Your
TV Will Soon Stop Working!
. . .
Blame Digital TV!
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It’s
coming!
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It’s coming on
February 17, 2009! It's going to cut off the signal to your TV and
most likely you aren't prepared for it!
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It’s almost as
big a shift in home entertainment as happened sixty years ago when
television replaced radio in America’s living
rooms!
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It’s DTV!
Digital Television is going to change the way you watch television,
and how you interact with your TV set. You’re finally going
to get movie theater quality picture and sound at home.
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Digital TV is also going to
reach into your pocketbook! All U.S. broadcast stations will stop
sending analog TV signals, the kind your regular TV reads, on
February 17, 2009. Without a new converter, your TV will stop
working! Many stations are broadcasting a digital DTV signal right
now along side their analog signal, but after 2009 they’ll
only transmit in DTV.
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This
digital signal can only be properly viewed on a new Plasma, DLP or
LCD set. If you don’t own one, you’ll need a converter
box to watch digital signals dumbed down to show on your analog TV.
You'll also need a Dolby Surround Sound amplifier and speakers to
get the DTV Dolby sound.
Top 10
Tips To Prepare
You
For The DTV Revolution
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All New TVs sold
must have a digital tuner built-in as of March 1,
2007. Your
Old Analog TV will need a set top
converter box to receive television broadcasts after February
2009.
• Your Cable Provider may be able to send
you digital cable or digital satellite signals right now, but that
doesn’t mean that you can see High Definition programs on
your television. If you have an old style picture tube television,
a converter in your cable box may take the digital signal and
“dumb it down” to analog so that you can see it.
You’re not seeing the super sharp DTV picture, or hearing the
crystal clear digital sound.
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Digital Pictures will be free from the
flicker, ghosts and snow seen on analog transmissions. More
than twice as sharp as Standard TV, HDTV signals allow crystal
clear images with higher resolution and picture quality than is
possible with old style TV. DTV will provide programming in
wide screen "movie format”. The digital picture is so
sharp you’ll be able to read the small text from your
computer on your TV screen.
• DTV Allows Multicasting: broadcasters can
provide a super sharp High Definition (HDTV) program or several
Standard Definition” or DTV programs at the same time.
Sending several program streams on one channel is called
“multicasting”. The number of programs a station
can send on one channel depends on the sharpness (resolution) of
each program. DTV can provide interactive video and data
services that are not possible with the old analog
technology.
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Dolby Surround Sound DTV features Dolby
Surround Sound to give you that full movie theater sound in your
home instead of the old, tinny TV sound you grew up with. With a
Surround Sound tuner and speakers installed, you'll get roaring,
sparkling sound assaulting your family from all directions: front,
sides and rear!
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DTR Built-In is the digital tuner
needed for High Definition TV, but it isn’t always included
in new TVs since HDTV broadcasts are still not universal. You may
not mind using your Plasma or LCD TV as a digital monitor; many
satellite or cable boxes have a digital tuner, so a built-in tuner
isn’t always needed.
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If You Don’t have cable or
satellite TV, you’ll need a Plasma or LCD TV with a DTV
tuner, or a digital-to-analog converter box to see digital signals
on your analog TV. Converter boxes will be available in retail
stores during the transition.
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NTIA $40 Coupons The National
Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S.
Department of Commerce will issue two $40.00 coupons per household
that can be applied toward the purchase of digital-to-analog
converter boxes. Coupons will be issued starting January 1, 2008.
Contact the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Assistance Program
at
NTIA.
• An Integrated DTV Set is a digital TV with
a built-in digital decoder or DTV receiver. If you have an
Integrated DTV and live in an area with a DTV broadcast station,
you won’t need anything else. You may need an antenna (an
outdoor antenna is best) to receive over-the-air DTV broadcast
programming. Integrated TVs can receive and display current analog
signals.
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More Efficient Broadcasting In addition to
improved picture and sound quality, DTV will free parts of the
broadcast spectrum for public safety and and advanced wireless
services. This is possible because DTV is more efficient than
analog TV technology.
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For More Information on
DTV, converter boxes or discount coupons, please call 1 (888)
DTV-2009 or go to DTV Answers.com.
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Guide
To Plasma TV
• DTV is a new standard
for digital television broadcasting that the U.S. will switch to on
February 17, 2009. After that date, your old analog TV will not
receive a signal unless you have connected a digital-to-analog
converter box. The US government plans to issue two coupons for $40
to each household to help pay for the converters.
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The new
standard will provide a high resolution widescreen digital picture,
surround sound, multicasting and interactive TV capability.
Television is about to leap out of the Stone Age into the future!
Make sure you're ready for it!
It’s as easy as
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