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The end of analog TVs
Topic Started: Oct 17 2007, 07:09 PM (166 Views)
Purple Marauder
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By The Associated Press
Best Buy said today it has stopped selling analog televisions and pulled all remaining stock from its shelves, signaling the end of an era as consumers increasingly move toward digital products with flat-panel and high-definition screens.

Best Buy (BBY, news, msgs), one of the nation's top electronics retailers, heralded the reign of digital TVs, saying it made the move "as the end of the analog broadcast era draws near."

Best Buy instructed stores to stop selling the products on Oct. 1.

Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, broadcasters will stop transmitting analog signals. Non-digital television sets that are not attached to a cable or satellite service or not equipped with special converter boxes will no longer work.

Best Buy is the first consumer-electronics retailer to report an exit from the analog-TV business.

More than 60 million U.S. households rely on an antennas or analog cable, and cable operators are required to guarantee their customers will receive broadcast channels until February 2012.

Those millions of households offer a lucrative market opportunity for electronics retailers and television manufacturers alike.

"We are committed to helping people understand the digital television transition, and exiting the analog video business is one way we can help avoid confusion," Mike Vitelli, senior vice president of electronics for Best Buy, said in a statement.

After the first of the year, the government will offer every household two coupons worth $40 each that can be used to buy two converter boxes -- devices that pick up digital signals and convert them to analog. Best Buy will sell coupon-eligible converter boxes starting in early 2008.


By 2009 everyone will have to have gone digital ansd I suspect that Hi-Def will be standard soon after that. Are you ready?
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It's not until 2012 until where I live goes digital.
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Kraul

All I don't care for is how the whole "HD" thing is being pushed on everyone especially since I don't see much of a difference other than the price and the way techies salivate over them.
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I already have my HD covered.

And Kraul, not sure if you've actually been able to study HD, but you can tell a difference, especially on a bigger TV. Without HD on a smaller TV, it looks pretty normal, but if you have like a widescreen TV or something, the regular picture looks out of focus and sometimes annoying. With HD, they are much crisper, and overall better to view.
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Oct 17 2007, 02:31 PM
And Kraul, not sure if you've actually been able to study HD, but you can tell a difference, especially on a bigger TV. Without HD on a smaller TV, it looks pretty normal, but if you have like a widescreen TV or something, the regular picture looks out of focus and sometimes annoying. With HD, they are much crisper, and overall better to view.

I just haven't seen that, even on the big TVs.

The only thing that I've seen is because it's a high definition set, it makes the lower definition images look like crap (partially pixelated at times).

That doesn't make me think "wow! I need an HDTV!", it makes me think "what's the point in going HD when you have to have the programs broadcasting in HD or have the games and movies as HD to even appreciate it?".

To me, it's all sinking money into something that isn't even really necessary but something that technophiles and companies have convinced many people that it is.
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For me, it's not really sinking money. If you don't count the TV, it's only $5 extra a month to get HD service from my cable company. And it gives at least 30-40 channels in HD, including even ones that aren't shown in regular definition. (most of them are under the "Voom" Network banner, or something. They do sports, animal channels, anime, and so many others)
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I agree with Kraul. I see the HDTV's (big and small) on display everyday when I go to work. I don't see much of a difference between those TVs and the TV I bought 10 years ago. As long as my TV continues to work, then I have no plans to upgrade to an HDTV.
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I think the difference is pretty damn clear...

Having said that, I am too poor to afford an HDTV ready set, so we're still on analogue. I think Australia clicks over next year...
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I never had the chance to see the difference between HD and regular TV. But it'll be awhile before I even think about getting HD anyway, with all the specifications needed to get the most of it.
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The thing about TV displays in Sam's or a lot of TV stores is that they don't always broadcast a HD signal through them. If you go somewhere and they have a HD signal coming through, you can see a difference, especially when it comes to an event like a sports game or on something like a nature show on Discovery channel. The difference in color brightness and picture clarity is remarkable.

But, right now, there aren't enough HD channels for me to worry about. Also, the prices of these TV's will go down in the near future as the technology increases. And, like most things, I'm afraid that what I buy will be obsolete in 5 years. I know some people that bout HD TV's a few years back and now they say that their sets can't broadcast in 1080 (I have no idea what that means, but they say it's important now :lol: ).

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There are a variety of reasons why the best HD quality is not usually achieved. The main problem is a lack of HD input. Many cable and satellite channels and even some "high definition" channels are not broadcast in true HD. Also, image quality may be lost if the television is not properly connected to the input device or not properly configured for the input's optimal performance.HD digital signals will either deliver an excellent picture, a picture with noticeable pixelation, a series of still pictures, or no picture at all. Any interference will render the signal unwatchable. As opposed to a lower-quality signal one gets from interference in an analogue television broadcast, interference in a digital television broadcast will freeze, skip, or display "garbage" information.


I'm still waiting like I do with most new tech, until the kinks get worked out, the price comes down and I understand what the hell all the tech talk means.
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Oct 18 2007, 10:31 AM
The thing about TV displays in Sam's or a lot of TV stores is that they don't always broadcast a HD signal through them. If you go somewhere and they have a HD signal coming through, you can see a difference, especially when it comes to an event like a sports game or on something like a nature show on Discovery channel. The difference in color brightness and picture clarity is remarkable.

That's the catch.

To even experience the high definition, you have to do more than simply buy the TV. You need the special HDTV channels, the special HDTV DVDs, and often times I've even heard that you need a really big TV to even experience a true HD experience so not even a small HDTV will give you the true experience.

And it seems to expose low quality signals in the process, meaning you'll be spending money to have a prettier picture while the pictures that used to be good enough now look less than they did on a regular set.

This just seems like a way for people to spend a lot of money on something that isn't even that big of a difference.

"Oh, it's a little clearer and brighter - that was worth spending over a grand for!

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That's why I plan on waiting until everyone starts to broadcast in HD as a norm more than as a special thing. Unless I have to buy a new TV for some reason...
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I agree with Kraul on this one, what's the point of getting the tv if we're still waiting for the networks to broadcast HD... It may be fine for Americans but there is fuck all here in the UK bar a few Sky Channels that you can watch and to be honest for the price their asking, I won't be going anywhere near it.
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The thing is, most networks are broadcasting in HD. But, it's an option because they are also still sending out the other signals too. So, you can get the HD signals, but you have to pay extra for them.

I agree that it's not something I am worried about until HD is a standard signal and you need a HD TV to watch TV.
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