It is supposed to be stopped analog TV broadcasting last February, but it postponed on June. If you are still watching analog TV, you must prepare to change to digital. There are several way to prepare.
First of all, if you have a digital TV with a digital receiver and an antenna, you don’t have to do anything. You are already in perfect environment, whether you have cable or not.
Second, if you have a digital TV with a digital receiver, but you don’t have a antenna or cable, don’t worry about it because you are almost done. I’ll explain how you can make an antenna.
The third, if you have an old analog TV, then you have to much more than others. First if you have a lot of money, you can buy a new nice LCD TV. However, if you don’t have money to buy a new TV, go to the web site www.dtv2009.org and request two 40$ coupons. Then you can pay less than 10 bucks to buy a TV converter which changes digital signal to analog output for your old TV.
Finally, let’s talk about an antenna. Digital TV uses UHF, so your TV’s VHF antenna probably won’t work anymore. Again, if you watch cable TV, you don’t have to do anything, and if you have money to buy a new nice looking antenna, you should buy one. I’m telling miserable students like me. Actually, I have a manufactured antenna and a self made antenna. Both of them are working almost same, but the antenna that I bought needs electricity. Thus I strongly recommend you guys don’t buy a new antenna although it usually about 20 bucks. What you prepare to make an antenna are a clothe hanger which is made by an iron, ruler, and a cutting pliers.
I googled about clothe hanger antenna, but most of them are more complicated than mine because they use six clothe hangers instead one. If you are interested in cheap and easy to make antenna, leave a comment please.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment