Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia will soon be able to enjoy digital television broadcasts, however, there are still people who cannot differentiate between set top boxes and Android TV boxes.
“This set top box is not an Android TV Box,” said Deputy Chair for Government Regulation, Electronics Entrepreneurs Association (Gabel), Joegianto, during a webinar, quoted on Saturday.
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Set top boxes function to capture digital terrestrial television broadcasts to analog television devices, while Android TV Boxes change conventional televisions into smart TVs or smart TVs.
With an Android TV Box, users can watch paid streaming services on a regular television or watch from the YouTube application. Because it is based on Android, the interface of the television device will be similar to the display on a cellphone.
Meanwhile, on a set top box, the television broadcasts captured are terrestrial or free to air broadcasts, aka unpaid.
After installing a set top box on an analog television, users will be able to watch television broadcasts as usual, only that what is captured is digital television broadcasts, not analog.
Terrestrial television broadcasts offer clearer images and audio than current analog television broadcasts.
In digital terrestrial television broadcasts, wherever the device is, as long as it can catch the signal, it will be able to get television broadcasts.
For this reason, in digital broadcasts there will only be two choices, namely there is a broadcast or there is no broadcast at all (blank). There will be no more unclear television broadcasts.
Meanwhile, in analog terrestrial television broadcasts, the proximity of the location of the television equipment to the infrastructure will greatly influence the catchability of the broadcast. The closer the distance, the better the broadcast image quality.
On the other hand, the farther the television set is from the infrastructure, the weaker the signal captured so that the image is not clear.
Broadcast image quality can get worse if the weather is not good, for example windy or raining.
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Reporter: Natisha Andarningtyas
Editor: Alviansyah Pasaribu
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