Analog Tv Broadcasting Comes to an End in Japan Just After 58 years
Minggu, 24 Juli 2011 by Android Blackberry
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Analog Tv Broadcasting Comes to an End in Japan Just After 58 years
TOKYO -
Analog Tv broadcasting in Japan ended following 58 years on Sunday, except within the 3 quake and tsunami-hit prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, where the changeover to digital terrestrial Television broadcasting has been delayed until the finish of March 2012.
Despite the fact that there has been a rush to buy digital TVs at electric appliance shops in June and this month, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry says that as quite a few as 700,000 households nationwide have not however procured digital TVs or tuners and antennas.
The ministry has set up ‘‘digital support centers’’ to answer answer questions on what form of tuners are important and how to operate remote controllers for digital-capable TVs. Officials mentioned they have been acquiring loads of calls from elderly individuals.
At midnight, analog Tv screens will go blank. At the moment, there is a notice informing viewers where to create inquiries. The ministry is operating a 24-hour telephone hotline at 0570-07-0101 to manage all inquiries.
The changeover from analog to digital Tv was very first announced in December 2003. Because then, some 80 million Tv sets have been rendered obsolete, according to the Japan Electronics and Data Technology Industries Association estimates.
TOKYO -
Analog Tv broadcasting in Japan ended following 58 years on Sunday, except within the 3 quake and tsunami-hit prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, where the changeover to digital terrestrial Television broadcasting has been delayed until the finish of March 2012.
Despite the fact that there has been a rush to buy digital TVs at electric appliance shops in June and this month, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry says that as quite a few as 700,000 households nationwide have not however procured digital TVs or tuners and antennas.
The ministry has set up ‘‘digital support centers’’ to answer answer questions on what form of tuners are important and how to operate remote controllers for digital-capable TVs. Officials mentioned they have been acquiring loads of calls from elderly individuals.
At midnight, analog Tv screens will go blank. At the moment, there is a notice informing viewers where to create inquiries. The ministry is operating a 24-hour telephone hotline at 0570-07-0101 to manage all inquiries.
The changeover from analog to digital Tv was very first announced in December 2003. Because then, some 80 million Tv sets have been rendered obsolete, according to the Japan Electronics and Data Technology Industries Association estimates.
