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TV News. My apathy is becoming loathing.

5 January, 2008 (09:00) | TV, rant | No comments

I remember the day I lost any faith in local or national news. It wasn’t when the Colombia Space Shuttle exploded and CNN put this erroneous ‘factoid’ on the air:

A few years ago I was sitting in a department head meeting when the news director piped up about a story of significant public safety [...]

DTV Transition

14 November, 2007 (09:47) | Analog Transition, DTV, HDTV, rant | No comments

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 [...]

HDTV and Me (and my soapbox)…

1 October, 2004 (10:26) | DTV, HDTV, rant | 1 comment

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 [...]

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