The USA Needs a National Hybrid Retrofit Program

donee · 07-03-2009, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qbee42

Over-compression isn't a requirement of digital, nor is a weak transmitter signal. Both of these are business decisions emphasizing cost over quality.

Tom

Hi Tom,

Not always. In the case of Channel 7 in Chicago, its the FCC that is limiting the ERP.

DaveinOlyWA · 07-04-2009, 10:41 AM

i think with all stations going to digital, they are first looking at increasing revenue before they can look at increasing the quality. as they get the money, i believe signal upgrades will happen (its easier to pay for the transmitter if you have a greater source of income when you have multiple channels to market) and since i

1) dont pay for cable TV
2) get unfiltered digital anyway

its easy to see that most of that standard "air" channels split into 3 channels. i also know that there are very few "rich" tv stations out there. most are struggling and going to digital will be a boon to them. with 3 stations sellling ads, they will soon be able to upgrade their signal and hopefully provide the extra power needed to stop the occasional dropout we experience now.

to be honest with ya, its rarely enough of an issue for me to even consider it inconvenient. usually its just occasional artifacts that last a few seconds and its gone. without an antenna, i might simply be lucky (for those of you wondering, the signal quality does not change whether you are paying for it or not...only the channel #'s change) only on very rare occasions (maybe a few times a month) is the audio affected.

txtabby · 07-16-2009, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by efusco

As pointed out it's about money.

While I think much could be done by having such a program to force/promote more efficient vehicles the cost would be huge.

And let's face it, what's more important...reducing foreign oil dependence while reducing emissions.....or digital TV?? Clearly we must have digital TV.

LOL!!
Yes, we MUST have digital TV to watch Dancing With The Stars, instead of reducing greenhouse gasses, lessening the effects of global warming. But it may already be too late...

DaveinOlyWA · 07-16-2009, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txtabby

LOL!!
Yes, we MUST have digital TV to watch Dancing With The Stars, instead of reducing greenhouse gasses, lessening the effects of global warming. But it may already be too late...

but if digital TV's use less power aren t we reducing greenhouse gases?

Rokeby · 10-12-2009, 06:15 PM

Bump

Here's another story on the hybrid retro-conversion kit for $3-5K:

http://www.dagorret.net/tag/prototype/

I'm looking for more recent news on this. Any body seen any?

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