This is the first of two posts on the Obama administration's technology policy, discussing subsidies for building broadband networks, which are included in the proposed economic stimulus plan. (
The second problem is the government's support for broadband Internet access. )
Now, President Obama is actually working with Congress to draft the first pieces of legislation, and we can see how campaign rhetoric has turned into reality.
In the big problems of the economy and the war in Iraq, the first part of the government's technical policy is emerging: the stimulus plan for broadband subsidies and the proposed delay in switching to digital TV.
Technology is his core, after all.
Obama's campaign slogan, even his strategy.
So far, however, Sir.
Obama's policy seems to be largely free from the exaggeration and selfishness of all parties.
Let's start with digital TV. (
I got the broadband promotion in my second post. )
The government supports a plan to postpone the date on which the analog radio station stopped broadcasting from February. 17 to June 12.
Some in Congress and elsewhere believe that there are still millions of Americans who do not buy new digital TVs or converters that they need to continue watching after the transition.
There was a call for troops from scouts and other volunteers to be sent to every family that has not been remodeled to ensure that no simulated grandmother does not have a Episode "as the world changes.
"In my opinion, the error standard here is whether everyone will be read on the day the analog TV signal stops.
Too many of us put things off until the last minute or later.
The best way to have some people run to Shack buy to buy a converter and call their nearest teen to help them install the converter is to show static on their screen.
In addition, after 20 years of planning, the TV station will reconfigure the transmitters and hand over the frequency to mobile phone companies, which bought them at a large auction last year.
Nevertheless, there is one reason to delay the deadline: The government has disappointed a lot of people who have been counting on a $40 coupon to subsidize the cost of buying a converter box.
Congress did not allocate enough funds for the program, so 2 million people who asked for coupons have not yet received the coupons.
So it looks sir.
Obama's policies have largely touched the middle ground.
It solves the specific problems caused by the delay of coupon funds and has not been further resolved.
In fact, Verizon Wireless is one of the big winners of the analog TV spectrum auction, which reversed previous objections and now supports short delays.
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What will really be achieved by delaying the DTV conversion? The coupons (
Actually, they're vouchers.
Not a coupon, but everyone calls them that way, so I think we will continue)
Insufficient funds-
It turns out that the situation is very serious.
Unless a large amount of extra money is invested into the project
If you ask me, it's a tough task in a recession.
Postpone the conversion for 4 months and do nothing but postpone the inevitable for 4 months.
It's best to have the conversion go as planned.
If there were no TV for a few days, people would not be killed.
For those of us who have converted, there is an important unanswered question.
Most DTV signals are emitted at a lower power than those used after the switch.
This resulted in poor reception and unsuccessful adoption.
Outside the core metropolitan area, DTV is hard to receive without investing in roof antennas, and often because of "Shadows" formed by reflection and large buildings and terrain-even so.
If the switch is delayed, is it possible to receive a DTV signal even if there is a converter and an appropriate antenna?
I think the answer is still no for many people.
Thousands of commercials and millions of dollars have paved the way for numbers over the years, and we 've got crying baby stories about "vulnerable citizens" that are not ready yet.
It seems to me that this decision only allowed the huge government bureaucracy set up to deal with all of these BS to operate for another four months.
I support the extension of the deadline to June.
Many people who don't usually watch TV-however, they absolutely rely on TV for emergency information-have yet to watch radio shows about the imminent closure of analog TV airwaves.
Thousands of viewers with analog devices ordered the converter box coupon early, only to find 90-
Before the retailer ships the converter box, the expiration date of the day has ended.
Some retailers advertise their brand converter boxes that are rarely in stock for bait and conversion plans, and they refuse to issue rain tickets for this.
There is little substantial effort to tell all citizens that the converter box alone may not be enough for digital reception with analog TV.
There is no warning about the "cliff effect" failure that can prevent digital reception.
In addition to the small converter box, it is not recommended that a new skyline may be required.
Warning that VCRs will no longer work.
For DVD recorders that already have digital tuners installed, there is no direct suggestion.
In fact, a message that keeps repeating is No. necessarily-
To be precise, those who spend on a new TV or buy a cable subscription will not have any inconvenience or potential disruption due to analog-to-digital conversionTV signal only
These failures can be avoided if public education and technical activities are properly managed.
If the government does a strong, thorough, cost-effective job to get everything, the initial deadline will not be a big problem
Provide comprehensive information to the public.
This task is not completed on time, I believe 4-
The monthly delay of the digital deadline is completely necessary.
There is no dtv yet in Japan, which means we don't need dtv. If dtv is not needed in Japan, why do we need dtv?
I have been watching digital and free HD digital TV for a year.
This is a good way to watch TV.
The picture is real uncompressed HD (unlike cable)
Stereo, totally free. HOWEVER-
The top antenna is worthless, so I have to install the roof antenna to get any channel.
I then added a signal amp to get the rest of the signal (
I'm 55 miles from most transmitters).
