What is a digital to analog converter?
Digital television is an advanced broadcasting technology that allows for a better television experience, if you have the digital receiver to pick up the signal. If you only have an analog receiver, you would need to purchase a digital to analog converter in order to watch a digital broadcast.Digital TransitionOn June 13, 2009, all full-power television stations in the U.S. had to shut down their analog signals and broadcast only in digital. The transition to digital helped free up valuable broadcast spectrum for other purposes.FeaturesConsumers who had a television with an analog receiver would no longer pick up an over the air transmission after June 13, 2009. In order to continue receiving broadcasts, they would have to purchase a digital to analog converter.FunctionThe digital to analog receiver picks up the digital signal, which is a series of ones and zeros that a computer can interpret as an image. The digital to analog converter changes the digital signal to an analog one, whic
