For the old…. err.. “seasoned” television viewer that doesn’t understand what a “Tivo” is and still tunes in to re-runs of Matlock (after adding more tin foil to the rabbit ears), a few items just popped up on my radar I thought I would forward to everyone.
First is a website discussing the digital transition which I stumbled upon completely by accident, not because it was being promoted by broadcasters (go figure):
http://keepmytv.com/
Second is a new $40-coupon-targeted converter box finally out in the wild and you can read bout it here:
BTW, Gizmodo is a crass tech site so if reading profanity hurts your eyes don’t click the link…
Continue reading ‘DTV Transition’
I am a fond proponent and avid ‘flag waver’ of local broadcasting and free HDTV and I would be happy to answer questions on the subject for anyone to the best of my ability. It is fun to show friends and neighbors what HDTV looks and sounds like when I invite them into my home theater to watch a live broadcast like Monday night football, prime-time programming or when I play back some of my HD recordings (yes, you can record HD broadcasts at home!) from my PC onto my 65” Widescreen HDTV set. For more technical information on HDTV please follow this link.
Free over-the-air HDTV is available to everyone in almost all markets through their local broadcast station. Since this is a service mandated by the FCC upon broadcast stations, I and others in the broadcast industry are puzzled why most broadcast station owners do not promote this service. Continue reading ‘HDTV and Me (and my soapbox)…’
