The House refused today to follow the Senate in voting to delay TV stations’ mandatory switch to all-digital broadcasting, so the change is back on for Feb. 17. I think this was the correct decision. But unlike many of the people…
Today (Jan. 19) isn’t just Martin Luther King Day, it’s also “Rescan Monday” for KMOV (Channel 4). Most people aren’t affected, and Channel 4 has tried exhaustively to explain what’s happening, but just to recap:
People with cable or satellite can ignore…
Ready or not, every full-power television station in the United States will switch off its analog signal on Feb. 17, leaving only the digital signal. As you’ve heard a thousand times by now, sets still hooked up to antennas may…
Nielsen has released new figures showing high-definition TV penetration at 23 percent as of Nov. 30, up from 10 percent in July 2007. Why? Lower prices for high-definition sets; more programming and channels in HD; and the need for some…
Help me out here. Six months from Saturday, the sky will fall and TVs will go dark as analog transmissions end and all broadcasting becomes digital. If you’ve watched any TV at all for the last six months, you surely have been…
