|
Getting the most from America's High Definition Television System is simple and inexpensive. All you need in most cities are "rabbit ears," a reliable Converter Box and a TV. No need to buy a new set or service to enjoy digital television NOW. "Multicasting" allows TV stations to broadcast up to six channels in the space of their old one. Channel 9 is now HDTV 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, etc, each better than the old signal. Cable* would have you believe they have what you need to enjoy them. Almost all Cable Services now carry as many new digital channels as they plan to. But they compress the signals and omit many to save space for their other $ervice$. Here's how Real HDTV looks compared to Cable's HDTV on the same TV screen... |
Real HDTV Screen Photo Cable HDTV Screen Photo
The FCC's New Rules say Cable can strip their television signals by thirty percent or so. Unfortunately, that much compression is noticeable on living room TV sets. It's the difference between seeing eyelashes and dark shadows. Between spectacular sound and stereo. Variants alien to most TV watchers but stunning on their sets. Once they've seen it there's no going back!  Cable Services can be exposed by simply adding rabbit ears and a good Converter Box to most sets. Just run the various converter box output lines to separate TV inputs or a switch box. With both cable and converter box tuned to the same channel, switch between them while watching any prime time program. You'll be so blown away... and wonder how Cable gets away with such deception. What's really annoying is that almost all Cable Services have done all they plan to do with the new HDTV system already. All you can expect from them next year is more of the same at higher prices! There now. You've passed the test and shown the world, for less than one Cable bill, that you can take on the Big Boys! If you're not completely satisfied, simply return the antenna and converter box to the store where you got them. How can you beat that deal?  *Cable, as used here, can mean Cable or Satellite TV Services... but NOT Fiber Optic TV Services! |
|
George Makes the Rules Here! Under the new FCC rules, cable systems need NOT carry local HDTV with clean over-the-air quality. Instead, "Cable operators must carry broadcast signals so that the picture quality is at least as good as the quality of any other programming carried on the system." In other words, Cable can compress local signals, but no more than its cable networks (Discovery, ESPN, etc.). Cable compresses signals by 33%... not to mention stereo compression... and omit YOUR CITY'S NEW channels to save room for cable telephone, INTERNET, pay-per-view and much more to come.
Scientists doubt that our HDTV system tuners will work without more equipment once blasted by uncontrolled wireless "noise" makers. HDTV sets and TV's with Converter Boxes, built to the new "guidelines," will simply go blank in a noisy electronic environment (see the diagram at left). Cable will be immune, given its privileged microwave connection to local stations. The good news is that none of this will happen until next year. AT&T and Verizon, who bought most of the old TV channels for their customers' "unlicensed transmitters," will probably have a hard time selling anything. So, we may get to watch free HDTV over-the-air beyond George B's new rules taking effect in February. We'll see. D.E.S. 8/8/08 HDTV Info HDTV in Your Home Town Advanced Airwave: Analysis, Markets, Channels, Rules, Sales |
But the prospect of airwave interference by cell phones and wireless computers sharing HDTV airwaves is a