As with most government programs someone has either over or under planned. It wouldn’t be such an issue, we could just chalk it as another poorly run company. However, in this case the money they are mismanaging happens to be yours and mine. Apparently the administration process, or more to the point the process of [ Read More ]
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FCC fines retailers over DTV violations
Categories: Digital TVThe Federal Communications Commission slapped heavy fines on several retailers Thursday for failing to properly label analog TVs that will have to be retrofitted next year for digital TV when broadcasters turn off their analog signals in February. In total, the FCC levied fines of $3.9 million on big retailers such as Sears, Wal-Mart, and [ Read More ]
Digital TV Deadline — What does this mean?
Categories: Digital TVThe FCC currently has a February 17, 2009, deadline for the transition to all digital broadcasting. On this date, all analog broadcasting will stop, and consumers will need to buy converter boxes to receive programming on their older TVs. This deadline has been pushed back several times in the last few years because of both [ Read More ]
This post appears on a blog called: The Consumerist the author’s post sheds some light on the extremely high mark-up of Monster Cables. In some cases the mark-up is as high as 80%. Some of the post appears at the bottom. I have never used nor have I purchased Monster Cables. I have a 50 [ Read More ]
Confessions of an HD DVD moron
Categories: Digital TVJumping on the HD DVD bandwagon was fun for many early adopters–until Blu-ray knocked the format off the road, causing Toshiba’s tech to spin out, crash, and burn. Those dazed folks still left clutching their brand-new HD DVD high-definition disc players are now scratching their heads saying, “What was I thinking?” Slate’s Josh Levin is [ Read More ]
