Digital TV Standard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton said on Tuesday he plans in the coming weeks to introduce legislation to complete the transition to digital television by the end of 2006.

“Current law requires television broadcasters to give up their old analog airwaves by the end of 2006, or when 85 percent of the country can see the new, higher quality signals, whichever comes later. U.S. communications regulators expect it could take a decade for the transition to be completed under that scenario and they, along with some lawmakers, have been pushing to set a final deadline.”

That’s great news! But, I’m sure the light bulb in my projection TV will need to be replaced by then. Sounds like the technology might still be moving a lot faster than America’s standards. Why are we still on the metric system?





Knowing that Washington is still trying to push the digital standard is exciting, except for those less fortunate that cannot afford digital televisions and or the cable services that provide them. What this certainly means is cheaper prices for HDTV’s to adhere to that sector of the market. Which means more competition, and more choices for us consumers. Stay tuned, high definition bliss will be here before you know it.

posted by: Unjustjust