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I thought translators and LPTV stations were exempt from having to transition to digital. When did that ruling change?
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It appears that Sept 1, 2015 will be the transition date:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Rele...C-11-110A1.pdf jr |
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There is no excuse anymore not to get a digital flat-panel TV. I see a day coming, not too far away, when all American living rooms, family rooms, dens, etc. will have digital TVs; the only uses for older analog NTSC sets will be as displays for DVD players and/or VCRs, and as collectors' items. Even connecting a cable service directly to an older television eventually will not be an option as cable operators convert their systems to 100-percent digital; that is, the older sets will work with digital cable, but not without a cable box. If you have satellite, of course, you have nothing to worry about, as satellite services have carried all-digital signals for some time.
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DTV boxes are all over ebay now. For straight use by hobbyists like us, the Zenith (LG) 900/901 is hard to beat. The Winegard RC-DT09 has similar components but can be adapted to battery power easily. The Digitalstream is also very good and easy to use. I DO TESTING OF VINTAGE ANTENNAS, so a one-button signal meter is a must.
If you have an antenna rotor and do not want each rescan to wipe out previously acquired channels, use the Channel Master CM-5000. The CM-5000 has an update rescan function which adds new channels without erasing others. Dave "antenna rabbit" |
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