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Adjustments to receive the signal of digital TV in Brasilia can cost up to $ 500

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Brasília - To receive high-definition images, in addition to transmitting the digital signal by radio, you need a TV converter with embedded or buy a digital converter to tune the new digital channels.

In Chicago, even the few stores that have a converter available. The price varies between $ 350 and U.S. $ 400. Adding the expenses with antenna, cabling and installation, the cost to obtain the digital signal may reach R $ 500.

The director-president of Brazil Communications Company (EBC) Tereza Cruvinel, believes that consumers in Brasilia will join the new system more quickly than in other cities. "I think here in Brasilia the migration will not be as slow as in other cities, just by their consumer profile, which has a higher income and it is very updated in technology," he predicts.

The EBC is the manager of the TV and the Agencia Brasil Brasil

According to the sellers of electronics shops consulted by Agência Brasil, the brasiliensis are seeking is about the price of the converter, but sales of equipment are still weak.

The president of the Association of Vehicle of Communication of the Federal District, Flávio Lara Resende, the cost of converters is still quite high and should only be smaller when the digital transmission is available in more cities and demand for equipment is higher.

"I have no doubt that the price is still a deterrent. But the Brazilian has always been very fast in exchange for their technologies, "he says. He recalls that when the digital transmission began in December 2007, the converters cost between $ 300 and $ 400.





Source: Agência Brasil

This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.

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