Good News for Direct TV
By Ed. Filed in Business, Computers & Internet, Technology, TV |
As most everyone knows, all American full-power analog TV broadcasts were stopped on June 12, 2009 and if you want to watch TV you must have either a cable or satellite subscription, or you must have bought a digital converter for your analog TV sets. To learn more about the transition to digital television, you can read the linked Wiki article that helped me.
Wilmington, North Carolina became the first city in the U. S. to completely switch over from analog to digital broadcasts, on September 8, 2008. (One reason for me to love North Carolina!)
Now the FCC is planning to release additional channels for use by satellite TV services. This is great news for Direct TV. You can read more in this FCC article about switch to over the air. Because so many channels are completely focused on one subject, adding more channels will mean that we can watch a bigger variety of subjects. Some of my favorite channels are the History Channel and the Animal Planet. I also like the RFD channel, which is not available through the local cable service.
Also, the transition creates more HD channels for direct tv, which is great for purists who want more HD channels. I saw an HD TV at the store the other day which was showing the new Alice in Wonderland movie. The effects were astounding. The clarity is obviously the biggest advantage, but the intensity made the movie have more dimension and the colors just popped on the screen. There really is a difference in the viewing quality of a good HD TV.