The digital TV transition that’s headed our way this Friday has caused a fair amount of heartburn for environmentalists. They worry about the fate of all those old TVs that are being cast aside by folks using the transition as…

With a little more than a month to go before the digital television transition takes place on June 12, the Federal Communications Commission has unveiled a new Web site that’s supposed to do a better job helping consumers get ready.

Looking at…

I meant to post this last week to go along with my story about the antenna’s role in the digital TV transition.

During my interview with Richard Schneider, president of Antennas Direct, he made what seemed a rather bold prediction. He estimated…

Last week, Rebekah Bina of the FCC spent some time answering questions in an online chat about the digital TV transition that’s happening Feb. 17 or June 12 (if Congress approves a delay). She’s going to be back at 2…

Rebekah Bina

When TV stations across the nation convert to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, viewers will lose their picture if they’re not using cable, satellite TV — or a special digital converter box with their antenna.

Today, Rebekah Bina, outreach coordinator…

February 17 is fast approaching and there are still tens of thousands of St. Louis households not yet ready for the transition.

This Thursday (Jan. 29) at 2 p.m., we’ll be having an online chat with Rebekah Bina, a digital outreach…

Trying to get caught up on a few things that happend here while I was off in Las Vegas last week.

Seems that AT&T expanded its U-verse offering, by bringing the third leg (U-verse Voice) of the service to this area.…

Most of today’s media  briefings here in Las Vegas have focused on the year we just left behind (how companies performed) and a look ahead at what’s coming to market in the coming year.

So it was interesting when Panasonic’s U.S.…

I’m no TV expert. But during this day, I’ve learned one thing. Everyone who makes a TV says theirs provides the absolute best thing going when it comes to picture quality. So I’m going to make no attempt to try…

Like pretty much every event here today, the Sharp Electronics press event featured a brief discussion of the economy and its inevitable impact on consumer spending and expectations.

Executive Bob Scaglione talked about how the company (and the entire industry)  has…