Re: OT FONT: Plasma / LED / LCD TV recommendations?

On 5/14/2011 4:49 AM, Champ wrote:

In addition, HD is being rolled out this year via Digital Video
Broadcasting (DVB), which is free to air (although, of course, you
still need a 'TV Licence' in the UK, which is used to fund the BBC.

Out of interest, does DVB exist in the USA?

Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTV_transition_in_the_United_States

There is mention of some low-power stations remaining on the analog
system. Those are very few and far between. Essentially, the only
broadcast TV we have had since June 2009 is digital.

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