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Digital TV now upon us

Are you ready for DTV? Time is running out to get a converter box or switch to a cable or satellite provider if you are still using an analog TV and antenna. On Friday, your analog TV will no longer work as the nation's major broadcasters go totally digital. More than 40 percent of broadcasters have already made the switch. ...more

June 8, 2009

Entering The Digital Age

The new powers that be in Washington, D.C., can, after all, make a decision that has nothing to do with Guantanamo Bay, the war on terror or the nose-diving world economy. Not even your April tax return. ...more

February 25, 2009

Lost In Translation: DTV Not Working For Everybody

The problem Spencer faces is that he's stuck in a frustrated group of TV viewers left behind by the switch to digital TV. They're doing everything right, but for one reason or another, digital TV just won't work for them. ...more

February 22, 2009

Not Much Viewer Static At Stations That Cut Analog Signal

The telephones were quiet at Tampa stations that cut-off analog signals just before midnight Tuesday, according to officials at WEDU, Channel 3, and WTTA, Channel 38 and WCLF, Channel 22. ...more

February 18, 2009

WFLA Will Wait Until June To Shut Down Analog TV Signal

WFLA, Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, will hold off unplugging its analog television signal until June 12, the new date envisioned for the nation's switch to digital TV. ...more

February 9, 2009

Letters To The Editor

A Nanny State I read with interest in the Trib that the Democratic Congress had passed a law to delay the change from analog television to digital until summer. We have had three years of constant public announcements and millions of dollars in certificates to get new boxes, and some people are still not on board. ...more

February 6, 2009