This list is arranged in matter of the most visited pages on TVConversionhelp and most frequently emailed questions. Want to add to this list or ask a question? Hit the comment text at the top of this post and add your input. No registration or email address is required. 1. When is the Transition to Digital TV going [...]
Archive for April, 2008
DTV News: FCC relaxes rules on Digital Television for retailers
Source: Consumer Affairs In a move backwards for the consumer, The FCC agreed last week to limit the number of devices that would require stickers notifying customers that they would need a converter set-top box to ensure that they could continue to receive television signals over the air. In other words, certain manufactures and retailers are [...]
Deals: Retailers lowering prices on DTV/HDTV’s
For anyone thinking about upgrading their TV, Amazon has knocked $400.00 off of Samsung’s 40″ LN-T4061F LCD. It delivers the full brilliance of HDTV with décor-enhancing style and industry-leading value. Some notable Specs of interest: 1080p resolution 16-bit processing 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio Three HDMI ports, USB 2.0 and full connectivity lets you add DVDs, [...]
DTV News: Coupon Program may be expanded
The digital coupon program provided by the goverment to help owners of analog TV’s switch to digital may be expanded. Currently, only home owners are elgible for the coupon. This excludes nursing home occupants and homeowner’s with a post office box mailing address. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will be holding a hearing soon [...]
Weekly Deal Watch: DTV (and HDTV) Antenna’s
A lot of viewers of TVConversionhelp.com have asked whether or not an indoor or outdoor antenna is appropriate for receiving DTV and HDTV signals. Digital TV is certainly more “picky” about signal quality than the older analog signals. So, if your existing analog service requires that you use an indoor/bunny ears or an outdoor antenna [...]
DTV News: Move to digital TV may be costly to some cable customers
Source: Seattle Pi Online A story from Seattle Pi Online today gives a small glimpse into upcoming ethical issues and the Digital Transition (scheduled to occur on February 17th, 2009). Cable providers in Florida are charging customers costly fee’s to rent digital converter boxes. In one particular instance, a 63 year old customer was quoted $5.95 per month for the conerter box, per [...]
DTV News: Lawsuit Could Increase Cost of Digital TV
Patent lawsuits could hamper the government’s $1.5 billion effort to make the transition to digital television more affordable to consumers according to a recent Associated Press article.
DTV News: Feds Fix Digital-TV Coupon Site
Source: Washington Post (Online) A security certificate error that arose if you typed “dtv2009.gov” into your browser, instead of www.dtv2009.gov was corrected this past week. This –was criticized at a hearing Tuesday of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.).
DTV News: Firms Fined for Breaking Rules on Digital-TV Switch
Source: Wall Street Journal (Online) Federal regulators proposed $6.6 million in fines against retailers and consumer-electronics makers for failing to inform consumers about the lack of digital tuner/converter in the television sets they were buying. Among the stores fined, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., CompUSA Inc. and Sears Holding Corp., parent of K-Mart and Sears. [...]
DTV News: Martin, Baker Face Worried Senators at DTV-Transition Oversight Hearing
Source: Broadcastingcable.com 74% of consumers still have major misconceptions about the transition to digital television according to some recent surveys. These surveys were brought to attention in a recent Digital TV Transition hearing by Senate Commerce Committee chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii). There were some encouraging numbers mentioned in the hearing about an Association of Public [...]
