Death of the analog broadcast...

[Gato_Solo]

came and went on Friday, 12 JUN 09. Did anyone miss it?

 

[pc_builder]

Yup. Missed it. Got cable more than a month ago.

 

[Inkara1]

I've had satellite for years now, but the broadcast in my area went digital for the February changeover date.

 

[Gonz]

We won't miss it until a national emergency happens. Digital is great, as long as there aren't any flaws in the system.

 

[Luis G]

We won't miss it until a national emergency happens. Digital is great, as long as there aren't any flaws in the system.

You can say the same about analog

 

[Inkara1]

On the upside, now we don't have those incessant "the digital changeover is coming" ads.

 

[MrBishop]

...nah, we do now Canada's not quite over that particular hump. Still have analog channels..for a while, at least.

 

[Gonz]

You can say the same about analog

A very low powered uhf signal can be received & viewed. With digital it either is, or it isn't.

 

[Luis G]

A very low powered uhf signal can be received & viewed. With digital it either is, or it isn't.

Received and viewed is just a saying, the noise can be too high that the content becomes unintelligible.

As for digital, it can take a lot of noise and still be of better quality. Granted, after some point the signal will become too noisy and the content you'll get becomes out of sync, jittery or scrambled.

However, with both technologies too much noise will make the content hard to view.