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Home Toys
June 2004 |
The Truth About True HDTV: How Do You Know You're Truly Getting It? In order to maximize your HDTV viewing experience, an off-air antenna is an essential component, whether you choose to receive all of your HDTV signals exclusively via antenna, or use one to enhance your existing cable or satellite installation.   |
PC World
May 2003
Anne Kandra |
Consumer Watch: Is It Time for a High-Definition TV? Your next monitor could double as a sophisticated entertainment device. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
Rob Sabin |
Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense. |
Home Toys
June 2006 |
PC Add-In Cards Break the Cost Barrier For HDTV Enjoyment In no time at all, you can add HDTV capabilities to any computer and begin enjoying high definition shows -- in your family room, den, bedroom, dorm room -- or anyplace you have a PC installed. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Gregg Cannon |
Can Media Centers do HDTV? One of the most common questions we receive and one of the most confusing one to explain is whether or not Media Centers can "do" HDTV. The answer is yes and no. Let's take a closer look. |
PC World
May 2004
Yardena Arar |
HDTV Answer Guide Ready for next-generation television? Before you take the high-definition high dive, read this guide to the services, the sets, and more. |
Home Theater
June 11, 2009 |
DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2008
Joel Johnson |
How to Get the Best HDTV When Satellite Carriers Degrade Quality Over-the-air HD signals tend to be of very high quality -- and they are free. All you need to receive them is an HDTV and an antenna. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005
Robert M. Rast |
The Dawn of Digital TV Analog television prepares to meet its doom, vacating valuable real estate in the radio spectrum -- and the band rush begins |
PC Magazine
November 15, 2006
Robert Heron |
HDTV: The Time Is Now All your friends have them, and you want one, too. But how do you go about buying and setting up the right HDTV? It's really not as hard as you might think. Just relax and read on. |
Popular Mechanics
July 25, 2008
Glenn Derene |
The Real Story of HDTV Standards--There Aren't Any: Buzzword When you turn on a high-definition broadcast, you assume that your TV will come to life with the crispest, sharpest picture imaginable. But the fact is, hi-def doesn't always mean high quality. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2012
Lynn Claudy |
TV's Future: The Broadcast Empire Strikes Back New digital technologies could put over-the-air TV back in vogue in the United States and around the world. |
PC Magazine
November 15, 2006
Zatz & Tofel |
HD on a PC Experiencing high-definition television programming on your computer isn't as expensive or difficult as you might think. Learn how we turned a PC into an HDTV in under an hour. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Pete Putman |
Top 10 HDTV Myths: Fact vs. Fiction, Hi-Def Style HDTV remains a widely misunderstood technology, muddled with misconceptions and half-truths born of marketing mumbo jumbo and senseless jargon. This article clears the air of confusion. |
Home Toys
October 2004 |
Get The Most From Your HDTV While some cable and satellite companies are beginning to work HD into their lineups, one new satellite service, VOOM, was created with HD expressly in mind. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Unconverted Masses The switch to digital television is supposed to be simple. It's not |
Home Theater
November 11, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Tries Brief Analog TV Shutoff Analog television channels went dark for two minutes in the New York metropolitan area a few weeks ago, in an early trial run for the DTV transition, scheduled for February 2009. |
Home Theater
February 22, 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
High Def for the Analog Set For those who can't sleep at night worrying about the impending analog TV cutoff on February 17th, 2009, the AV Tool ATSC-100 HDTV Off-Air Receiver might be better than an Ambien or a Lunesta. |
PC World
December 2005
Yardena Arar |
Ten HDTV Myths The world of high-definition television can be as confusing as it is alluring. If you're ready to make the leap, we have the facts you need. |
PC World
May 2004
Dan Tynan |
Whose TV Is It, Anyway? Hollywood wants to control how you use digital TV. |
Home Toys
April 2004
Michael Weizer |
Connectivity Keeping Up - High-Definition Multimedia Interface The HDMI interface is an all-digital interface, eliminating the signal degradation that occurs in the signal conversion process. It combines both audio and video into a single, compact interface. |
Home Theater
April 26, 2007 |
TWC Axes Analog Time Warner Cable's Staten Island Project will provide 100 new channels of HDTV to the southernmost borough of New York City. |
Home Theater
June 30, 2009 |
Broadcast DTV May Poach Cable Customers More than half of viewers say they may switch to over-the-air digital television from cable or satellite service. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2009
