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The time has been set! Noon Thirty 6-12-09
In February all the stations seemed to have planned for a midnight switch time, but the delay bill has offered stations the ability to pick anytime they want. All the stations in Raleigh now seem to agree we’ll do it at 12:30 in the afternoon. That allows everyone to do a full re-scan anytime after [...]
Welcome to the 30 day countdown. Again.
It’s not exactly time travel like in Star Trek, but certainly a feeling of deja vue! Haven’t we been here before? That’s right, the 30 day countdown is here again. I doubt we’ll stop the clock again, so let’s get ready together with 30 blogs in 30 days. I will be posting everyday, as well [...]
Technology on Earth Day
Unless you’ve been under a rock for 10 years, you know TV has changed. Not just what you see at home, or how it looks, but everything about it. Practically everything we do has changed due to technology. We have USB powered lamps, i toasters, i dogs, i kids, and anything else you can add [...]
Nobody told me…..
Early on in this series of posts on digital TV, I mentioned the diverse calls and emails I receive daily from viewers with and without problems. I must say I have talked with some of the nicest people in the last year that I’d love to just sit and talk at their kitchen table for [...]
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
I mentioned in an earlier post that the villains in movies have replaced the old clock timers on bombs with digital timers. Another thing about these digital timers, is they always run in fast forward at the last minute or after the blue wire is cut.
Well, the blue wire has been cut!
Don’t worry yet, but [...]
Programming Alert! _updated 12/30/08
You may know by now reading this blog, that we share space on the DTV tower with WRAL, WRAZ, WLFL, and WRDC Digital antennas. WRAL has to remove their temporary antenna to install a new antenna for February. This means all the stations must shut down while the workers are on the tower during the daytime [...]
Common Sense And Customer Support
Wow! Post number 50! and it’s December already. My months go by like seconds these days. If you don’t have your coupon yet, better get it now at www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-388-2009! Time is flying by fast!
You’d think in today’s business climate, that customer support would be stellar since they are trying to attract customers, [...]
The Countdown To Better TV
Ever notice in old action movies the time bomb had an analog clock trigger, and today’s movies always have a digital timer? Even movie villains have converted to digital, and with less than 90 days to the big event, it feels like someone cut the blue wire and the clock is counting down at double [...]
Crazy Days Ahead!
I still can’t figure out what this fat little mouse was up to, but we found him running in circles in the parking lot at NBC 17 last evening. Wayne and I watched him for several minutes and then I went inside and grabbed my camera to shoot this footage of it running around.
I hope [...]
How NBC 17 will make the big switch
At midnight, we will throw a switch that will turn off channel 17 analog, and turn on channel 17 digital. At the same time, our current digital signal on channel 55 will be turned off forever. But converting a TV station to a different frequency is a bit more technical than flipping a switch. We will have [...]
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