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The staff at Electronic House.com have put together a nice explanation on television aspect ratios that I thought everyone should see. Aspect ratios just refer to the shape (or format) of the picture. An aspect ratio simply denotes the shape of the screen, in a ratio showing the width to the height. The most popular … Read more
NEW YORK — Did my TV screen just shrink? That’s the question a lot of people will be asking after installing one of the converter boxes that will keep their older TV sets tuned into over-the-air broadcasts after Feb. 17, when most stations will switch from analog to digital transmission. The National Association of Broadcasters … Read more
Intel Joins Legend Silicon to Enable High Definition TV on Laptops via “Free to Air” Terrestrial Television Broadcast (Press Release) FREMONT, Calif., April 22 — When the Olympic Games begin in August this year in Beijing, China, many viewers will be able to watch live High Definition (HD) broadcasts of the games on their laptops, … Read more
Deficit Reduction Act Corrected to Provide $65M for LPTVs to Make Switch to Digital The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday gave a shot in the arm to low-power TV stations. Without debate, the committee agreed to make a technical correction to the Deficit Reduction Act that will allow the government to give out $65 million to … Read more
Most of us enjoy watching tv, but what’s inside your set may be what we should be watching. TV repairman Charlie Little told us analog and digital sets could contain aluminum, steel, lead, and mercury. Things that stay in the landfillRead full story