Analog TV Dead Spot Government, Here Are Excess And Digital TV Lacks

Digital TV Illustration (VOI/Special)

YOGYAKARTA Indonesia has entered the era of digital TV broadcasting after the government turned off analog tv (Analog Switch Off / ASO) on November 2, 2022. ASO's policy was originally implemented in the Greater Jakarta area. However, over time, digital tv migration will be gradually expanded throughout Indonesia. So, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Digital TV?

Compiled by VOI from various sources, digital TV broadcasts have several advantages, including:

One of the advantages of digital TV is that digital technology broadcasts have minimal disturbances. Despite disturbances, this can be overcome quickly.

Please note, digital TV has smarter technology. Examples are related to efficiency in packaging and bringing data to its destination. This is done with digital principles, namely changing or packing pulse data.

Well, data that is changed in the form of pulse will make transmission easier, because it is lighter. Not only that, but the encoding is simpler than the modification of amplitude, frequency, or phase also makes it easier to correct disturbances.

The next advantage of digital TV broadcasting is packaging reduction, as well as the ease of data transmission amounting to a large amount in a fast time.

Thus, high-quality data including clean images, clear sounds will be transmitted using digital technology easily and smoothly.

Digital TV will provide a more enjoyable and comfortable viewing experience in the eyes and ears.

To switch to digital TV, people only need to add Set Top Boxes (STB). When analog TV is connected to STB, viewers can directly watch digital TV broadcasts.

Digital TV allows broadcasts with HDTV resolutions more efficiently. This means that the images displayed will be clearer and the sound will sound clearer.

While some of the shortages of digital TV are:

People who still use analog TV need to set a top box (STB) to be able to access digital TV. The cheapest set top box price at this time was written at IDR 200,000, - quite significant for low-income people.

Digital TV broadcasts require digital TV transmitter infrastructure. This condition makes television stations need additional investment to broadcast digital TV.

In addition, the transfer from analog to digital TV is also related to the readiness of the community, which in fact still uses analog TV.

Old analog devices such as the Video Casette Recorder (VCR) cannot record digital TV broadcasts because the signals are different.

Cliff effect and black spot are weakly receiving digital signals. This condition causes broadcasts to be disconnected or even no images, especially if the televise aircraft cannot get a signal at all.

Signal and the internet play an important role in the era of digital TV broadcasting. If you don't get a signal, the image that appears is just a image of the view (depending on the STB used)

That's the information about the advantages and disadvantages of digital TV. May it be useful!