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Answering viewer questions about digital TV reception

11:02 AM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

Thanks for all your comments about digital TV reception problems.

We can’t recommend specific antennas other than to say you need a model designed to receive both VHF and UHF channels in the area where you live. A good resource for that is AntennaWeb, which generates a fairly conservative list of what TV stations you should be able to receive at your address with the right ant…



‘Double-rescanning’ may help digital TV reception

11:57 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

It’s now been four days since WFAA switched off its analog signal foreve…



An ode to analog TV

8:31 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

Let’s say you were rummaging through an attic and stumbled across …



Digital word of the week: ‘re-scan’

6:23 AM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

The week is finally here. Broadcast television goes all digital this Fri…



Days are dwindling until digital TV switch

2:50 PM Wed, May 13, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

We’re now down to fewer than 30 days until TV stations around the nation pull the plug on analog transmissions.

I’m sure that you’re as weary as we television people are to see the incessant reminders about the digital switch. If you’re reading this on a computer, chances are you are technically savvy enough to be already squared away with either a digital-capable TV set, a satellite or cable connection or a digital converter box (or s…



Get your (almost) free digital TV converter box

9:10 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 |
Posted by: Walt Zwirko

 
If you’ve been putting off the purchase of a digital TV converter box (the new and final deadline for analog signals to go away is now June 12), here’s a way to…