I was able to do this from outside the window at the top of the attic, adjusting and turning the antenna to optimize the reception.
Many people do not have this option, they must bravely set up long ladders in the cold winter, or hire a person to do it at a great cost.
I can also tell you that winter is the best time to receive a UHF signal, which is the line of sight range.
When the trees in front of my house fall in the spring, I will slowly start to lose the station.
It is hoped that the DTV signal will be full of energy and will not be so sensitive to reception.
It is not the government that has the habit of delaying things. ’s problem.
Television is not a basic service.
For people who can't afford to buy TV, there is always a radio.
Obama tried to be ncie in the first place and people should thank him.
Some claim that the project is underfunded, but many of the reports I have seen say that while the money allocated to the payment of the coupon has been used up (
Ie: it covers X coupons, $40 per coupon, X coupons have been issued)
, Funds that have not been treated as expired coupons have not been recovered to issue more coupons.
IOW: although X coupons have been issued, only Y coupons have actually been issued, and Z coupons that have not yet been cashed, leaving funds to Issue X-(Y+Z)more coupons.
Sol, I agree with you.
We will never prepare 100% of the affected population for a transfer.
Do it now and clean up the very small mess.
There's a problem with Davy.
Didn't the US government sell it soon? to-
Analog TV spectrum is not used?
What would we owe buyers if we refused to use them for 4 months?
There is no dtv yet in Japan, which means we don't need dtv. Japan has the most technology, why do we need dtv if they don't need it?
Why are they pushing down, is you so wrong Japan switched iirc in 2001 many years ago, they are one of the first to switch outside the "core metropolitan area, DTV is hard to receive without investing in roof antennas, often because of reflections and shadows formed by large buildings and terrain-not even that.
If the switch is delayed, is it possible to receive a DTV signal even if there is a converter and an appropriate antenna?
I think the answer is still no for many people.
"Well, you can only blame there, or rather you have chosen this strange American standard instead of a broadcaster for DVB-S, and you should use the universal world standard DVB-S-T(2)
In the process, due to a lot of chipset and constant change, there is only ghost/shadow bounce signal in the protocol and a lot of cash is savedT,DVB-S,DVB-H and DVB-
Latest DVB-
* 2 variants that give you more bandwidth to play.
As for complaints don't understand, if you already have a ghosting faint signal on a Analog Device 20 miles from the local transmitter, you may need an external high gain arial that seems odd, etc, high gain arial has similar benefits even in this case, which doesn't matter . . . . . . . .
"I 've been watching digital and free HD digital TV for a year," said Dale.
This is a good way to watch TV.
The picture is real uncompressed HD (unlike cable)
Stereo and completely free.
You seem to be confused that "picture is real uncompressed HD" is completely wrong, and all digital transfers are compressed in the old outdated MPEG 2 video codec, or it is more likely to be converted in the more available AVC/H in most parts of the world. 264 (
Also known as mpeg 4 part10, also known as mpeg 4-AVC)
The world is moving towards ip TV, which means AVC/AAC (
Advanced Video codec/Advanced Audio Codec)
In dvb-ts (
Tansport stream)
For FTA digital Earth broadcasters in most countries, SAT operators for cable operators, and even wireless Internet service providers, hybrid gateways are equipped with hybrid/IP features and 8 in the near future
0 chip in case of cable operator.
"The Road to the IPTVLike TI approach, when Silicon is paired with the upcoming Docsis 3, Broadcom's 8 × 4 chipset is flexible enough for IPTV. 0-
Support media gateway/settings-tops.
In this case, the chipset handles MPEG [4 AVC]-to-
The IP package of the video is then transmitted to the IPTV Set
Set-top boxes, PCs, Web tablets or other IP-
Client-based devices hung on the home network.
The gateway is equipped with hybrid/IP features and 8 × 4 Docsis 3.
Kirchoff said that the 0 chip will help operators transition to home IP without "changing the delivery infrastructure", adding that, broadcom's reference design for this product should be released in the second half of 2009.
"One of the reasons Mr.
Obama believes that there will be no converter box for the "poor" and therefore cannot watch TV after the conversion date.
Are you kidding?
In the United States, each "poor" either has a new hd TV with an ATSC receiver, or a satellite antenna, or a cable TV connection is active! I doubt if Mr.
Obama even met a "poor man "!
Post a digital transition prompt.
During the simulated downtime at midnight on February 17, 09 some stations will move their digital channel numbers (frequency)
Distribution from their pre-transition channels to their post-transition channels.
In other words, they will change the channel number of their broadcast digital signal.
Therefore, you may need to perform a digital channel scan to allow the digital tuner to relocate and store these channels.
This works for many built-in set-top boxes and TVs
Digital tuner.
So keep in mind that you may have to re-
Scan the digital tuner when the analog signal is turned off.
If you are one of thousands of people who buy the so-called hd TV antenna, you may buy the UHF (14-69)antenna.
The size of the ultra-high frequency antenna may be much smaller and more attractive to consumers.
