So, I’m looking around trying to find something I haven’t seen 12 times on other pages (it’s been a slow week for news items – you can only gush over the same 3 things at the big magazines for so long), and I find something from the long distance echo department (a boyhood euphemism for I sa...

In our continuing series of 24 fan-fiction, our heroes face their greatest challenge yet- helping Bill Buchanan's elderly Aunt Ruth through the transition to digital television. Bill Buchanan bursts through the door of his Aunt Ruth's house. BUCHANAN: Aunt Ruth (heaving, out of breath) I came as soo...

and some are not fine. The digital television transition has been such a coordinated screw-up that you would think it was arranged by the same folks that gave us military intelligence - wait! it was those same people. Yes, our government has pulled off another coup - once again snatching defeat from...

Filed under: Industry, Regulatory, Tuners, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, OTA No way Obama was going to veto this after driving it all the way through Congress, but technically, the digital TV delay wasn't actually official until now. Late today, America's President signed his name onto the bill which will del...

Wow, this isn't confusing. At all. The on-again / off-again digital TV transition date -- which is now formally set for June 12th -- may or may not be honored by the hundreds upon hundreds of local broadcasters across America. You see, when Congress postponed the mandatory cutover date from its orig...

Filed under: Industry, Regulatory, Tuners, OTA Wow, this isn't confusing. At all. The on-again / off-again digital TV transition date -- which is now formally set for June 12th -- may or may not be honored by the hundreds upon hundreds of local broadcasters across America. You see, when Congress pos...

Spanish-speaking viewers are finding the DTV transition to be particularly difficult because their favorite stations have either switched to digital or are too low power to be viewed outside of......

Filed under: Industry, Speakers, Others In a bit of a creative leap, loudspeaker manufacturer Klipsch is launching a marketing campaign that ties in with the (probably soon-to-be delayed) DTV transition. We're on board with the catchphrase "A high-def picture demands high-def sound," but let's be cl...

For the longest while, we couldn't figure out who let the standalone HD DVR die. To this day, we're still scrambling to find an answer, but thankfully DISH Network has stepped in to revive the niche while the search continues. The outfit's DTVPal DVR has been circulating for almost a century now (ok...

Filed under: DVRs, Set-top boxes, OTA, Satellite For the longest while, we couldn't figure out who let the standalone HD DVR die. To this day, we're still scrambling to find an answer, but thankfully DISH Network has stepped in to revive the niche while the search continues. The outfit's DTVPal DVR ...