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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
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
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
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