[SBE] Ready to turn analog back on?

[Jonathan Solomon]

This is a great discussion!  I would like to point at that whether you put
an A/B switch on the input to the TV ANT IN connector, or feed the ANT IN
with the antenna and the LINE IN with the output of the STB, you will still
need to split the antenna feed coming down to go to both the STB and the ANT
IN ahead of the STB.

This becomes very complicated to the average consumer. I always think about
my mom, and could she do it?

    | < Antenna Feed
   /\  < Splitter 1>2
STB  ANT A/B Switch
 |
ANT A/B Switch

My $0.02
-- 
Jonathan Solomon



On 3/11/08 5:52 PM, "McGlothen, Darryl" <darryl.mcg at klewtv.com> wrote:


> One of my pet peeves is a television commercial that states "antenna

> tv's will cease to function on Feb. 17th, 2009." The majority of

> television sets have antenna inputs whether they are 'digital' or

> 'analog' and they will continue to operate as they were designed. Only

> those analog sets that do not have a digital converter box (STB) will be

> unable to pass OTA signals broadcast only in digital. This will not

> impact LPTV broadcasters in spite of the hype and scare tactics

> promulgated by cable broadcasters and ill-informed but well intentioned

> TV broadcasters. Analog TV sets will continue to receive and display

> analog LPTV signals without problem...analog TV sets with digital tuners

> or STB's will continue to display OTA signals until they die of old age.

> 

> There is no need to 'modify STB's' to accept analog RF inputs when a

> simple antenna switch will allow both LPTV analog and converted digital

> STB's to be routed to the antenna input of any analog TV set. There is

> no functionality, however, to upconvert LPTV analog signals to digital

> receivers and therein lies the only potential loss to LPTV broadcasters.

> Proper (and accurate) education of broadcasters, re-broadcasters and

> viewers will eliminate the dirth of confusion spawned by unscrupulous

> cable advertisers.

> 

> Darryl

>