Digital TV Broadcast to Analog Broadcast Converter

An interesting technology we saw displayed at LG's booth was the DTV converter box. This device will convert the digital TV broadcasts to analog. LG's Vestigial Side Band (VSG) technology includes the ability to both receive ATSC broadcasts and convert them to analog NTSC signals.

LG's set top box was small and sleek. The demo showed an ATSC broadcast being split and sent to two different displays; one LCD television via composite video and one older analog set via an RF adapter. The analog quality was inferior to the digital, as expected, but still quite viewable.

We are quite pleased to see this technology already in action. With the analog TV spectrum set to be terminated by mid-2009, this will hopefully bring some peace of mind to those still holding on to their older analog sets.

 

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  • andrewln - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    some very interesting products..
    SED, 82" LCD?!.. 103" plasma..tiny projector....4K projector
    clear raptor...finally, something new for hard drives
    dual lense camara


    dissapointments? or i'm wrong?
    0.85" 4GB hard drive?...can't they make 4GB sd already, not moving parts and requires less power
    nano clones..? why not make it better rather just cloning?
    wireless tablet....i thought we have those already
    ps3....no coment
  • MrSmurf - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    Things like the small HDD are more to impress us with how far technology has advanced. It's a novelity.
  • swtethan - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    by samsung... worlds largest... hehehe
  • littlebitstrouds - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    I want a 103" plasma
  • swtethan - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    sweet stuff!

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