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FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin said Thursday the commission is working on an order that would propose 24 fines against large consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers for DTV violations. Martin said he hopes he will have the support of at least… Read full story at TV Technology .com
If you have an HD-ready TV hooked up to an antenna, you need to prepare for the February 2009 switch to all-digital broadcasting. That’s because HD-ready TVs have only an analog tuner, and analog broadcasts will be discontinued next year. To continue getting free television programming, you’ll need to buy a digital converter box and … Read more
Axinar has written an article about a few of the HDTV tuners and where they are available. I though everyone might appreciate what he has to say about them. The Zenith model pretty much looks IDENTICAL to the Insignia model – same connections, same remote control. What I don’t know is if the software is … Read more
The National Association of Broadcasters and the low-power TV lobby continue to differ over the digital-TV-education campaign, if not on the overarching goal of keeping analog viewers from losing their signals in the transition to digital. The NAB said Thursday that it will launch a Web site this month, LPTVAnswers.com, to provide information on how … Read more
Though the hard date for the switch to all-digital television broadcasting is fixed and won’t change, at least one influential lawmaker is “deeply concerned” that the result could be a trainwreck. In a luncheon speech to the Media Institute on Thursday, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee … Read more