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Consumer's Guide to HDTV &amp the Transition to Digital TV

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Until the final shut-down of analog TV. Chris Llana, Editor. Site created May '05. No More News and Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The end of the transition has arrived for this web site. No new content will be added, but the site as is will remain online for the time being. Thanks for your interest. 6/22/08 FCC Converter Box Workshop - Final Column. 6/15/08 House Transition Hearing; NTIA Coupon Rule Change. 6/8/08 New Sony TVs; Education Hits and Misses. 3/2/08 It's In the Mail. 2/24/0...

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D/A Converter Boxes

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Converter Boxes Are Here! Updated March 10, 2008. Use an antenna to get your (free) programming? After February 17, 2009 you won't get anything unless you have a digital-to-analog converter box connected to it. But before that date, there are good reasons for using a converter box to receive digital broadcasts. These extra channels are just that- more channels. PBS especially has lots of them, including programs they do not air on their analog channel. I bought an Insignia. You can get coupons four ways:.

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Digital TV Transition - History

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The Japanese system was called MUSE; it was analog. The US started development on a new standard for American television not with the goal of making it digital, but with the goal of making it better. The big analog prototypes were gorgeous, but they gobbled radio-frequency bandwidth like crazy. That was the plan. But there had been no consensus on a single. The arguments flew back and forth. "Just pick one! As if that wasn't discouraging enough, the networks were discovering they could use their new digi...

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Remodeling & Writing in Southern California: August 2015

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Remodeling and Writing in Southern California. As I approached retirement, I realized time was running out for that house; it was now or never. Dreams are not always perfect, however. I could never afford my dream house, a spacious Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. But I could afford a modest ranch house, with a 20-mile drive to the beach. It was a very long way from perfect, but it had potential. It promises to be an interesting journey, and a challenging one! The walls were still ...

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Handbook of the Nautical Rules of the Road. By Llana and Wisneskey. Prefaces to Second and First Editions. A Short History of the Rules. Part A - General. Rule 1 - Application. Rule 2 - Responsibility. Rule 3 - General Definitions. Part B - Steering and Sailing Rules. SECTION/SUBPART I - Conduct of Vessels in Any Condition of Visibility. Rule 4 - Application. Rule 5 - Lookout. Rule 6 - Safe Speed. Rule 7 - Risk of Collision. Rule 8 - Action to Avoid Collision. Rule 9 - Narrow Channels. Rule 16 - Action b...

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Digital TV Transition - Timeline

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Updated July 2, 2006. 1996 - Congress passed Telecommunications Act of 1996 which established December 31, 2006, as the end of the transition to a new ATSC digital television standard. On that date authority to broadcast via the old NTSC analog standard would end. 1997 - Congress adopted caveats to that hard date to ensure that no more than 15 percent of American TV households would be cut off from TV before analog transmissions ended in any market. May 1, 1999 - Top four networks in the top ten markets.

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May 11 - Wilmington Test

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Wilmington, NC to be Transition Guinea Pig. May 11, 2008. FCC Commissioner Copps' suggestion to run an early trial analog shut-down has borne fruit. At noon on September 8, commercial TV stations in the coastal city of Wilmington, NC will shut off their analog signals - a preview of what will happen on a national scale in February 2009. Full story below. It is for that reason that Commissoner Adelstein noted:. I sure hope not. Ad hoc efforts are not a substitute for a thoughtful, coordinated plan. Ev...

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Remodeling & Writing in Southern California: October 2014

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Remodeling and Writing in Southern California. As I approached retirement, I realized time was running out for that house; it was now or never. Dreams are not always perfect, however. I could never afford my dream house, a spacious Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. But I could afford a modest ranch house, with a 20-mile drive to the beach. It was a very long way from perfect, but it had potential. It promises to be an interesting journey, and a challenging one! I would not be able t...

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Remodeling & Writing in Southern California: December 2014

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Remodeling and Writing in Southern California. As I approached retirement, I realized time was running out for that house; it was now or never. Dreams are not always perfect, however. I could never afford my dream house, a spacious Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. But I could afford a modest ranch house, with a 20-mile drive to the beach. It was a very long way from perfect, but it had potential. It promises to be an interesting journey, and a challenging one! So first I mixed some...