Be careful of mistakes, this is a list of 70 Digital TV Set Top Boxes Certified by Kominfo

2022-08-19 23:40:03 By : Mr. Bruce zhou

One week ahead, Phase 2 will stop analog to digital TV broadcasts or Analog Switch Off (ASO) Phase 2 on August 25, 2022. For analog TV owners, this is a list of 70 official digital TV set top boxes certified by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kominfo).Set Top Box (STB) has an important role in helping analog TV catch digital TV broadcasts.Therefore, Kominfo has issued a legal STB that can be an option for the public to buy.The 70 STBs certified by the Ministry of Communication and Information come from various brands and types/models, such as production from Akari, CBM, Evercoss, Ichiko, Matrix, Nexmedia, Nextron, Polytron, Tanaka, to Venus.The price of digital TV set top boxes varies, ranging from Rp. 150 thousand to Rp. 300 thousand depending on the superior features of each of these devices.Policy Analysis by Associate Expert, Television Service Coordinator, Directorate of Broadcasting, Kominfo, Sukamto some time ago, revealed the impact of using unofficial STB, such as those imported from abroad illegally."This is a set top box that has been certified by Kominfo. This means that it is guaranteed to receive digital TV broadcasts, because if you buy a set top box from abroad, you don't necessarily receive digital TV broadcasts," he said some time ago."They have special technical parameters or they can be encrypted, in the sense that they are there for code input. So, that's not necessarily possible. If this (Kominfo certified set top box) can certainly receive digital TV broadcasts," he continued.List of Latest Kominfo Certified Set Top Box (STB) 2022"Every digital television set and set top box DVB-T2 set-top box that is traded, manufactured, assembled, imported and/or used in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia is required to observe technical requirements and be based on permits in accordance with the laws and regulations," the Kominfo wrote.The technical requirements for digital TV and set top boxes are regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Communication and Information Number 4 of 2019 dated June 28, 2019 concerning Technical Requirements for Telecommunication Equipment and/or Equipment for the Purpose of Broadcasting Television and Broadcast Radio.The discontinuation of analog TV broadcasts to digital TV starts on April 30, 2022. This process of digitizing broadcasting is a way of digital transformation in the broadcasting sector, where analog TV broadcasts have been on the air for more than 60 years.Kominfo implements this analog TV lethal injection in three stages, which are currently in progress and are in phase two.ASO Phase 1 on 30 April 2022 covered 56 broadcast areas in 166 districts/cities, ASO Phase 2 on 25 August 2022 in 31 broadcast areas in 110 districts/cities, and ASO Phase 3 on 2 November 2022 covered 25 broadcast areas in 63 districts/cities. city.