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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, at the recent National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, stressed again that Over-the-air television broadcasters need to begin voluntarily auctioning off their spectrum for use by mobile broadband carriers. It’s no secret that the mobile broadband...
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This week on Entertainment 2.0 Josh is once again joined by James, and later in the show by Craig. We had a listener voicemail to share with regards to Windows Embedded, and a few comments to respond to. Then we jumped into the article James wrote about building a cheap home theater pc. Craig...
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We used to have the full deal. Digital Cable and all the trimmings. HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, you name it. Slowly, over the years we’ve cut back. This was mainly because we realized that we simply didn’t use the services we were paying for. We’re a movie family for sure, but we had...
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With the digital switch having happened in the US, you can’t buy a TV Tuner card for your PC without a digital side to it. The law governing this has been in place for awhile now. The problem most people have is that the analog NTSC tuner is still needed for analog cable. This need for two...
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It’s the last week of analog television in the United States. Most of us already know that and we know that the government provided two $40 coupons to anyone who requested them to get converter boxes so that older analog TVs would continue to work after June 12th. Even with this help, not...
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A new study has revealed that a full 26% of Americans have either changed their viewing habits or bought new equipment due to the digital television cutoff coming June 12th. Knowledge Networks has been tracking reaction to the digital transition since 2006; the new data, collected from February to...
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I’ve posted before about TVfool.com which can help you locate the proper location and orientation for your antenna. It’s one of the best tools I’ve found thus far for trying to compare analog to digital ranges from OTA sources. While taking a look around the web today, I came across the...
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AMD today announced a new chip which will allow users to receive HDTV broadcasts almost anywhere in the world. Read the full press release below. Be sure to pay attention to the notes at the bottom if you happen to be one of those folks who travel around the world and might be interested in a...
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The Digital Cutoff date here in the US is only 11 days away. According to the last numbers I heard (EngadgetHD Podcast, about 2 weeks ago) there are still 3% of Americans who aren’t prepared. This was sort of confirmed when the FCC did a test awhile back and received 55,000 calls from people...
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If you live in a large city or within about 50 miles of a broadcast tower, you probably already know that you can receive digital and HD content OTA for free with the right antenna and tuner. But what do you do if you live out where I do? I’m 75 miles from the closest tower which...
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I’ve admitted on the show and here that I don’t have that really in depth knowledge when it comes to different signals, codecs, containers, etc.,etc.,etc. Luckily for us though, there is someone out there who does. We’ve talked about him on the Entertainment 2.0 podcast, as well...
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If you’re looking for a way to dump your cable or satellite bill but still be able to see network TV, then Over-The-Air is for you. A lot of people don’t realize that you can get network television programming for free by putting up an antenna. With the advent of cable and...
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