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more about #analogtvshutdown more comments → Geisrud: Government leeches more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: Does anyone know which models come with the built in cameras? more » johnnyabnormal: The last time I remember an analog TV shutdown was was in 9/11, 2001. I only had to look out the window to figure out why. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I want my DTV!!! more » OMG! Ponies!: No problem, matt. Shutting down analog service to all of San Diego was the least I could do. And the rest of you had better pay up. La Jolla didn't ... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: As Hostess would say "What a dingdong!" or maybe "That damn Ho Ho". more » mullingitover: Analog TV is not a constitutional right. Furthermore, if you haven't gotten a digital tuner by now, you deserve to be cut off from the idiot tube. more » xElliotx: What a douch more » archercc: Well, I guess its "change." Now the old people have to wonder why half of their stories still come on and the other half are just static. Yeah, MUCH b... more » Chiper: Great, so that's four more months that I CANT get HDTV because the transmitters aren't allowed to run at full power. Fuck you, FCC more » kylenalepa: Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I see commercials every day saying that the deadline is February 17. Everybody knows that the deadline is February ... more » robinandtami: I fail to see why anyone posting to this tech blog would give a rats ass about the delay. The truth is that most of us here already have digital solut... more » rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: is TV that vital that they're going to delay the shutdown because god forbid 7 million people have to go without TV until they get a digital converter... more » Brendan Bone: First: What makes the government think that waiting a few more months with get 6.5 million people to make the switch? Most people only change out of ... more » Private Hangnail: For all you fine people who are so put out by this delay, might I just point out that the coupon program was grossly underfunded? And yes, television ... more » -
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Digital TV Converter Coupon Program Active Again
Rejoice! If you are one of the two million still waiting for your Digital TV upgrade coupon, the government has put more money into it. Now you have plenty of time before the shutdown [AP] -
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Obama Officially Delays Analog Broadcast Shutdown to June 12
Obama signed the piece of paper that officially delays the digital TV transition until June 12, even though many stations are turning off analog next week anyway (here's a list, thanks Ponies). [Broadcasting & Cable] -
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Senate Postpones TV Shutdown to June 12
El Señor Presidente talks, and the Senate does: They have postponed the analog switcheroo four more months. The new date for the analog TV shutdown: June 12, pending Congress approval of the move. More » -
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Obama Asks Congress for Analog TV Shutdown Delay
President-elect Barack Obama has asked Congress to stop the shut down on analog TV broadcasts, due on February 17. The main two reasons: "Inadequate funding" and problems with the converter box program. But there's more. More »
