Technology & Pop Culture

REMINDER: Your Analog TV’s Will Implode At Midnight

Posted by Bradley under Television

Don’t forget your old school analog TV’s will cease receiving over-the-air TV signals come tomorrow unless you score a digital converter box or you receive your television by cable, satellite or built-in HDTV tuner.

Congress extended the DTV Transition date from Feburary 17th, 2009 (best day ever might I add) to June 12, 2009 due to the economy and lack of DTV coupons.

It’s your geeky duty to call grandma and inform her that her precious block of Baking With Julia and The Best Of The Joy Of Painting will no longer be filling her noontime cat nap unless she steps up to all digital TV.

Hello from the future!

http://www.dtvtransition.org/

[IMG via trekkyandy's Flickr]

Tags: Analog, Congress, Converter Box, DTV, Grandma, June 12, Transition, TV

Digital TV Transition Coupon Program Runs Out Of Money: You’re Screwed!

Posted by Bradley under Technology, Television

Basically if you haven’t applied for and received your coupon for a Digital TV Converter Box by now you’re out of luck.

The $1.34 billion set aside for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration coupon program has been used up.

There is no more.

Your rabbit ear lovin’ analog TV will cease working on February 17th, 2009.

Unless you shell out the $60 yourself.

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/01/tv_transition_p.html

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Tags: Coupon, Digital TV, DTV, NTIA, Program, Transition