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And the mantra became, “June 12 is the new February 17.” After all the preliminary publicity, it was somewhat annoying to have the conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting delayed four extra months. But I can see the logic of doing it after the main television viewing season was over… and as it happens, complications along the way have shown that not just viewers but quite a few broadcasters needed the extra time to get their technological ducks in a row.

Offhand, you wouldn’t think I’d be terribly concerned about the switch. I have an HDTV and a DVR with an ATSC (i.e., digital) tuner, so what’s the difference, right?

But as I’ve written before, there are complicating factors… for me and lots of other people. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember not long ago I threatened to write about the process of (re)configuring my home theater equipment?

What, you thought I was kidding?…

What’s frustrating is this:  my girlfriend and I have a system we’re perfectly happy with. Nothing terribly high-end, but carefully researched and assembled. DVD players and recorder and a nice surround-sound setup. In particular, we watch high-definition (HD) signals on an HDTV, aided by a HD DVR. It all works and does what we want. And yet… even though we don’t watch any analog programming, I find that we’re going to be affected by the long-delayed but now impending switch to all-digital broadcasting on February 17th.

A little backstory:

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