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What is Digital Television: Definition, Benefits and How to Install it

Ready to replace analog television, here's a complete explanation of digital television

Along with the discontinuation of showing analog television by Kemenkominfo, people are required to change their broadcasts to digital television.  The termination is carried out slowly, the first stage on April 30, 2022, the second stage on August 31, 2022 and the third stage on November 30, 2022.

Citing page Kemenkominfo, digital television broadcasts are television broadcasts that use digital signal modulation and compression systems to present cleaner picture quality, clearer sound.

Digital TV broadcasting has also used sophisticated technology, so that it only displays images that are of good quality or clear. If the digital TV signal is not good, the digital TV picture will not be displayed.

In digital TV broadcasting, the resulting image capture will certainly be clear and there will be no more intermittent interference when the TV signal is difficult to catch.

About Digital Television

Digital TV in Indonesia is inevitable. The digital broadcasting system is developing very rapidly in the broadcasting world, increasing service capacity through efficient use of the radio frequency spectrum. The digital television transmission system not only transmits video and audio data, but also has many functions and multimedia such as interactive services and disaster early warning information.

Digital terrestrial television broadcasts are broadcasts that use VHF/UHF radio waves and analog broadcasts, but the content format is digital. With analog TV broadcasting, the further away you are from the TV station, the weaker the signal, the worse the picture reception will be and the blurrier the results will be.

In contrast to digital TV, which continues to provide clear picture and sound until the signal is no longer received. In short, digital television transmission recognizes only two states:

Accept (1) or No (0). That is, if the digital broadcast receiver can detect the signal, the broadcast program is received. On the other hand, if no signal is received, there is no picture or sound.

With digital broadcasts, the picture and sound quality that viewers receive is much better than analog broadcasts where ghosts and noise (ant spots) are no longer displayed on the TV screen. In the era of digital broadcasting, TV viewers not only watch broadcast programs, but also use additional functions such as EPG (Electronic Program Guide) to find out which programs will be broadcast and which will be broadcast later.

Digital broadcasting has the potential to provide interactive services that allow viewers to directly evaluate the audio of broadcast programs.

Benefits of Using Digital Television According to the Ministry of Communication and Information

Save Frequency Band Usage

Analog TV broadcasting uses a frequency of 700 Mhz. This spectrum is limited. While analog TV broadcasting is wasteful in the use of broadcasting frequencies.

Support 5G Internet

The results of the frequency savings are used for other purposes, namely the fifth generation or 5G internet network.

It's free forever because digital TV broadcasts are free to water

No additional fees such as subscription are required to receive digital broadcasts. 

Get clear pictures

For digital TV connoisseurs, the picture and sound quality will change. In digital TV broadcasts, there is no longer an image in the form of ants or noise and shadows on the monitor.

People will get various additional features when using digital TV

One of them, features electronic program guide or EPG to find out what programs have been and will be broadcast later. Digital TV also has features early warning system alias EWS, as a form of disaster mitigation.

When a natural disaster occurs, digital TV users will get a warning. There is also a child supervision feature or parental lock.

No satellite dish or VHF/UHF radio frequency required

Because, terrestrial digital TV broadcasting. People simply use UHF antennas and set top box as a digital TV broadcast receiver.

Is our TV already digital TV?

More Coverage:

The public can check easily by checking on the official website of the Kominfo Digital Broadcast. The method is:

  1. Go to the broadcast page digital.kominfo.go.id/
  2. Next select menu Digital TV Set
  3. Next on choice Select Category select Television
  4. Next, enter the television brand and its model/type
  5. If the television brand and type are TVs that can receive analog TV broadcasts, the description of the brand and type will appear
  6. If the television is not registered, a message will appear, “Sorry, the device you are looking for is not registered in our database or does not have a device certification.

Reference

www.kominfo.go.id

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