Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Analog broadcast TV to stop, digital is taking over

n0nsensical · 11-11-2006, 04:42 AM

you don't need a new antenna any more than you need to use different antennas for different stations now. HDTV broadcasting is still in the same general frequency range. sure, in theory, the optimal antenna design changes with frequency, but with a simple dipole antenna the only variable is the length anyway which you can adjust.

p.s. i wouldn't count on analog stations actually going off the air in 2008. hdtv adoption is still very slow. the date has been pushed back over and over. i'm sure at some point in the past analog broadcasting was scheduled to stop before 2006 too.

11-11-2006, 04:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	you don't need a new antenna any more than you need to use different antennas for different stations now. HDTV broadcasting is still in the same general frequency range. sure, in theory, the optimal antenna design changes with frequency, but with a simple dipole antenna the only variable is the length anyway which you can adjust. p.s. i wouldn't count on analog stations actually going off the air in 2008. hdtv adoption is still very slow. the date has been pushed back over and over. i'm sure at some point in the past analog broadcasting was scheduled to stop before 2006 too. Last edited by n0nsensical; 11-11-2006 at 04:46 AM..