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Analog TV: Not Dead Yet
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 31, 2008
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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Size Does Matter
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 26, 2008
Have you noticed recent advertisements for TVs use "classes" to describe the size category? It's not a 32-inch TV, it's a 32-inch Class TV. Is this why my new 37-inch TV doesn't fit in the same armoire that my old set fit in?

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53 Days...
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 26, 2008
Okay. At this very moment, it's 53 days, 11 hours and 13 minutes until the DTV transition. We keep talking about it, but the National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants everyone to hustle up and get ready.

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56 Days, and 6.8% Of You Ain't Ready
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 24, 2008
You know the Nielson Co.? You know, the folks who report on who's watching what? They have a new report out. With only 56 days until the digital transition, 6.8% of American households are completely unprepared.

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Flat Panel Decline in 2009
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 19, 2008
You would have thought that sales of flat panel TV would be booming right now. We're 61 days away from the digital conversion. Instead of buying converter boxes, most pundits thought everyone would be rushing out to buy new digital TVs this year.

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69 Days and Counting . . .
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 12, 2008
That's right. 69 days until the plug is pulled on analog TV. Have your local stations been making an effort to get viewers ready?

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Politics In Your TV: Obama on DTV Switch
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 11, 2008
While there are lots of items that Prez-Elect Obama will have to deal with, one of the first will be the digital transition on February 17, 2009, just weeks after his inauguration. Last week, Obama's transition team met with representatives from the NAB, NCTA, Fox, ABC and more.

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Election Day, DTV Style
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 4, 2008
This election is gonna be fun. The Consumer Electronics Association has chosen five finalists in their Digital TV: Convert Now! contest, running at this very moment on YouTube. You get to decide which one is the most educational.
The winning film-maker gets an HDTV, Blu-ray player, and surround system.
Voting criteria is:

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Boston Planning DTV Day, December 9th
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 2, 2008
Sure, you can say you're prepared for the DTV transition, but is your whole city? Wilmington, NC has already done a full test switch, literally pulling the plug on their analog TV.

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Fade to Black
- By sandv blog
- Posted October 24, 2008
According to the folks over at TVPredictions.com — whose jobs are, apparently, to predict things about TV — the February 17 switchover to digital TV will be the best thing to ever happen to American society since the inventi

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How Many Dubyas?
- By sandv blog
- Posted October 17, 2008
Occasionally, there are no words to tell a story. You just need to watch this "PSA" on YouTube.

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Changing Channels Challenges
- By sandv blog
- Posted October 17, 2008
If digital's so good, why does it take so freakin' long to change channels? It's become painfully obvious that all this new technology has slowed down the one thing people take for granted: clicking the clicker and getting instantaneous results.

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