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RCA DTA800B digital-to-analog converter box has recently been certified as a “coupon-eligible converter box” by the NTIA. The RCA DTA800B converter box, using a Broadcom digital television (DTV) system-on-a-chip solution, is designed to receive ATSC high definition television (HDTV) broadcasts and convert them to NTSC (standard) signals. Read full story
What a couple weeks it’s been for the movie biz. First, Warner Bros. announced plans to drop HD DVD and release titles exclusively on Blu-ray. That means the high-def DVD format war could be over, though though Toshiba (the largest maker of HD DVD players) fought back in the… Read full story
Did you know that in one year 720,800 homes in Ohio could face a television blackout? Your home could be one of them if you don’t have a digital TV and still use an indoor or outdoor antenna. Read full story
Auction Must Raise at Least $10B for Federal Treasury, Programs Including DTV-to-Analog Converter-Box Coupons By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 1/25/2008 After three rounds of bidding, 1,030 bidders ponied up $3.03 billion for five blocks of beachfront spectrum being reclaimed from analog-TV broadcasters in the switch to digital. The bidding is anonymous, but a … Read more
Digital television is coming – are you ready to tune in? At midnight Feb. 17, 2009, in a move mandated by the U.S. Congress, full-power television stations will stop broadcasting in analog and broadcast using only a digital signal. The switch is widely being referred to as the digital TV – or DTV – transition, … Read more