WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the digital tv deadline, A.K.A. the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12, 2009 — setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday.
Monday’s Senate vote is a big victory for the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress, who have been pushing for a delay amid growing concerns that too many Americans won’t be ready for the currently scheduled Feb. 17, 2009 changeover.
Also as a side note: The government ran out of DTV converter box coupons earlier this month. Unfortunately about 2.5 million Americans are still on a waiting list for to get coupons to purchase DTV converter boxes.
You spent hundreds or thousands on a fancy new HDTV — so you ought to be able to tell when you’re watching a high-definition television program vs. one of those moldy old standard-def shows, right?
Alas, that’s not quite the case. A full 18 percent of HDTV owners can’t tell the difference between SD and HD, according to a survey from Leichtman Research Group, which polled over 1,300 U.S. households about what they were watching…Read the rest
Also worth reading: What do I Need to have, in order to Watch HDTV?
Okay, you just purchased your new High Definition TV.
You get it home, you plug it up and you connect your cable or satellite box to it and turn on the TV and…
Hey! The picture on my new HDTV looks the same as my old TV…Why?
When you plug in your new HDTV, everything doesn’t just magically become high-definition, there is a process…Here’s what you need to watch HD — Click here to find out!
Also Worth a Look: What is the Digital TV Deadline?
