http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/digital-television-and-spectrums/ Ideas, Opinions, Discussions Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:10:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/digital-television-and-spectrums/#comment-28 Robert Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:15:59 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=31#comment-28 Very good comment! Yes, the widescreen formatting for hdtv broadcasting will lead to issues with old standard definition televisions. This is an issue that I imagine will continue to worsen and eventually "force" the households to purchase newer television sets. Yes, digital, widescreen, high definition broadcasting is the wave of the future. But to many, the boob tube is just that, a simple, CHEAP, form of entertainment. We are getting to the point where the base model television is a BMW rather than your local KIA. Very good comment! Yes, the widescreen formatting for hdtv broadcasting will lead to issues with old standard definition televisions. This is an issue that I imagine will continue to worsen and eventually “force” the households to purchase newer television sets. Yes, digital, widescreen, high definition broadcasting is the wave of the future. But to many, the boob tube is just that, a simple, CHEAP, form of entertainment. We are getting to the point where the base model television is a BMW rather than your local KIA.

]]> http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/digital-television-and-spectrums/#comment-25 Ann Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:27:36 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=31#comment-25 For the 1st time I read a negative article in the Casa Grande Dispatch about the digital converter box. They have tested 2 different boxes and found that TVs that are not set up to receive digital transmissions could and probably will either have a picture too small to watch or too big and only get the center of the picture. Granted the boxes have a zoom on the controller that comes with the box but you have to work with it to get any kind of watchable picture. Then each time a new show or channel is used, you have to do it all over again. This happens because the digital broadcasting of network stations are in most cases formatted for widescreen HDTV's. When shown on a non wide screen TV, the image will be letterboxed black bars above and below. Both boxes that were tested, produced with some programs windowboxing or the postage stamp effect. There were a few other issues mentioned which I will relate to later, when I get another free minute. To be continued. . . For the 1st time I read a negative article in the Casa Grande Dispatch about the digital converter box. They have tested 2 different boxes and found that TVs that are not set up to receive digital transmissions could and probably will either have a picture too small to watch or too big and only get the center of the picture. Granted the boxes have a zoom on the controller that comes with the box but you have to work with it to get any kind of watchable picture. Then each time a new show or channel is used, you have to do it all over again. This happens because the digital broadcasting of network stations are in most cases formatted for widescreen HDTV’s. When shown on a non wide screen TV, the image will be letterboxed black bars above and below. Both boxes that were tested, produced with some programs windowboxing or the postage stamp effect. There were a few other issues mentioned which I will relate to later, when I get another free minute. To be continued. . .

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