[kictanet] Digital TV migration postponement

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Washington,
The signal converter is actually available and you use the USB port.  Just
gave the sample to the regulator.


Ndemo.




> 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
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>> > Kenya
>> >
>> >
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