Digital TV is on the march and no one can resist it. It gives a better picture, has much bigger capabilities than usual analogue TV and what is most important has a future. Analog TV unfortunately is dying, which is by the way a normal order of things if we look at the history of media. There are four main reasons to switch over to digital TV and in this article we will take a closer look at all four:
·         It’s inevitable;
·         It’s better;
·         It’s practical;
·         It’s something completely new.
It’s inevitable
This is supposed to be the last argument; nevertheless there is no problem in putting it on the first spot. Digital TV is inevitable, you can stay a fan of analog TV as long as you want, but eventually all television will be digital, so the sooner you switch to it, the faster you’ll get used and the more benefits you will get.
It’s better
Digital TV is way better then analog TV due to a large number of factors. First of all it is more stable and allows giving better picture if the broadband is a big enough. So initially it has stability and quality. In addition to this digital TV allows forming a return channel, which basically makes it interactive. In case of interactive TV the viewer gets tons of various features the most important of which is forming your own playlist from shows you want to watch. Another bonus lies in the alliance of Internet & TV. Interactive TV allows giving the TV some web features like showing the weather forecast interacting with YouTube and similar services and most important the viewer can receive additional information during the viewing. For example during a sports game the viewer can check out the information about players, teams and the overall championship stats. A completely new type of entertainment!
It’s practical
If we look at the TV today we will see a huge amount of boring shows and advertising, digital TV allows cutting it out and eventually getting only the info that you need. It is a new freedom for the viewer, which was never available before and which will become a standard as soon as digital TV will become popular.
In addition to this it is the usual problem of missing a show due to work, rest or a more interesting show on other channel. In case of Digital TV it is not a problem and the viewer can record anything and watch t later. Also this gives a possibility to rewind back and check some moments in a sports game for example.
It’s something completely new
Final argument is not as obvious as other arguments, but it is still an argument. Digital TV is a new technology which means that it will get new functions and will be actively developed in the next years. Also Digital TV almost always means interactive TV, which brings in more features and more possibilities.
Hopefully now you have no doubts about going over to digital TV. If not, go over to KPN and check out the offers of this spectacular operator. It is currently the leader of the market in Netherlands and over one million customers can guarantee its quality.

Digital TV

Cuttermaran 1.69a - frame accurate MPEG-2 cutting tool.
DVD2AVI PVAview 1.0 - special PVA preview version, used by PVACut.
MPEG2Cut 1.15 - special version of DVD2AVI to cut MPEG-2 videos.
MPEG2Schnitt 0.90 - easy to use tool to cut out commercials from MPEG-2 streams.
HDTVtoMPEG2 1.11 - extract video and audio streams from a (multi TV station) transport stream and save them to an MPG file.  -
ProjectX 0.90 - demuxing tool for DVB streams.
PVACut 3.50 - PVA cutting tool.
PVAStrumento 2.1.0.17 - PVA demuxing tool. 

Descrambling / Ripping tools

DVD Santa 4.0 - DVD Santa is an All-in-One software which helps you copy, convert and create DVD movies. It can convert video files into DVD format (make your .avi divx movies into a dvd playable on your home dvd player), can turn your digital photos into DVD movies with motions and background music, can transfer your digital camcorder tapes directly into DVD video, can burn DVD videos onto DVD discs.
DVD43 3.9.0 - an on-the-fly decryption layer for Windows
DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 - the most versatile ripper out there.
DVDFab Decrypter 3.0.5.0 - simple ripper that's always updated to handle copy protection by disc corruption mechanisms. 
Vobrator 0.2 - even another rip program, also offers some special features like pcm dts conversion or pcm extraction.
vStrip 0.8f_css - outdated, old-style (brute force) ripper, has many features and is the only open source solution .

Decoders

DGDMPGDec 1.4.9 - latest version of the tool formerly known as DVD2AVI.
DVD2AVI frm - special DVD2AVI version for ScenChap
DVDx 2.2 - all in one DVD -> VCD/SVCD encoder. 

DivX / MPEG-4 Encoders

Mov2Avi - converts Quicktime files to AVI
Nandub 1.0 RC2 - SBC encoding utility
Nandub 1.0 RC2 lumafix - luma calculations work properly in fast recompress mode
Vidomi 469 - all in one DivX encoding utility. 

Filters

AC3Filter 1.11 - open source AC3 playback filters with features to rival any commercial competition. Website
Bicubic Direct Show resize filter - allows you to dynamically change the resolution of a movie during playback
Convolution3D
CoreAAC filter - allows AAC playback in any direct show capable media player. 
D2VSource - d2v playback via DirectShow
Decomb 5.21 - IVTC plugin for Avisynth
DTS / AVI Filters - allows AVI/DTS muxing and playback
Elecard MPEG Video Decoder - allows you to view MPEG2 video
ffdshow - general purpose DivX/XviD decoding filter
Graphedit - THE DirectShow filter manipulation tool. Allows you to control whatever uses DirectShow
KernelDeInt - deinterlacer for purely interlaced material
Moonlight Odia Dekoda - MP2/MP3/AC3 playback filter
Ogg Vorbis Direct Show filter implementation
ReClock 1.4 - gets rid of jerky AVI / MPG playback.
SimpleResize filter for avisynth - fast resize filter
STMedian - motion compensated spatial/temporal median filter
Subtitle filter for Ogg media streams
TomsMoComp - motion compensation based deinterlacing filter for Avisynth
Riff CD/XA filter for / XCD
UnDot - removes dots, stray orphan pixels and mosquito noise
UnFilter - soften/sharpen filter for Avisynth
Vaguedenoiser - probably the best grain removal filter for noisy sources
Yet another temporal smoother 1.3