Re: TECH: Analog to Digital Television Switchover

[Andy Carvin <acarvin@GSN.ORG>]

I just wanted to second Peggy's comments. HDTV is only one aspect of
digital television. Because each DTV channel will have almost 20 megabits
of bandwidth to distribute content, anything that can be digitized into
1's and 0's can be distributed over the airwaves- websites, multimedia
content, multiple tv streams, etc.

I gave a speech on DTV and its potential impact on education last October
at Tel-Ed in New Orleans. If you're interested in DTV I'd strongly suggest
you check it out:

http://edweb.gsn.org/teled98/speech.html


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>
> If you are interested in Digital Television, we have been giving
> presentations in our state to library/technology specialists, administrators
> and others on what DTV will mean for education. (We are the education
> division of our state public television network.) We have a version of one
> of our powerpoint presentations on our Web site if you are interested, along
> with many links.
>
> Digital television actually means a lot more than HDTV, (which is "High
> Definition Television"). Especially for educators, the other capabilities of
> DTV (such as multicasting and datacasting) may be more useful. Come check it
> out at http://www.ecb.org/digital
> Peggy
>
> Peggy Garties
> Multimedia Analyst
> Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
> pgarties@ecb.state.wi.us
> http://www.ecb.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William C. Wells [SMTP:wcwells@IX.NETCOM.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 9:03 PM
> > Subject:      TECH: Analog to Digital Television Switchover
> >
> > I found a site that focuses on HDTV, the digital television that's going
> > to
> > be mandated in a year or two.  You may want to take a quick look and see
> > what we'll be looking at in terms of broadcast.
> >
> > http://www.analog2digital.com/library/main.html
> >
> > Deena Wells
> > K-12 Media Specialist
> > wcwells@ix.netcom.com
>
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