about the change over in 2009?

[amc1]

about the change over in 2009 to dtv will it have any affect on fta or
will we need the converter box?i seen it avertised a few times,or is
just for anyone with old anologue tv sets?

 

[Mr Tony]

nope. The only thing that is changing is analog over the air reception in the US. All of the analog TV channels are going digital. Most TV channels already have a digital channel counterpart (mainly on the UHF band) and on 2/17/09 the analog channel is shut down. The digital channel may move to the old analog spot or stay where they are. Low powered TV stations are not part of this shutdown as of yet.

satellite, cable, FTA nothing changes

the analog feeds that we see now and then will probably go away but since FTA is digital nothing to worry about

The converter boxes are for TV's that get their programming from OTA antenna or rabbit ears and don't have a new digital tuner in them. 2 of my TV's fall into this category. One is hooked up with a Dish 811 box that gets digital OTA and the other one is FTA only

My HDTV has a built in tuner

 

[amc1]

thanks iceman i was a little conserned . im living here on the rock nfld canada and was wondering how its going to affect us .

 

[Mr Tony]

nothing to worry about. And the OTA shutoff doesnt affect Canadian TV stations

The worst thing that will happen is the old TV DXing and getting fuzzy OTA channels from far away is pretty much gone

 

[amc1]

thanks for the quick reply .but i guess at some point it may have some affect up here
with cdn stations . write now im enjoying g10r on my 6ft bud .i just ordered a motor
for my 39 inch(SG2100 Motor)dish im hoping to get some more sats . i enjoy this very much.

 

[mark_calgary]

2011 is the year for us canucks.

My 4 year old HDTV doesn't have a ATSC tuner in it. An excuse for an upgrade?

 

[Mr Tony]

Thanks for the update Mark