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The Clock Runs Out on U.S. Analog Television

The Clock Runs Out on U.S. Analog Television

Tomorrow is June 12—do you know what that means? If you still receive television using traditional analog over-the-air broadcasts, your television will pick up nothing but snow starting tomorrow. Although stations are staggering their shutoffs a little bit, by mid-day on June 12 virtually all analog television transmission in the United States should be shut down, in favor of all-digital broadcasting.

Television viewers who receive cable or satellite service are unaffected by the transition; similarly, consumers who have TVs with digital tuners or who have purchased a DTV converter box for an older analog TV will be able to receive digital television broadcasts.

FCC to send out DTV transition reminder on June 12th

FCC to send out DTV transition reminder on June 12th

The stations have to turn off their analog broadcasts on June 12 as part of a nationwide mandate to move to more efficient digital signals. For Thursday’s "soft test," analog broadcasts will be interrupted for two to five minutes once in the morning, once just after noon, at once in the early evening, around 6:30 p.m. local time for most stations.

Households that have all their sets hooked up to cable or satellite feeds will be unaffected by the analog shutdown — which already happened on many stations in February. Make sure to check out our DTV Transition Survival Guide.

Another 158 U.S. TV Stations Switching to Digital

Another 158 U.S. TV Stations Switching to Digital

The new official date for the U.S. to switch over to digital television might be June 12, 2009, but the Federal Communications Commission has just granted permission for 158 additional television stations to turn off their analog broadcasts before that date. Most of the stations transitioning early tend to be in smaller markets where the transition doesn’t present a clear public safety issue; however, the list does include NBC and ABC affiliates in Denver. Transition dates range from late March through early June; the FCC has published a complete list on its Web site (PDF).

It’s Feb 17: How’s Your Analog TV Doing?

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It’s February 17, 2009, a date which has been relentlessly pounded into the consciousness of American television viewers for over two years as the date analog television broadcasts in the United States would cease forever. However, as with so many best-laid plans, the digital TV transition hasn’t worked out so well: confusion and lack of funding for the government’s $40 voucher program to help consumers defray the cost of jacking older analog sets into the digital age hit a few snags and then run out of money, raising the specter that millions of the Americans who rely on analog TV service for new, information, and bulletins—plus necessities like Dancing with The Stars—would be without any television service at all. So the Obama administration pushed for (and got) the digital TV transition pushed back to June 12, 2009, and pumped additional funding into the voucher program so as many consumers as possible will be ready.

Congress Passes Digital Television Delay

Congress Passes Digital Television Delay

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would delay the United States’ transition to digital television by four months, shifting the transition date from February 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009. The bill is now going to President Obama to be signed into law; the President has said he supports the delay due to concerns an estimates 20 million Americans (mainly poor, elderly, and rural homes) were not ready for the transition.

RadioShack Offers DTV Converter with Analog

With the impending doom of analog television, many smart TV watchers are taking the government’s advice and buying digital-to-analog converter boxes in preparation for the switch to digital-only broadcasting. But what if your favorite station hasn’t switched on a digital broadcast yet? To give TV viewers the option of DTV without snatching a way the old standby while it still works, RadioShack has found a simple fix: a digital converter box with analog pass-through.

U.S. Hangs Up On Analog Cell Service

February 18, 2008, was the last day for old-style analog cell service in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission mandates shutdown of obsolete systems in order to free frequency ranges for new advances services. Although the shutdown of analog cell phone service will impact comparatively few mobile phone users (the exceptions potentially being in rural areas were equipment was never upgraded, and the range of analog gear was superior to digital replacements), the switchover may have impacts for other systems: specifically, vehicle fleet tracking and some building alarm systems.

Best Buy Stops Selling Analog TVs

The United States is scheduled to shut off over-the-air analog television broadcasts on February 17, 2009, which means folks who rely on over-the-air television reception need to either acquire a new digital-capable TV, get a converter box for their existing analog TV so they can get new digital TV signals, switch to a service like satellite or cable…or get used to looking at a whole lot of snow.

FCC Says Cable to Keep Analog TV Until 2012

By now, a handful of Americans probably know that the FCC has mandated analog terrestrial television broadcasts cease in February 17, 2009, in favor of all-digital television broadcasting. (We use the word "handful" generously"—the government, broadcasters, and the media haven’t done a particularly good job of publicizing the transition.) The transition means that folks who rely on terrestrial television broadcasts will either have to switch to a television with a digital tuner, or purchase a converter box (the government will be subsidizing purchases in cases where it imposes a financial hardship) to continue using their old-style analog television; otherwise, the old-style analog TVs will go dark.

AverMedia Hybrid Ultra Tuner Brings In HD

AverMedia Hybrid Ultra Tuner Brings In HDDigital media, surveillance, and presentation technology maker AverMedia has announced a new external USB television tuner designed to let PC users tap intoboth traditional analog and ATSC high-definition television. Blessed with a truly prolix name, the AverTV Hybrid Ultra USB High Definitionand Analog USB TV Tuner enabled users to watch and record both traditional analog and high-definition television.

"The new AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB provides an Analog and Digital TV Tuner solution in a portable and easy-to-use product turning your desktop or laptop into a high definition multimedia entertainment center," says Felix Kolotinsky, AVerMedia Technologies product manager, in a release. "By combining both analog and HD capabilities onto once tuner, users can easily watch, record, rewind, and playback analog and HD TV programs."

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