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Home Theater June 5, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition One Week Away On June 12, 2009, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever.
Home Theater December 5, 2007	DTV Stations Move Around UHF will not be the exclusive home of DTV channels following the transition from analog broadcasting. Some will remain on VHF, contrary to what's been widely reported.
Home Theater Mark Fleischmann	Some DTV Stations Suffer in Transition Some two dozen DTV stations who are having trouble reaching their viewers in the wake of the DTV transition are receiving help from the Federal Communications Commission, reports the Associated Press.
Home Theater March 2003 Peter H. Putman	Got HDTV? Home Theater's guide to using indoor and outdoor antennas to pick up digital TV broadcasts
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Unconverted Masses The switch to digital television is supposed to be simple. It's not
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.
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.
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 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?
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Digital Dilemma Converting to digital television is supposed to be simple, but it's not.
Home Theater August 25, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Stations: We Want to Move Four petition FCC to move from VHF to UHF channels.
Home Theater February 19, 2009	Hello, FCC? My TV Went Dark On the day after the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission received 28,000 phone calls.
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 June 17, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition Is a Year Old Are you enjoying your free over-the-air HDTV?
Home Theater September 2001 Mike Wood	Home Theater Boot Camp: Receiving HDTV A three-step guide to receiving HDTV signals...
Home Theater June 16, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	FCC Gets 900,000 DTV Panic Calls The Federal Communications Commission has fielded more than 900,000 calls since analog television broadcasting was shut down on Friday June 12.
Home Theater February 4, 2009	It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle.
InternetNews January 23, 2007 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach New legislation would mandate consumer programs by broadcasters, retailers and the FCC.
Home Theater January 27, 2009	Senate Partly Delays DTV Transition The drive to delay the DTV transition cleared the Senate last night. However, the legislation now has a new twist - the delay is voluntary.
Home Theater February 17, 2009	Happy DTV Transition Day, Part 1 Today is the originally scheduled date of the DTV transition. Some television stations will make the transition from antiquated analog to cool new digital broadcasting on this very date. Others will have to wait till June 12. Here's a look at the current tally.
InternetNews September 16, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Are We Ready for DTV? After a DTV test launch in North Carolina, a House subcommittee questions the country's preparedness for February's nationwide transition.
Home Theater April 15, 2008	Estimated DTV Coverage Woes Worsen The latest research shows that 9.2 million households will lose at least some channels after the DTV transition.
Home Theater March 20, 2009	More Stations to Make Early DTV Transition The DTV transition scenario continued to develop this week when the Federal Communications Commission announced that 158 more stations plan to complete their switch from analog to digital broadcasting before June 12's final drop-dead deadline.
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	DTV Snags Loom Large Despite Delay FCC chairman warns of widespread confusion as many stations plan to shut off analog signals next week.
Home Theater March 14, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Broadcasts to Get Field Testing The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a new set of field tests to gauge exactly what will happen to antenna-dependent viewers in February 2009.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2009 Pete Putman	TV's Analog Push-Back: Delaying the Switch to Digital Television Delayed already for more than two years already, problems are popping up that may push the digital television transition date back even further.
InternetNews September 8, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Dawn of the Digital Television Era First DTV switchover today in test market Wilmington, N.C., in advance of nationwide transition in February.
PC Magazine March 19, 2009 John Brandon	Falling Off the Digital Cliff Even with a converter box, some will be left out in the cold after the DTV switchover.
Home Theater February 13, 2009	FCC Slows Some DTV Transitions In the latest twist, the Federal Communications Commission is rattling its regulatory saber at some of the stations that are planning to cut off analog television broadcasts next week.
Home Theater November 7, 2008	Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels.
Home Theater March 24, 2008	Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.
Home Theater September 19, 2008	FCC: DTV Test 99 Percent Successful The nation's first full test of the DTV transition has been 99 percent successful, says the chair of the FCC.
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.
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.
Home Theater May 27, 2009	Analog-Shutoff Test Hits a Nerve A single-day record of 55,000 calls flooded help lines staffed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday, May 21, after TV stations across the nation broadcast a series of warnings about the shutoff of analog television signals scheduled for June 12.
Home Theater March 10, 2009	Most of DTV Transition Yet to Come The percentage of antenna-dependent U.S. households to be affected by the next phase of the transition to digital television broadcasting, scheduled for June, will be a whopping 84.5 percent.
Home Theater June 12, 2009	Analog TV Dies: Good Riddance The nation's analog broadcast television standard, known as NTSC, died today after a long illness. It was 68 years old and should have died years ago.
Home Theater April 2, 2009	Volunteers to Ease DTV Transition Volunteers connected with a joint public/private service program will help ease the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting for low-income households, minorities, seniors, the disabled, those who live in rural areas, and those who don't speak English.
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.
Home Theater June 9, 2009	FCC Maps DTV Losers On Friday the Federal Communications Commission updated its list of 319 stations in which two percent or more of households would lose TV service in the switch from analog to digital signals.
Home Theater May 22, 2009	FCC Girds for Analog Armageddon The Federal Communications Commission is going into high gear to ensure that the final stage of the DTV transition goes smoothly.
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Seeks TV 'White Space' Spectrum for Wi-Fi The Federal Communications Commission wants to let wireless Internet service providers operate in unused spectrum space currently occupied by TV broadcasters. The proposal is aimed at giving consumers an alternative to cable and telecom broadband providers.
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.
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.
Home Theater January 13, 2009	DTV Transition May Be Delayed Acting in response to consumer-group complaints, the Obama transition team has asked the Federal Communications to delay the DTV transition.
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.
Popular Mechanics May 2009 Glenn Derene	How to Ditch Your Cable Provider Without Giving Up on TV Times are tough, money is tight, and Americans are starting to take a long, hard look at their monthly bills.
Home Theater September 11, 2008	Wilmington, NC Lives the DTV Future Now Folks in Wilmington, North Carolina are getting digital signals exclusively in a trial run for the overall U.S. DTV transition.
Home Theater November 17, 2008	FCC Green-Lights DTV Range Fix The Federal Communications Commission has green-lighted distributed transmission systems to essentially allow the usual single broadcast tower to be supplemented with additional transmitters.
Home Theater September 18, 2007 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too.