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  • R.I.P., analog surround

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    DTV Day, Sort Of . . .

    The hot mess that was the transition to digital TV was supposed to happen today. At midnight. Some stations went ahead and pulled the plug - it was their option, and for many stations, it was too expensive to keep both analog and digital broadcasts going.

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    What To Do With Your Old Analog TV

    Well, now that the DTV Transition deadline has moved, you don't have to rush out and do this this weekend. However, once your old analog TV  becomes obsolete (since you didn't get a converter box and they're as hard to come by as the newest Elmo toy on Black Friday) you can convert the whole TV into something quite useful.

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    Analog TV: Not Dead Yet

    The FCC has just proposed a new rule - one that will drag out the analog/digital transition for another 30 days. This "Analog Nightlight" program is actually quite interesting.  Some full-power stations will be permitted to use the outgoing bandwidth to provide public safety and more information about the digital transition.

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    Out With the Old, In With the...Old?

    While most folks are trying to figure out how to get the latest TV technology before the switch to digital, one ingenious and resourceful man in England took a unique approach to the problem.

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    FCC Strong-arming Retailers

    Circuit City can't catch a break. The FCC just slapped the struggling retailer with a whopping $712,000 fine for violating an FCC rule. In order to forewarn consumers about the February blackout of analog TV, the FCC is requiring retailers to put up signs in stores that sell analog TVs.

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    Flipping the Side

    Recently, I did something that I hadn’t done in a long time: flipped the side. The record was King Crimson’s Red, a 1974 gem that rejoined my collection last May when an old college roommate unloaded a bunch of vinyl on me (not surprisingly, several other LPs of mine, missing since college, turned up in the stash).

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