Phil. Dig. TV Broadcast: ISDB-T or DVB-T

[chua_riwap]

Tagal naman i-implement ito. Sa 2015 pa? Nalilito pa NTC kung ano pipiliin.

Ang mga local channels ba natin dito ready na para sa rollout?


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...de-RP-adoption
10 Jun 2009

Cost of digital TV to decide RP adoption

RP has yet to decide on standard


MANILA, Philippines--Despite supporting the future rollout of digital broadcast in the country in the next five to seven years, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has yet to decide which standard it would support.

NTC Commissioner Ruel Canobas said one of the major factors for deciding which standard to adopt is the price of the digital set top boxes. These are devices that receive digital signals and converts images for digital TV.

Currently, two digital TV standards are being looked at for adoption in the Philippines: the Japanese ISDB-T (integrated services digital broadcasting-terrestrial) and the competing European standard DVB-T (digital video broadcasting-terrestrial).

Both standards allow for high definition video delivered in widescreen format. They also allow for various interactive services including on-demand video services.

During a demonstration of the DVB standard by the European Commission, Canobas said there were many considerations before choosing the digital TV standard for the country.

“We have to carefully assess the adoption because once we’ve chosen a standard then that’s what we’ll be using. We’re talking about total migration from analog to digital. A lot of administrative work has to be done specially on frequency allocation plan,” Canobas said.

Quoting the Japanese government, Canobas said the prices of set top boxes is currently around $29 (P1,377) while the European Union puts the price of the DVB set top box at $26 (P1,235).

The NTC has announced that it would no longer accept applications for analog signals by December 2015.

The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) has urged the NTC to prioritize the drafting of the implementing rules and regulation for the transition from analog to digital.

The group said that the NTC should look at both the technical and business aspect of digital TV.

[Horsepower]

If they choose the Japanese standard, it would be because of the JPEPA clout.

Obviously, we only use either European or US standards here so it would be a bad idea to adopt Japanese standard as it would greatly limit the potential of what we can do with the technology itself.

[frenchtower]

The big question is, who will pay for the set top box?

Will the Phil gov give it out for free or let the people buy their own?

This June 12, the US will be fully digital. It was maybe about a year ago when the Fed released $40 coupons (max of $80) per household to buy their converter boxes (for old tv sets). As reference: https://www.dtv2009.gov/

IMHO, the RP gov is waiting till 2015 since majority have already transitioned to a new tv set by then and the need for a set top box is unnecessary? Sana gayahin na lang yung US model para lahat happy!

[randyV]

NTC picks ISDB-T over DVB!!


Here's the news article... http://www.malaya.com.ph/06112010/busi9.html

[Horsepower]

Dahil siguro sa JPEPA. what a bunch of idiots. Sana palitan na yung mga tao sa NTC puro mga bobo kasi e.

[bugmenot]

Ako mas preferred ko ang ISDB-T of Japan kaysa sa DVB-T ng Europe. Primarily for the 1seg feature. At least in the near future, we can have TV programs in our cellphones.

And mas maganda ang reception and error correction niya and 0% Electromagnetic interference (impulse noise) kaysa sa DVB-T. I think most skycable users here experience E48 or something like this (see image) when using their DVB-C Digibox.



sana tuloy tuloy na ang migration natin to DTV :D

[vonkamakari]

question ko lang kahit na anung hd tv ba compatible sa isdb-t? kunyari ung binili kong tv sa US, pag nag rollout na yang isdb-t ok pa rin ba un???

[randyV]

question ko lang kahit na anung hd tv ba compatible sa isdb-t? kunyari ung binili kong tv sa US, pag nag rollout na yang isdb-t ok pa rin ba un???

Yes. All you need to have is an ISDB-T set top box (STB). This serves as a TV tuner which receives ISDB-T signals and all you have to do is connect it to your TV set. It has video output terminals which you can connect to your HD TV or even to an ordinary TV. The video connection can be via RCA cables (component or composite video), S-Video for higher quality video or connections can be via HDMI cable for HD quality videos. Standard ISDB-T set top boxes have these types of video terminals (component/ composite, S-Video and HDMI). Audio terminals are in stereo. It could cost around $11 or even lower. The Japanese government have a commitment with the Philippine government to put up an ISDB-T set top box factory in the country. This could even lower the price of the STBs.

[shadow]

^walang subsidy from the gov't for this digiboxes?

[vonkamakari]

salamat po *randyV