The terrestrial television, So the terrestrial via antenna, goes digital, and digital technology calls for new devices. But no reason to panic – you don't need a new TV, just a "set-top box".
In the future, the entire entertainment- and communication industry work digitally, from production in studios and industry to reception on home devices or on the go with mobile receivers. But what does "in the future" mean?? The future has begun and we are right in the middle of it. You can find out from the map on the left, that digitized television is already being broadcast in the greater Berlin area. The regions also emerge from it, those as i; _ next "digitized" ‘ will: the Cologne/Bonn areas in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hanover/Brunswick and Bremen/Unterweser in Lower Saxony, Greater Hamburg with Lübeck and Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein. According to plans by the federal government, the conversion of the TV- and radio networks at the latest in the year 2010 to be finished.
DVB-T
And what does "DVB-T" mean?? Digital Video Broadcasting. In German "broadcast or transmission of digital images" where the T shows after the hyphen, that this is terrestrial television, so something like that, what is broadcast by terrestrial transmitters and received by ordinary antennas. (DVB-C would be for cable- and DVB-S for satellite reception.)
The advantages
For the television viewer, the primary benefit is the improvement in sound- and image quality. More data can be transmitted digitally, making the TV picture and sound clearer and more perfect. But digital television is more than just the device itself. Because with the new technology it will be possible, interactive multimedia "services" such as home banking via the television set (Banking from home), HomeShopping und Ticketing (Shopping and ordering concert tickets), e-mail services through to Internet access. In addition, you will be up to 24 can receive programs via the normal house antenna.