ISDB-T gets official nod from President Aquino

During a conversation with Shinzo Abe, the current Prime Minister of Japan, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III mentioned that our country will soon be migrating to ISDB-T (Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting – Terrestrial) signal from the current analog setup.

According to President Aquino, the determining factor that finally swayed him to give the go signal was the reliability of ISDB-T even during calamities such as the Fukushima incident in Japan.

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Before the decision was made, NTC has already zeroed in on two possible candidates; the ISDB-T and Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial 2 (DVB-T2) from Europe. Based on their research, the Japanese standard proves to be the better option as far as the migratory cost is concerned. Moreover, unlike the DVB-T2, the ISDB-T is equipped with early warning mechanism which will come in handy during typhoons and earthquakes.

Although the decision puts the long-delayed transition to digital broadcast one step closer to reality, NTC commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba claims that it will take five more years for the transition to be finished.

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Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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18 Comments

ShaiLong says:

11 years ago

under Pnoy lang nag ka Digital Television angbtagal no
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IC DeaDiPoL says:

11 years ago

i remember those early warning popups when watching anime from japan, it shows a superimposed map of the effect on the lower left and additional text information regarding the incident (magnitude, location and other advisories). Hope migrating our existing tv sets would be easy.
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Dredd says:

11 years ago

Sana mabago na rin ang mga palabas sa TV sa Pilipinas! Puro na lang mga walang kabuluhan na telenovela ipinapalabas e. Puro basurang noontime shows at puro walang kwentang programa! We need entertainment on our TVs not the current trash we are getting on our TVs!!!
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Iyan Sommerset says:

11 years ago

Can’t wait. We already had our cable cut and are using homemade digital TV-compatible antennas (total cost, 300php from Ace Hardware materials)…only to find out that the current frequencies local broadcasters use are too low to be clear with the homemade antennae. Here’s hoping the migration to digital UHF frequencies for the major networks will be seamless.
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silentwarrior says:

11 years ago

TV?

Mas nanonood ako ng Youtube kesa sa local TV natin. Pag nawala ang mga local TV channels one day, I won’t miss it.
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Francis says:

11 years ago

Maganda talaga ang digital TV. I was able to watch over the air digital TV in Canada. The system might be different than DVB-T but the picture quality is like direct from a blu-ray. No shadows plus there are additional data carried showing the schedule for the whole day with details about each show.
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Name: mdm782010 says:

11 years ago

epal nman talaga GMA7…ayaw gumastos sa bagong technology kasi yung mga clear signal ng tv transmitter nila pagsimula ng digital tv magiging junk or surplus na.
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Mickey says:

11 years ago

Mga Sir, ano po ba yung pinamimigay ni Ted Failon na black box? kasi nakabili ako ng isdb-t one seg sa China nung mapadpad ako dun, pero pag try ko dito sa Manila “no signal” sya kahit anong scan ko walang masagap. Salamat.
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