Japan's TV Broadcasts To Be All-Digital By 2011

Azuma writes "Officially, Japan will end Analog broadcasting by year 2011. Terrestrial digital television broadcasting services started on Monday, December 1st in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, with Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK) and private TV stations broadcasting special commemorative programs. The services will initially be available to around 12 million households. Here is an article from Chinaview. The Daily Yomiuri reports that small local TV stations are at a disadvantage due to high costs of the new technology."

Comments

Re:Better than the Amerika

[Dimensio]

What?! And force those "black bars" onto the 4:3 television sets displaying the downconverted 16:9 image? Those black bars cover up the picture, we Americans won't stand for it!

Re:The Real Question - Who Cares?

[stu72]

If you were concerned about wasting valuable spectrum, you'd draw and quarter the producers of today's televised tripe. Paris Hilton's reality TV is a waste of spectrum whether analog or digital.

Re:The Real Question - Who Cares?

[Lord_Dweomer]

" Paris Hilton's reality TV is a waste of spectrum whether analog or digital."

But when else would you get to see the most stereotypical example of that girl in highschool who you desperately wanted, but who would have nothing to do with you, have to live on a farm, and stick her arm halfway up a cows ass? I, for one, welcome our new Reality TV snobs....errr.....overlords.