I still am able to recieve all of the channels from Heritage Village and expanded service from Charter, do I need a new digital tv set ?
Technically, for now you dont if your old set is still working fine but any set you purchase now, will be digital and you may be shortchanging yourself if you dont modernize. Let me try and explain.
HV provides analog tv signals channel 2-22 and 98 and 99 that your old tv set can tune. We also have several digital TV channels that you need a digital tv in order to decode. The benefit is that you will receive more channels than present, but also, some will be in in high definition which can be stunning in appearance.
Also, if you have Charter, you will be able to receive the current analog channels plus digital signals that include channel 2 from NY and C Span 2, both of which HV lost after the switch to digital transmission plus they have a multitude of digital tiers of channels that require an additional subscription.
Eventually, I would like to pass through all of our channels in digital format. Right now in order to do that, I would have to remove an exiting analog channel as we have no remaining space in our lineup. It is difficult for me to remove any particular channel as it seems every channel has it's fan club, but we do have redundancy in our lineup, so we may be making some minor changes soon.
When the day comes when the majority of unit owners have digital TV sets, then we can go entirely digital, not only offering more and expanded channel offerings, some with high definition, but with the reclaimed bandwidth, possibly some other services besides tv as more applications are being developed.
Also, not mentioned much so I'm not sure that most unit owners are aware, we also offer FM radio service on our MATV system. It consists mainly of FM stations that would be difficult to receive without an antenna. The complete listing would be in the Village Directory. We also carry CRIS radio, which is a service for the visually impaired. It stands for Connecticut Reading Imformation Service and consists pretty much of reading of the daily local newspapers.
