It's quite amazing that after months of heavy advertising, there are are some people out there who got blind-sided this past weekend by the digital TV transition shift. And when we casually say "some," we do mean the 2.8 million Americans that saw their TV signals go bye-bye shortly after the cutoff. Luckily, no one here missed that memo, right?
[Thanks for catching the typo !]
If you didn't get the memo, we'll do it one last time. Seriously. Last time. If you have an older television and no cable subscription and happen to be scratching your head, wondering why the good ol' rabbit ears are only pulling in static, you need either 1) get a new TV that supports digital signals, 2) grab a digital to analog converter, or 3) get a cable/satellite box.
Your healthy alternatives: 1) kill your TV and read blogs all day, 2) watch TV online (Hulu, YouTube, etc), or 3) go outside and plant a tree.
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(Via: New York Times)
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and for those out there who are a little more graphically inclined, The Consumerist has a very hand flow chart available here: http://consumerist.com/5116811/a-very-simple-flowchart-explaining-the-digital-tv-transition
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Why does my Philco Predicta not work anymore??
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Most other people were simply "blind-sided".
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I'm stuck having to get a $100 or so antenna. I went from getting 6 or so analog channels, to 1 digital channel poorly. I'm no hurry as long as I have Hulu though.
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It sucks that digital is all or nothing. You either get a great picture or nothing (and I include slowly updating blocky squares in the "nothing"). At least with analog, you could still get good sound even with static ridden picture. After seeing a few seasons of a show, you really only need the sound to "watch" your programs...
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