[kictanet] Digital TV migration postponement

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Robert,
The cost of a set top box with conditional access functionality ranges
from Ksh. 3,500 to Ksh. 10,000.  However, the cost of DVBT2 signal
converter (the equivalent of Free to Air TV) ranges from $5 to $20.  The
problem is that the importers are only interested in set top boxes (the
mercedes of TV) and not just the converters.  The cost for Black and White
however may be higher since the old TV sets have no USB slots.

We should not be complaining on this matter.  In the UK you almost need a
consultant to buy a TV set.  There are different formats of broadcast
ranging from Simple Definition (our regular TV), High Definition
(beggining to crip into our living rooms) with better picture quality and
makes images look less fat and 3D TV which is undergoing through research
to make it viewable without additional gadgets like special glasses.  So
before you but a TV set, you need to state your objectives.

The DVBT2 signal today covers 70% of the population.  We can have
everybody switch tomorrow if we had better local content available.  THE
PROBLEM IS NOT THE SET TOP BOXES.  The problem is with Kenyans.  It is
ironcal to see many unemployed youth yet we cannot use them to create
content around us.  Do we want the rest of the world to start producing
our own content?



Ndemo.




> Hi,
>
>
> It was with shock and dismay that I watched the CCK director general lie
> to the public on a mass broadcast on the reasons for the postponement of
> the cutoff to digital.
>
> He said the reason was that the cost of decoders was still too high for
> the common mwanainchi, he then proceed to lie by saying that the average
> price was currently Kes. 6,500/-, yet the price for the StarTimes decoder
> is 3,499/- and that of GoTV is Kes. 3,999/-.
>
> When I was in school many years ago the formula for calculating average
> was the sum of the numbers divided by the number of numbers (3,499 +
> 3,999)/2 = 3,749/- so which formula was the DG using?
>
> What has incensed me more is that none of the members of the press has
> taken up the issue instead they have "liked" and "shared" the comments as
> if they where gospel truth.
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  Have an analog Christmas
>
>
>
>  
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
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>
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