IDC, another market-research firm, is how a switch to digital will alter consumer behaviour.
It says that if DAB broadcasts reach enough of the country by then, a switch to digital would be possible by 2017.
Researchers ultimately envision smart prosthetic limbs with near-natural reflexes, completely soft robots with complex gestures and even a switch from digital to analog computing for some tasks.
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Switch to a digital radio and, after a lag of less than two seconds as the digital signal takes over, WETA's music wafts through so clearly that when the DJ stops speaking, one suspects the radio has been turned off.
While developed markets have not only introduced digital terrestrial and largely completed analog switch-off, a second generation of digital broadcast (DVB-T2) is now being adopted in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
At the core of the Fidelio SoundBar are high quality TI Class-D amplifiers - with a built-in DAC - powered by a compact SMPS (Switch-Mode-Power-Supply) to provide a full digital architecture, delivering highly efficient audio amplification and premium audio quality.
In just about every respect, the switch to digital will be a good thing.
Some of the frequencies to be auctioned have been freed as a result of the switch from analog to digital TV.
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On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed the DTV Delay Act, which postpones the deadline to switch from an analog to a digital signal to June 12 from Feb. 17.
This little experiment does require every analog subscriber to switch over to digital but TWC says only a "distinct minority" will be affected.
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He described classical music aficionados - of which he is one - as "a fastidious lot" who had been slow to switch to digital because of the relatively poor quality of compressed files.
The digital switch extension, however, wouldn't be a free pass for broadcasters.
In 2007, Myanmar also flipped a kill switch on its single Internet service provider, creating a digital blackout that lasted close to a week.
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The UK's conversion to digital TV began in 2007, with a region-by-region switch off.
In addition, the digital thermostat at Shirley's home had been replaced by a slide-switch thermostat that "will produce a spark when the thermostat reaches a specified temperature, " the probable cause affidavit says.
And new innovations such as printed circuit technology and the white space radio spectrum (transmitting data over unused TV channel airwaves as we switch from analogue to digital TV) are all helping to create a world where everything can talk to everything else, and everything to us.
However, as newer video recorders are likely to include digital capability, this should only affect people with a machine that is several years old when the switch over occurs.
Separately, the BBC runs a Switchover Help Scheme to help older and disabled people with everything they need to switch one TV to digital.
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