analog televisions

Pre-digital broadcast receivers

Analog televisions are TV sets that receive broadcast signals as continuous electromagnetic waves rather than digital data.

Before the digital transition in the early 2000s, all televisions were analog—the term became necessary only to distinguish older sets from newer digital ones.

My grandmother still has an analog television in her basement.

Without a converter box, analog televisions can no longer receive over-the-air broadcasts in most countries.

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