Low-Power TV Stations Get Boost from Senate Commerce Committee
Deficit Reduction Act Corrected to Provide $65M for LPTVs to Make Switch to Digital
The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday gave a shot in the arm to low-power TV stations.
Without debate, the committee agreed to make a technical correction to the Deficit Reduction Act that will allow the government to give out $65 million to help low-power TV stations and translators make the switch to digital.
The way the bill had been written, low-powers would not get the money until ...
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Once You Go Digital, Don’t Dump That TV
April 20, 2008 by admin
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Most of us enjoy watching tv, but what's inside your set may be what we should be watching.
TV repairman Charlie Little told us analog and digital sets could contain aluminum, steel, lead, and mercury. Things that stay in the landfill
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Suffering from high anxiety about high-definition TV?
April 20, 2008 by admin
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FLAT ROCK – My first dealings with television technology are firmly etched in my memory.
It was in the dead of winter. I was just a young lad with no cable, and Sputnik had not been launched. At least two windows were open in our living room so my Dad could hear the directions I yelled to him as he turned the mast of our 40-foot antenna with a large pipe wrench...
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NAB 2008: The Last Analog NAB
April 20, 2008 by admin
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For broadcasters and vendors that have been plotting their digital futures for more than one decade at National Association of Broadcasters shows, sometime during last week’s convention, they must have stopped and observed, “Wow. This is the last analog NAB.”
2008 NAB Show
Indeed, except for low-power TV stations that will have a longer time to switch, last week’s show was the end of the beginning. On Feb. 17, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. (EST), U.S. stations are required to...
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HDMI Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) technology and testing
One of the promises of the digital revolution is to create increasingly intelligent consumer electronics (CE) devices and systems that can automatically configure themselves, correct errors, and free the user from having to manage them. HDMI provides the framework for delivering on this promise, not only by drastically simplifying cabling, but by establishing a structural basis for system-wide intelligence.
The promise of Consumer Electronic Control
The optional Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) feature of the HDMI specification offers a powerful opportunity for system-level automation and unmatched ease of use when all devices in an entertainment system are equipped to support it. For example, when viewing content on an HDTV, a CEC-enabled HDTV remote ...
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