Important Information
Regarding the Transition to Digital Television
We continue to hear from our customers regarding the upcoming transition to digital television. It is our goal to help our customers understand what this change means to them.
Effective February 17, 2009, an FCC mandate will require all TV stations to begin broadcasting their over-the-air programming in digital format. TV stations will cease the broadcast of their programming in analog format. Television sets with only an analog broadcast receiver will require a converter box to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna.
The good news for ImOn Communications cable TV customers is that we have invested in digital conversion equipment and will handle this conversion for you.
If you are an ImOn cable TV customer, you will not need
to do anything to your analog-only TV in order to continue to receive
programming after February 17, 2009 if it is connected to ImOn cable
service. You do not need to purchase additional equipment.
Digital Television Facts at a
Glance
Analog Television
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Date for final transition to digital is February 17, 2009. After that date, full-power stations will only broadcast digital signals.
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Consumers will always be able to connect an inexpensive receiver, a digital to analog converter box, to their existing analog TV to decode DTV broadcast signals.
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Digital Television (DTV)
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Digital cable or digital satellite is not the same as high-definition.
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Digital pictures will be free from the "ghosts" and "snow" that can affect analog transmissions.
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Multicasting is available
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High Definition Television
(HDTV)
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High-definition broadcasts are made available by the broadcaster. A show broadcast in digital format is not the same as a show broadcast in High Definition format!
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The following links will direct you to additional information regarding
this mandate:
FCC’s Digital TV Transition Information Website:
www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html
Government TV Converter Box Program:
www.dtv2009.gov
