Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
With the country seeking to go digital with the television signals, manufacturers have found a new selling point, inbuilt digital signal receivers!
LG is the latest to launch a new TV make with inbuilt digital signal receiver. This comes barely an year after rival Samsung launched their own with 60 free channels.
The LG’s 760H 42-inch model will retail at Sh56, 078 ($670), slightly below the Samsung 32 inch digital television that goes for 59,999. The LG television comes with additional features like Internet connectivity, Wi-Fi, power saving and content encryption.
The creation on these type of televisions puts the sale of set-boxes at a risk. Josep Kim, the LG East Africa director, said the company’s unique technology — set-top box integrated solution — will help the hotel industry save on expenses as they will not have to invest in convertors currently retailing between Sh2, 500 and Sh6, 800.
The Communications Commission of Kenya was to switch off analogue signals by last year but the process has been faced with several hurdles resulting to a delay. The global deadline for the digital migration is however until June 2015.
Presently, only 20 per cent of households in Nairobi with televisions have migrated to digital broadcasting, four months to the September 15 analogue signals switch-off date for the city. Digital migration in other parts of the country will then proceed gradually.
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