Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/10/04 11:34

Kenneth Crudup (kenny@panix.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> >The only thing changing is channels 51 and up will go away. Other than
> >that, digital will use the same frequencies that analog uses (TV channels
> >2-50, with various gaps).
>
> I thought HDTV (can) use(d) spectrum in what's the current UHF band?

Today, ATSC can be (and is, in various parts of the country) on any legal
TV channel (2-69, with various gaps, like the one for radio astronomy).
When analog is shut off, all OTA TV channels will be between 2 and 50 (and
will be, of course, digital).

Now, it's *likely* that 2-6 won't be used as much as today as they aren't
as good at digital in any place but flat open country, but some will still
choose them. Channels 7-13 are the big winners, though, because they
use a lot less transmitter power, can be picked up by any decent "UHF-only"
antenna (even though the channels are VHF), and are still the lower
channel numbers that stations covet.

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