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The Dutch Kill Analog TV Nationwide

Posted by kdawson on from the zeros-and-ones dept.

Willem de Koning writes Yesterday the Netherlands completely ended transmission of analog television signals, becoming the first country in the world to do so. So what about cars and portable TVs? I'm guessing a market will emerge for portable set top boxes / converters." The article mentions the timetable for other countries to go all-digital; by 2011 most or all of the developed world will have made the switch.

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  1. Broadcasting in Dutch by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    3. Germany, Denmark, France and England don't broadcast in Dutch.
    But Belgium does. Besides, we're used to US movies and series broadcast in English, albeit with subtitles.

    Besides which, since it is not "Murka", huge numbers of people actually speak several languages. In Europe, this means you're educated; while in the US, it means you're considered a terrorist.

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  2. Re:Uh, huh... by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "The government is leasing hundreds of billions worth of the broadcast spectrum (a public resource) to private companies, and is shutting down the analog broadcast spectrum. Despite all of the junk put out by most broadcasters, TV is still a useful tool. People will be shut out of this useful public resource, unless they buy a DTV-Analog TV Converter, which averages around $200 on Amazon.com."

    If they don't make enough to afford the converter, or a new tv, something tells me they should be spending their time trying to better educate/train for a job that pays better than the job they currently have, or welfare....so they can afford the new equipment for digital tv.

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