Year 2007 was the year of the telecom industry consolidation. By far the single largest merger shook the mobile operators’ status quo. Mikhail Fridman, Alfa Group’s owner, which holds a large stake in VimpelCom, blessed a deal to buy Golden Telecom, one of the largest Russian alternative fixed line providers. The deal, which is worth [...]
In traditional digital broadcasting, all contents are broadcasted to TV channels, regardless of whether or not the viewer is watching the TV. This basically wastes all the bandwidth that could otherwise be used for other services, such as high speed Internet and voice over IP. The new emerging technology uses complicated software to recognizes a [...]
Actually, You CAN get a Converter box and just convert Your OLD CRT TV… And Get Hi Definition pictures on it!
But there are only Standard Definition Digital Converter Box coupons available.
This Is Because The Government Is Offering 2 Coupons Per Household, worth $40 Each.
This is enough at this time to buy a Quality Standard [...]
While cable TV and access to the Internet have been around for years- and the telephone has been around for much longer than that- it takes a special kind of company to pull all three of those technologies together and offer them as bundles of user friendly services. Fortunately Comcast is just such a company. [...]
meco031719 asked: The way I understand it is HDTV is more popular in the US while digital TV is a buzzword in the UK (even though you hear the latter in the US). Digital TV, in the UK at least seems to take after the concept of a DVD where you have value added [...]
Technology is both a boon and a bane if only because it has made the problem of choice so much more difficult for the consumer! For example if technology is so user friendly why are there so many brands of televisions flooding the market so much so that choosing the right one becomes the customers’ [...]
There has been plenty of concern over the past year, that the FCC isn’t really prepared for the shift from analog tv signals to digital tv signals that will happen early next year. While the recent switchover test in Wilmington, N.C. didn’t go that badly, the LA Times notes that the FCC still received calls from 797 residents in the city on the first day and 424 more on the second day. While the FCC points out that this is less than one-half of one percent of the 180,000 TV-viewing households the changeover impacted, this still should throw up some warning signs for the big switchover.
First of all, in the test region, the FCC did a much bigger education campaign than has been done nationwide. On top of that, the percentage of households in Wilmington impacted by the change (those who don’t use cable or satellite TV) was only 8%, compared to 12% in the rest of the country. Some quick and dirty math suggests this could mean somewhere just under a million calls to the FCC for the big changeover. While the FCC staffed up to take the calls, you’d have to imagine they’ll have to staff up a lot more to take a million calls over the course of a couple days. Perhaps they can hire all those telemarketers who the telemarketing industry insisted would be put out of work by the “Do Not Call” list…
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With the advancement of technology we have come a long way in terms of gadgets and luxury devices. Today we have advanced gadgets with which we can have multitude of entertainment and fun. Over the years television has been one of the most popular electronic devices that has entertained the viewers. The small screen has [...]
As you probably have heard, the US will be shutting down analog TV broadcasts early next year, as the conversion to digital is complete. For most TV watchers, this won’t matter one bit. For anyone who watches TV via cable or satellite TV, the change means nothing. It only impacts those who watch TV-over-the-air and who don’t have a digitally-enabled TV or conversion box. So, as part of the effort to move the transition along smoothly, the gov’t is handing out coupons to individuals that can be used to pay for a converter box.
Except, apparently, if you happen to live in prison.
Prison officials are getting quite worried that prisons that use over-the-air TV signals for their televisions won’t be able to afford the converters, because the gov’t won’t give them the coupons. As South Carolina Corrections Department Director Jon Ozmint notes:
“We asked them for the coupons and they said they’re only available for households. I said, ‘We’re the big house.’ But they didn’t buy it.”
Now, many might point out that this shouldn’t be a big deal, as perhaps the gov’t shouldn’t be using taxpayer money to subsidize the TV watching habits of prisoners, but the prison officials are claiming that most people don’t understand just how important television is in keeping the peace within prisons. The article includes some quotes from folks that suggest that television is a pretty important part of the prison experience in encouraging good behavior and keeping the prisoners connected to the outside world. Who would have ever thought that the conversion from analog to digital TV might lead to prison riots?
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Integrated home systems may include all or any of the following:-
Video sources to various rooms using display equipment from TFT, Plasma, Projection and PC connectivity.
Audio distribution of CD based music, digital radio, digital TV broadcasts from terrestrial and satellite broadcasters, cable and increasingly over the internet.
Data connections for the use of home networked computers access [...]