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The way we view television is about to change, but many are still unsure about what the transition to digital TV will mean for them.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was in Cincinnati Tuesday to urge people to try out their TV converter boxes in advance, to make sure they're are ready for the big day.
Satellite TV programming service providers have the technological advantage over cable service providers in the area of high definition especially.
If you have not yet prepared for the conversion to digital TV, there are still about six weeks left to do so. But on Feb. 17, if you’re watching TV using a rooftop antenna or rabbit ears, odds are the only thing on will be TV snow.
The upcoming mandatory switch from analog to digital TV has been known about for some time. Projections were made, estimates were budgeted, and everything was to proceed smoothly. Except, nobody counted on a recession. As a result, digital TV sales are down, fewer consumers are switching to cable/satellite, and converter box sales are up causing the government's coupon program to run out of ...
If you've been waiting to apply for a converter-box coupon to help make sure your TV doesn't go dark next month, you might be out of luck.
WASHINGTON -- The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.
Like many who watch TV with antennas and aging analog sets, Susan Wanzek tried ordering federal coupons for the purchase of digital converters. Uncle Sam nagged her about this, after all, as the Feb. 17 transition to all-digital broadcast TV looms.
At least one thing is becoming clear about the digital TV transition just a month away.
Gary Underwood and his brother Carl sound like they're in the same league as pay-phone repairmen: In the era of cable and satellite TV systems, they install and fix antennas.
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