Most pre-transition digital channels are ultra-high frequency channels, so these antennas work properly when used before transition.
However, when the analog signal is turned off, many stations will move the digital signal from the special high frequency to the special high frequency.
If the receiving antenna is UHF, you may lose the reception on the new UHF Channel.
Therefore, in order to continue receiving these channels, you may need to purchase a UHF/UHF antenna.
You can check some of the more popular UHF antennas sold in the past few years on:/www.
Dennysantennaservice.
Antenna. html .
After the shutdown, some television markets in the United States will remain in a UHF state.
Some of the larger cities are: Fort Wayne, South Bend, Buffalo, Syracuse, St.
Louis MO, Dayton OH and Huntsville AL.
Radio stations broadcast from these cities will maintain all the UHF.
If you have to replace or upgrade the TV antenna for digital reception, make sure it fits in your area.
Digital reception is unforgivable, and if the signal is weak, the digital reception will not come in at all because you have chosen the wrong antenna and attachment.
To help with this, I suggest you access the digital TV antenna selector
Dennysantennaservice. com/selector. html.
This selector uses the antenna mesh.
Organize and help consumers step by step through the process of ultimately selecting the right antenna and accessories for their specific locations.
Not after 17.
February, so the analog channel presents static
Fill the image, why not show the DTV transition phone number and website address.
The phone number can play the recorded information or the fund.
Staff are available if permitted.
Let the network run for a week or two before completely dropping the analog bandwidth to the new owner.
Technology and Innovation move forward
At some point, you can't stop and wait for someone else.
There is no sympathy here for the delay.
The PSAs driving this change has been going on for months, and anyone who has not yet converted their own devices can only take responsibility for the inconvenience that is coming.
In a way, I agree that it is not the end of the world to let some people just stay still after February 17.
But I also keep reminding myself that television waves are a public resource, in other words, something that really belongs to the people.
The broadcasters received these airwaves free of charge decades ago, and while spectrum auctions will generate revenue, television broadcasters still have free access to this very valuable public resource.
My innate sense of justice cannot accept diversity.
Billions of dollars of companies use public airwaves to make billions of dollars-we're about to make a lot of airwaves that people who really own them can't use.
If the delay date means having more owners of public Airlines equipped with converters, I think the delay is correct.
I found no shortage of vouchers.
I just sent it 4 weeks ago and received it last week.
I live in the middle of no. damn-
Receive fuzzy simulation stations from 60-80 miles of mountains and forests.
As a huge fan of technology, I'm really happy to hear about the DTV conversion-it wasn't until recently that I learned about the potential issues that this will bring to me in my geography.
I ordered the coupon on the first announcement.
They brought the list of retailers in my area (-
About 120 miles by car! )
, But no one has a converter box.
My "couch" expired before-any-
Retailers can verify the boxes on the shelvescurrently-
They can be bought in their shop. I’m forced (reluctantly)
Living on disability income (
Hey, compared to the cat living in my car-to the cat --box! ).
Every economic "blow" to fuel, utilities, housing and other rising costs must come from the same tiny number.
I have been eating rice and beans (
Almost completely)
More than two years.
I will kill it for green vegetables, or a unique fruit.
I just want to go back to my career and be able to buy food, property insurance again, maybe a car that can drivereal-
Maybe even upgrade some devices (
Computer, digital TV converter, etc. ).
Basically I can't receive the TV without a valid coupon, but the FCC website says the coupon will not be reissued. Why should -I-
Punished for supporting new technologies?
Especially because (if anyone -else-remembers…)the 90-
Did not announce the expiration time of the day at the beginning of this project?
-StuckInFuzzI was able to get my coupon easily, but none of the shops I visited had a converter box.
I got my coupon, but I'm an idiot no matter who decides to expire in 90 days.
Like 20, there is no store in the local area with anything, so found an email online
Took the card number and soon sent me the place of order for a beautiful box.
It's a channel master CM-
7000 with S-
Better color video output jack.
About 50 miles from the Los Angeles tower, there's a pretty big oneChannel antenna.
The interesting part is to connect a signal separator for shooting. out.
The KCET ch28 performed well on both disks until the signal disappeared.
DTV is perfect for a bit of snow.
With more snow, all of a sudden, the ribbon on TV and the sound on and off went crazy.
Yes guys, it fell off the "digital cliff" they were all talking about.
The Rose Parade went well and the DTV color was better.
This is already a deal.
The delay came into effect in the next four months, and a lot of money was lost.
I bet many people get the coupons and don't buy the box and the government forgot to put the money back on the books after the voting/coupon expired.
What President Obama needs to worry about is the big picture, not the numbers.
I think whatever we say, I'm sure it will still happen and people won't be ready.
I mean, some people don't really understand the terms people throw away in order for them to understand, I mean not disrespect them, just use the terms, so I suggest it would be good to plan English, so if there is a delay then give it to people in simple English.
Not a technical term without Dagg gum.