Why does my TV still work?

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mrbrycel

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Its past february 17th, I have not bought a digital to analog converter, but all three of my analog TV's work, and are still all being broadcast in 4:3.

They made it every analog TV was going to be blank without a DTA converter after the 17th.
 
Only TV's that are getting their signal from rabbit ears or those big antenna's on the side of your house. If you get cable or satellite it will still work fine.
 
are you getting your signal via antenna? If you're like the vast majority of people getting their service through cable or satellite, the conversional doesn't affect you.
 
No, actually they didn't.

Not to mention the fact that some stations are still broadcasting analog signals anyway.
 
They moved the date back because the coupon program ran out of money and they thought people weren't ready. Some stations went ahead and switched anyway.
 
CharlieG said:
"FREE TV" comes at a price....
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Hehe. But that price is less than cable or sat. I just dumped DirecTV and got an HD Tivo using an antenna. Have an AppleTV to download the four shows I regularly watched on the sat channels. And really, as long as I have Top Gear I'm happy. I will miss the Nascar races when they switch to ESPN partway through the season, though.
 
ddp said:
but some stations got the go ahead to switch and they did. And people complained.... http://www.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/38843
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Those people can damned well go take a running jump. It required deliberate effort to miss the constant incessant advance notices on tv, in print, on the radio, and on lobby cards at electronics stores.

After all that, it's just astounding that there are people willing to admit to such stupidity, by whining about it.
 
Sad Max said:
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After all that, it's just astounding that there are people willing to admit to such stupidity, by whining about it.
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It's like people demand to be recognized for their stupidity- "I AM A MORON AND YOU WILL NOTICE ME!!!!.....Now where's my cookie?"

I'm sure we've all got stories of dealing with incompetents that are proud of it........
 
Here in the Rhode Island area, our local broadcasters switched....I got up at midnight to see it switch off...Ok ok nuts I guess but it is broadcast history. My wife is now upset because I told her the 13 inch TV on the kitchen counter was going in my dumpster tomorrow..hahahha. I mean, no sense in putting a $50 converter box on a 10 year old $50 TV right?

And Jason, if you have Netflix, you can get your 1-10 TOP GEAR series there..I love that show too. Favorite episode was when he decided to trash a Porsche 911SC..He took a shotgun blast to it, poured acid on it, crashed it into a wall, dropped a piano on it and was still able to drive it off. They are very well made cars.
 
Most of the stations in the Seattle market had informally agreed to shut off the analog transmitters on the 17th anyways... but then the FCC said forget it. The delay is costing my station tens of thousands of $$$ to keep the analog transmitter running through June.

I'm sorry, but if you didn't know by now, four months won't make a difference. Like Max said, you had to try to not know this was coming.
 
I JUST CHECKED MY TELEVISION AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY OF THE CHANNELS I USED TO! I CAN UNDERSTAND ONE OF THEM BEING OUT DUE TO BAD WEATHER OR SOMETHING, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE GONE! WHAT IS HAPPENING? I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT HERE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! IF ANYONE IS STILL OUT THERE, PLEASE RESPOND!!! :crybaby:
 
man, the first deadline for the big change was January 2000.
I see this is a 56k modem thing. These are people who can't gripe because the world evolved and they did not.
 
Due to some last minute changes, the Full Power Analog Shutoff was changed from midnight February 17, 2009 to midnight June 12, 2009.

Some analog stations have switched off the power, but the majority will remain operational until June 12. Currently Low Power (1,000 watts or less) and Translator (relay) Analog Stations do NOT shut off, nor is there any date set for their shutdown.

For those with Cable, don't worry, the cable company will take care of the switchover for you.

For those with satellite systems, don't worry, the satellite provide will take care of everything for you. EXCEPTION: If your local channels are through an antenna, rather than satellite, you will need to do something.


For those who are using a TV antenna to get over the air signals:

If your is a newer TV with a built-in DTV tuner, don't worry, it has the digital tuner and you are covered. Please see your TV user guide to see if you TV has a DTV (ATSC) tuner.


If your TV is an older TV you have 2 choices:

(1) Buy a new TV set; great if your TV is really old and you wanted an excuse for buying a new HDTV.

(2) Buy a DTV Converter Box. The box will convert the DTV signal into an analog format that an older analog TV can deal with. Most boxes sell for around $50 to $60.

I don't know if there are any more coupons for $40 off the DTV Converter Box; they may have run out. However, you can look here...

https://www.dtv2009.gov/



There is some fear that as many as 6 million homes may not get the message or do what they need to do by June 12. We'll see.....


Bob Diaz
 
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