze
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| Posted: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:13:22 Post Subject: |
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| borschtBomber[SS] wrote: | | mrweasel wrote: | | that chicks got a mouth like Billy Big Bass |
lol, that could come in handy though..... |
Only if she doesn't have a gag reflex.  |
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T-shirt
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| Posted: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:58:48 Post Subject: |
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| knight0334 wrote: | hmmm.. Yeah, he's a dingbat too...
Digital is manditory, not HD. And it only effects CATV companies and those who receive off of antenna. Digital broadcasting uses less bandwidth. An analog channel uses 6mhz, where as a digital can use 1/12 of that for one channel. HD channels use substancially more than a standard digital channel.
People's basic tier channels will still be analog NSTC format - for the time being. |
It DOES NOT effect CATV (well a little indirectly) it is ONLY broadcast TV that will be moved to digital.. in fact CATV MUST provide local and certain other "MUST CARRY" channels in unencrytped analog format until AT LEAST 2013 or provide all subscribers who request them with digtal to analog converters for free. only a couple small cable co have chosen the converter route. (the cost is huge, but may be cheaper for small providers than converting and sending both digital and analog signals) a few very small systems have won exemptions from the rule (less than 1000 subscribers less than 3 local/must carry stations)
if you have basic cable, no worries until 2013 at the earliest (FCC has a record of repeatedly extending these deadlines) if you use a cable box no worries, only Broadcast only users with analog sets need to make any changes. |
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knight0334
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| Posted: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:10 Post Subject: |
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| T-shirt wrote: | | knight0334 wrote: | hmmm.. Yeah, he's a dingbat too...
Digital is manditory, not HD. And it only effects CATV companies and those who receive off of antenna. Digital broadcasting uses less bandwidth. An analog channel uses 6mhz, where as a digital can use 1/12 of that for one channel. HD channels use substancially more than a standard digital channel.
People's basic tier channels will still be analog NSTC format - for the time being. |
It DOES NOT effect CATV (well a little indirectly) it is ONLY broadcast TV that will be moved to digital.. in fact CATV MUST provide local and certain other "MUST CARRY" channels in unencrytped analog format until AT LEAST 2013 or provide all subscribers who request them with digtal to analog converters for free. only a couple small cable co have chosen the converter route. (the cost is huge, but may be cheaper for small providers than converting and sending both digital and analog signals) a few very small systems have won exemptions from the rule (less than 1000 subscribers less than 3 local/must carry stations)
if you have basic cable, no worries until 2013 at the earliest (FCC has a record of repeatedly extending these deadlines) if you use a cable box no worries, only Broadcast only users with analog sets need to make any changes. |
It DOES effect cable tv companies. They have to change out their antennas and receivers. Mind you, they use a tuned antenna thats designed to a pickup a narrow bandwidth of generally a handful of channels, usually just 1 channel - not a wide spectrum house antenna that covers both VHF and UHF. ...1 antenna per off-air channel @ about $150-1500 depending on the required gain. New commercial receivers run $500-2000 per channel. Then theres the pre-amps at about $50-100 each(usually only headends 50-100miles away from point of origin need them). Then theres the paying a tech double time for tower climbing at 2x$9-$25 wage rates at about 1-2hrs per channel for changing out antennas and mast mounted pre-amps. Then having a high wage headend tech rebalance the receivers and modulators. .....this is per headend. For a big company like Comcast - those costs are really nothing. ... But there are hundred upon hundreds of mom & pop and co-op systems systems in the USA yet that service small towns and rural areas that barely scrape by.
Broadcasters can elect to choose "Must Carry", but only if the receiving site is in the DMA of the broadcaster. Not all broadcasters choose it because then they cant charge the cable company - thus passed down to you. the end user(thank that brilliant "Cable Act", the Communications Act of 1996). |
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