Free No More: Conversion to Digital TV Carries a Price Tag
Feb. 17, 2009 is DTV DayBy Dawn Carlson of ConsumerAffairsApril 2, 2007As a nursing student and single mom of two boys, Stephanie Orr doesn't like to pay for TV. The balls of tinfoil clumped around her...
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FCC Wants Consumer Alerts About Analog TVs
Conversion to digital broadcasting in 2007 will render analog sets obsoleteBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsOctober 18, 2007Would you buy a new television set that will become obsolete in a little...
View ArticleFeds Offer Vouchers to Cover TV Conversion Cost
Transition to digital TV catches many consumers by surpriseBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 3, 2008There's only one year left before over-the-air television signals switch from analog to...
View Article23 Million TV Sets May Go Dark In DTV Switchover
Midwest and West may be hardest hitBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 22, 2008If the government and electronics industry don't work harder to educate consumers about the impending...
View ArticleConsumers Having Problems with Digital TV Converter Coupons
Latest snag in government's attempt to move TV broadcasters to new frequency bandBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsApril 23, 2008Consumers Union is calling on the National Telecommunications and...
View ArticleFCC Loosens Digital TV Rules for Retailers, Manufacturers
'Not enough time' to meet previous rules, industry lobbyists claimedBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsApril 28, 2008A little-noticed order published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
View ArticleGlitches Abound in Digital Television Transition
Congress hears of coupon troubles, consumer awareness shortcomingsBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsJune 11, 2008The digital television (DTV) transition took center stage at a House Commerce...
View ArticleWilmington Goes Digital In DTV Transition Test
FCC test market for digital switchover watched anxiouslyBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 8, 2008With the pull of a symbolic 7-foot-tall switch, Wilmington, North Carolina today became...
View ArticleConsumers Getting Frustrated with DTV Coupon Program
FCC member says transition will be "messy"By Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsOctober 16, 2008The big switch to all-digital signals for over-the-air television is still four months away, but many...
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Senate Approves Delay In Digital TV Transition
Millions of consumers unable to meet Feb. 17 deadlineBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 27, 2009After more than a year of planning, the Senate has concluded the public still isn't ready for U.S....
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Digital Converter Box Program Vows to Replace Expired Coupons
Feds claim program is back on track after multiple stumblesBy Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsMarch 25, 2009It might sound like a rerun but the federal government says that this time it really, really...
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TV Switcheroo Leaves Millions with No Free TV
Signals disappear as broadcasters move to new frequency bandBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsJune 14, 2009While government martinets congratulated themselves and network anchors pompously proclaimed...
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Feds Offer DTV Reception Advice
Some tweaking may be necessaryBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsJune 24, 2009Still having problems receiving certain channels following the June 12 transition to digital TV? The Federal Communications...
View ArticleFeds Offer Vouchers to Cover TV Conversion Cost
Transition to digital TV catches many consumers by surpriseBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 3, 2008There's only one year left before over-the-air television signals switch from analog to...
View ArticleFeds Offer Vouchers to Cover TV Conversion Cost
Transition to digital TV catches many consumers by surpriseBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 3, 2008There's only one year left before over-the-air television signals switch from analog to...
View ArticleFree No More: Conversion to Digital TV Carries a Price Tag
Feb. 17, 2009 is DTV DayBy Dawn Carlson of ConsumerAffairsApril 2, 2007As a nursing student and single mom of two boys, Stephanie Orr doesn't like to pay for TV. The balls of tinfoil clumped around her...
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FCC Wants Consumer Alerts About Analog TVs
Conversion to digital broadcasting in 2007 will render analog sets obsoleteBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsOctober 18, 2007Would you buy a new television set that will become obsolete in a little...
View ArticleFeds Offer Vouchers to Cover TV Conversion Cost
Transition to digital TV catches many consumers by surpriseBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 3, 2008There's only one year left before over-the-air television signals switch from analog to...
View Article23 Million TV Sets May Go Dark In DTV Switchover
Midwest and West may be hardest hitBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 22, 2008If the government and electronics industry don't work harder to educate consumers about the impending...
View ArticleConsumers Having Problems with Digital TV Converter Coupons
Latest snag in government's attempt to move TV broadcasters to new frequency bandBy Martin H. Bosworth of ConsumerAffairsApril 23, 2008Consumers Union is calling on the National Telecommunications and...
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