April 2009

Digital TV Converter Hack

Modify a Digital Converter box into a battery powered one for emergencies, camping or other on-the-go uses. Save your portable analog TV’s!
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Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

See how to turn one HDMI port into two USB inputs so your HDTV can showcase your photos, music, and video copied to any USB hard drive or memory stick from your computer!
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Digital TV transition (for the Elderly)

Hopefully, there aren’t a lot of elderly folks getting their TV signals “over the air” … or else there will be a lot of grandkids that will be enlisted to help them out. *sigh*
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Cameras in Digital Convert Boxes! BEWARE!!!!

I could not believe my eyes.
I have a friend who is kind of a conspiracy theorist. He was trying to convince me that the many of the digital TV convert boxes that our coming out have microphones and cameras built into them. Knowing a bit about electronics I bought one of these devices opened [...]

NBC’s Brian Williams Lampoons Digital Media Hype

NEW YORK (YouTube.com/AdAge) — Do you sometimes think the hype about digital media has gotten totally out of control? So does NBC Night News anchor Brian Williams. Speaking at the recent Ad Council Public Service Awards ceremony, he lampooned the digital geek-speak that so often ignores the realities of traditional media.
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Delay Coming to Digital TV Switch

The transition from analog to digital television broadcasting will be pushed back by four months, after members of Congress became concerned too many viewers would see their sets go dark next month. (Jan. 27)
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Looks Like No Delay for Digital TV Switch

Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting, leaving millions potentially unprepared for the switchover. (Jan. 28)
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DTV 101: A Consumer’s Guide to Digital Television

Enter CEA’s Digital TV: Convert Now! Contest by visiting youtube.com/dtvtransition
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Digital TV Answers — Ask WPT’s Director of Television

Wisconsin Public Television Director of Television James Steinbach fields viewer comments and questions about the transition to digital TV.
On Feb. 17, 2009, all broadcasters in the United States will be turning off their analog transmitters and will be broadcasting exclusively in Digital TV. Viewers who watch TV over the air with an antenna need to [...]

GET READY FOR DIGITAL TV | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/dtv Come along with famous do-it-yourselfers Norm Abram and Kevin OConnor of THIS OLD HOUSE as they visit several homes in a Boston suburb to prepare the homeowners for digital TV. Plus, receive how-to guidance and tips to help you successfully make the switch to DTV in your home before the February 17, 2009 deadline. [...]