Digi Receiver Question

[Classic Finn]

Since our Country has gone fully Digital 2007, however the consumers have been given extended time to purchase Digital Tv Receivers till Feb 1.

Id like to know as what the folks there in the USA use as far as Brands or Models..Im also not sure if the brands are the same but thought to ask.

We need to get one before Feb 1st since all tv,s will go blank without one.

And we found out its one big jungle out there for different brands and models..

We have cable just for info.

Classic Finn

[madjack]

Heikki, the change over here, will not go into full effect until Feb "09 and the settop convertors have not really come out as of yet.........
madjack

[Classic Finn]

Heikki, the change over here, will not go into full effect until Feb "09 and the settop convertors have not really come out as of yet.........
madjack

Greetings Madjack. Hmm ok so your also getting ready for these changes.
The shops over here are just jam packed with people buying these..



Heikki

[Classic Finn]

This is what we have available.. So the choices are just many to choose from. And the different possibilites of each are tremendous. Anywhere from 99 Euro to 600 Euro.

Toppfield
Humax
Handan
Maximum
Anysee
Digiality

Heikki

[madjack]

Heikki, over here, if you have cable or sat TV, you will not have to get a seperate box...only if you wish to receive broadcast TV directly, will you need the convetor boxes...and then, not until Feb of next year...
madjack

[eamarquardt]

If you have cable service and use the cable company's cable box you should have no need for a "digital" reciever unless things are different in Finland than here. All recievers separate the channels and convert them to a common type signals that go to the display and the sound. With cable and a cable company box the box is separating the channels and transfroming it into a signal that goes to your tv. Your tv then separates the video and sound from the one "channel" it recieves from the box. If you don't have a cable box the cable company is sending you the same signals that come over the air and you will need a digital reciever as part of your tv or in front of your tv to separate the channels. The adjunct "digital reciever" you can probably buy will convert the digital signal into an analog signal that your tv can use. Here the government is going to issue coupons good for $40 towards the purchase of a digital reciever to go between the antenna and tv. It will do the digital to analog conversion and the tv will still work. HD won't probably work but you can avoid (for a while) buying a new tv if you like.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Gus

[Classic Finn]

If you have cable service and use the cable company's cable box you should have no need for a "digital" reciever unless things are different in Finland than here. All recievers separate the channels and convert them to a common type signals that go to the display and the sound. With cable and a cable company box the box is separating the channels and transfroming it into a signal that goes to your tv. Your tv then separates the video and sound from the one "channel" it recieves from the box. If you don't have a cable box the cable company is sending you the same signals that come over the air and you will need a digital reciever as part of your tv or in front of your tv to separate the channels. The adjunct "digital reciever" you can probably buy will convert the digital signal into an analog signal that your tv can use. Here the government is going to issue coupons good for $40 towards the purchase of a digital reciever to go between the antenna and tv. It will do the digital to analog conversion and the tv will still work. HD won't probably work but you can avoid (for a while) buying a new tv if you like.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Gus

Hi Gus here it is a little different. Non of the Tv,s will work without it. Here the Tv Broadcasting is owned by the government and yes there are
also the cable Tv companies. But regardless we must have the receiver.

We have 3 Tv,s portable and 1 big main Tv.

Non of these will work if we dont have even a cheap digi box hooked up.

Heikki

[dhazard]

Check this site for more info...

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

[Ira]

Heikki...I don't think ANY of those brands you mentioned are available here.

Except they may the same manufacturer selling the stuff under a different name, right?

[Steve F]

This is what we have available.. So the choices are just many to choose from. And the different possibilites of each are tremendous. Anywhere from 99 Euro to 600 Euro.

Toppfield
Humax
Handan
Maximum
Anysee
Digiality

Heikki

We have Topfield here in Australia and I think they are a decent brand, our cable TV company get's it's boxes made by Topfield as well as far as I know.

Never heard of any of the others.

Cheers
Steve

[Tombstonebilly]

Has anyone ever seen one of those converters ? If they are like a dish hookup, A 13" tv and dish converter will run for 9 1/2hrs. on one battery,with a 700 watt inverter. Having to get a new tv ( flat screen ) really dont sound bad cause it will fit on a small wall Maybe mount it on a turntable in the gally so you can watch it outside then at bedtime watch it inside

[Classic Finn]

Has anyone ever seen one of those converters ? If they are like a dish hookup, A 13" tv and dish converter will run for 9 1/2hrs. on one battery,with a 700 watt inverter. Having to get a new tv ( flat screen ) really dont sound bad cause it will fit on a small wall Maybe mount it on a turntable in the gally so you can watch it outside then at bedtime watch it inside

Somthing similar is available here for Rv,s.. Been checking them out as well. But that will have to wait till summer or...

Classic Finn

[clkelley564]

If you don't have a cable box the cable company is sending you the same signals that come over the air and you will need a digital reciever as part of your tv or in front of your tv to separate the channels.

Oh geez, so your saying if we only get the cable that comes straight from the wall without any box, (meaning, I'm too cheap to pay for digital cable) we have to get one of those converter things too???