SA to switch on digital TV signal

and the set top boxes....? i take it they will be on sale in game and makro and hi-fi corp so you can watch digital terrestrial tv on thursday night?
 
even with DSTV, there's not much on these days...

Bruce Springsteen said it best : "57 channels and nothing on"
 
If they really want DVB-T, then just buy a DVB-T pci card and plug it into your pc. R600 last time I checked.
 
No... I think they wont be on the DSTV bouquet yet.

Its the people with digital TV's that wont have to get the set top box

:confused:^^^

No, no, no...you need to browse this forum because there are thousands of posts on DTT where you can get all the info. STB's won't be available commercially before the middle of next year(due to issues of standardisation) but I guess DVB-T2 tv card should do the trick.

Dunno where you got your info on "digital tv's" not needing an STB...all tv's will need one unless you've got a tv with one built-in and that's still a long way off.
 
Wonder if the switch on will be successful - as Sentech is still having cash-flow woes and Manuel+Ivy's in a Mortal Kombat session...
 
I am looking forward to the moans and uproars of the masses that will find themselves on the wrong side of the "digital cliff".
Far to many people have become used to snowy pictures on their analog receivers and they will find that if they switch to digital, there is no picture at all.
Remember, digital needs a pretty good quality signal in order to assemble a picture of it.
 
:confused:^^^

No, no, no...you need to browse this forum because there are thousands of posts on DTT where you can get all the info. STB's won't be available commercially before the middle of next year(due to issues of standardisation) but I guess DVB-T2 tv card should do the trick.

Dunno where you got your info on "digital tv's" not needing an STB...all tv's will need one unless you've got a tv with one built-in and that's still a long way off.


*sigh.... please quote a link for this.

What absolute rubbish.

Digital TV = can view a digital signal.
 
I am looking forward to the moans and uproars of the masses that will find themselves on the wrong side of the "digital cliff".
Far to many people have become used to snowy pictures on their analog receivers and they will find that if they switch to digital, there is no picture at all.
Remember, digital needs a pretty good quality signal in order to assemble a picture of it.

Not to mention the "artifacts" which occur when the signal gets corrupted slightly....

I'm beginning to suspect Ivy's manipulating this towards her own end in order to get more money out of Mr Manuel...
 
What happens to the analog signal? Will they auction it off like they did in the states??
 
*sigh.... please quote a link for this.

What absolute rubbish.

Digital TV = can view a digital signal.

Not if the encoding of the signal does not match... I might be wrong, but they will be encoding the signal to discourage pirate viewing?
 
Not if the encoding of the signal does not match... I might be wrong, but they will be encoding the signal to discourage pirate viewing?

I think that this is the assumption that people are making.... I haven't seen any info that says that.

I might be wrong though....

So are they turning on the digital signal today.... and no one will be able to watch it for 6 months ?
 
Not to mention the "artifacts" which occur when the signal gets corrupted slightly....

I guess much like DSTV on a windy day. Just digital "blocks" scattered across the screen and a break in sound.

Digital broadcasts also allow for a narrower frequency and hence more channels. So one may need to factor in the cost of a signal amplifier so that one gets one good picture.

I assume every TV in the house will need a STB unless they bring out PVR and Dual View STB's.
 
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