Sascha Segan |
Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over. |
Home Theater
October 30, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Will FCC Revoke DTV Spectrum? Wireless broadband may take precedence over digital TV. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
Mr. Tech: Maximize Your HD Experience Here's a brief primer on HDTV technology. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
High-Definition (HDTV) and Digital (DTV) Television Connection and Cabling DVI is currently the format of choice for professional installers, favored for its ability to carry and deliver uncompressed digital video resolutions up to 1080i. |
Popular Mechanics
May 5, 2008
Glenn Derene |
Digital Transition Looms, but Do Americans Have a Right to TV? A look at how much it costs to get everyone on board the digital bandwagon, and how the cost compares to what the government spends on other things. |
Home Theater
October 26, 2007 |
FCC Slaps Retailers on Analog TV Labeling The fines are for selling analog televisions without adequately warning consumers that these sets will become obsolete with the end of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2006
Robert Heron |
Expert View: Big Screens Don't Always Mean HDTV The most insidious problem is the fact that all video on TV is highly compressed. |
Home Theater
November 12, 2002 |
Zenith's New HT Products New digital set-top boxes, LCD monitors and a new 37" plasma display panel. The P37W24 is the first for Zenith in this screen size. |
PC World
July 2005
Dan Tynan |
Dodge the Fuzz: Make Plain TV Shows Look Good in HD Take these steps to ensure that standard TV content appears sharp on a high-definition TV set. |
Home Theater
July 2004
Adrienne Maxwell |
LG LST-3410A HDTV Tuner/DVR It's easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to get used to. This box pulls in your HDTV, records your HDTV, and lets you archive your HDTV. |
Home Theater
February 14, 2008 |
DTV Coverage May Lose Viewers As many as six million viewers may lose reception of some channels, according to a study. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Raj Karamchedu |
Does China Have the Best Digital Television Standard on the Planet? China's new digital television broadcasts deliver a high-definition picture to the living room -- and the reception won't break up on moving trains and buses, either. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Jen Lin-Liu |
Digital TV Trial Brews in China The central government's ambition is to have all of eastern China viewing digital television by 2008 and the rest of the country by 2015. With Qingdao going completely digital in some areas, the Chinese government is calling the Qingdao model a success that should be copied in other cities. |
PC World
August 2006
Yardena Arar |
HDTV: Is Now the Best Time to Buy? Deciding when to move to high-definition TV involves more than just the set. |
Home Toys
October 2002 |
What is Digital? An Exploration of Terms and Usage So many things come with the digital designation the true concept of what digital actually is has become diluted over time. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Television's Digital Dilemma If the struggle over digital television in the U.S. were made into a TV show, it would be a tale of intrigue, backstabbing and hidden motives. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Analog TV: Fade To Black On Feb. 17, 2009 Congress will decree that broadcasters must end analog transmissions on that date and switch to the digital technology they have been phasing in for several years. If you are planning to buy a television, make sure it's digital-ready. |
Home Theater
May 20, 2009 |
FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Digital Dilemma Converting to digital television is supposed to be simple, but it's not. |
Home Theater
September 2001
Mike Wood |
Home Theater Boot Camp: Receiving HDTV A three-step guide to receiving HDTV signals... |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004
Peter Suciu |
Hi-Def for All Apartment dwellers and others who can't use cable and satellite to get a high definition signal, take heart. The Terk HDTVi indoor antenna connects easily to set-top boxes, tuners, and HDTV sets. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Schneider & Ross |
Antennas for the New Airwaves This month's planned shutdown of analog broadcast TV in the United States will bring antenna technology back into the spotlight. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007
Robert Heron |
HD Inequality The efficiency of modern video compression enables multiple channels of digital programming where, previously, only one analog channel was possible. |
Home Theater
March 19, 2009 |
FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June. |
Home Theater
April 2005
Mark Fleischmann |
Hitachi 32HDL51 LCD HDTV This 32-incher converts all incoming signals to its native resolution, 1366 by 768, but processes video in the ultra-high-res 1080p format. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
House Approves DTV Bill Television broadcasters have three years to clear analog spectrum for wireless broadband providers and first responders. |
