What to look for when buying a big flat-screen TV
Picking out a big-screen TV can be bewildering. Electronics are taking the lion’s share of the holiday retail market with flat-screen TV sets flying off the shelves. Read full story
HDTV Tuners
Low-power, single-chip hybrid receiver for terrestrial and cable TV launched
Fresco Microchip Inc. , a developer of leading edge RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits , has announced the FM2050, its latest low power single-chip demodulator for high quality … Read full story
Retailers to Sell TV Converter Boxes
Best Buy Co. Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and six other retailers will sell equipment enabling owners of analog television sets to continue to view programming after the 2009 nationwide switch to digital … Read full story
DTV Transition Ruled ‘Inadequate’
Congress’ investigative arm has chastised federal government efforts to inform consumers that many of the TVs they have used for five decades could become useless junk after broadcasters shut off analog … Read full story
Congressional Study: ‘No Comprehensive Plan’ for DTV Switch
U.S. regulators have “no comprehensive plan” for preparing TV viewers for the approaching switch-over to digital television, a congressional study released on Tuesday said. Read full story