INISUMEDANG.COM – Based on a circular from the Ministry of Information, analog TV broadcasts or old school TV (Tube TV) and the like.Starting April 30, 2022 it will be removed.The government has prepared digital TV broadcasts that are clearer and the audio quality is very good.However, it must be captured with a TV that has advanced features such as access to the internet.However, the public can still access Digital TV even with tube TV but using a tool called STB.STB or (Set Top Box) A decoder, also known as a receiver, is a device that contains a decoder device that is useful for adjusting the television channels to be received.Then it is selected as needed, and also the decoder will check the user's access rights to the channel.Which will produce output in the form of images, sound, and other services.According to the Special Staff of the Minister of Communication and Information for Digital and Human Resources, Dedy Permadi, stage 1 of the migration of analog TV broadcasts to digital TV broadcasts was carried out on April 30, covering 56 regions in 166 districts and cities in Indonesia.According to him, the public does not need to use the Set Top Box (STB) tool if the TV used is already digital-based."Televisions that are already capable of accessing digital signals do not need any assistive devices," said Dedy via short message.To find out whether the television at home is digital or not is quite easy.Dedy explained that people only need to check the device by checking the digital tv signal search menu option (DTV) on the television set.Or you can check the type and device through the Kominfo website.Capturing Digital Frequency Requires STB"Through the page broadcastdigital.kominfo.go.id," he said.Furthermore, Dedy said that if the TV used by the public is still analog, they still need STB to capture digital frequencies.Currently, the government has completed digital TV broadcasting and has subsequently stopped broadcast access on analog TV starting in the first phase on April 30.As is known, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) will gradually stop analog TV broadcasts.The first stage is on 30 April 2022, the second stage is 31 August 2022 and the third stage is 30 November 2022.Quoted from the Kemenkominfo page, digital television broadcasts are television broadcasts that use digital signal modulation and compression systems to provide cleaner picture quality, clearer sound.Digital TV broadcasting has also used sophisticated technology, so it only displays images that are of good quality or clear.In digital TV broadcasts later, the captured image will be clear and there is no longer any interference or 'ants' when the digital TV signal is difficult to catch.Set Top Box TV Signal Television Analog TV Digital TV Author: Imam Nurman Editor: Acep Sandi