[kictanet] Digital TV migration postponement

[Odhiambo Washington]

For once, I feel like a layman, not a qualified IT pro.

I just didn't understand what Dr. Ndemo said in this post.

Suddenly, there is talk of this DVB-T2 signal converter when all along the
talk was about STBs.

My TV has a USB slot, but it's a special port for the manufacturer's
engineers to do their thing, not me to connect anything.



On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:52 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

> 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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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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