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DTV explained on live talk show today; please call in with your questions

Confused about the transition to digital TV? Don't know where to turn for reliable answers? Thinking about tossing out your old analog TV set and...
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Denver DTV walk-in help center proves nation is not ready for analog shutoff

One day before the originally scheduled date for the shutoff of analog television broadcasting in the United States, about 350 mostly elderly...
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Spike Feresten spoof of DTV transition

Congress may have voted to extend the DTV transition from February 17 until June 12, but no amount of extra time may be enough for those who do not...
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Congress delays DTV transition to June; law will help viewers, hurt broadcasters

The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted 264-158 in favor of postponing the February 17 shutoff of analog TV signals until June 12, 2009....
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The impact of delaying the DTV transition

The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to postpone the transition of digital TV until June 12, 2009. The U.S. House is expected to approve the same...
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Broadcasters facing triple whammy in transition to digital television

With 26 days to go before the February 17 shutoff of analog TV in the U.S., the broadcast industry is looking at a triple whammy. The impact will...
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Converting to HDTV: A viewer's tale of woe (part 1 of 3)

To check reception of local HDTV broadcasts, I used an FCC coupon to buy an analog-to-digital converter box. All went well until I started looking...
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Converting to HDTV: A viewer's tale of woe (part 2 of 3)

After connecting my converter box and basic RCA antenna, I commenced my first scan of available digital signals. To my disappointment, I was only...
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Converting to HDTV: A viewer's tale of woe (part 3 of 3)

At Best Buy a few blocks away, I had to go through four clerks in the home theater department before I finally found someone who was really...
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