Comments on: Ho hum — DTV switch hype reminds me of Y2K

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:32:13 +0000

Me too. What a non- event. I did not see people running into the streets screeming that they could not watch the news or Oprah. It would have been more fun to watch the talking heads explode when analog finally went off the air. But no one noticed.

By: Art Bishop

Art Bishop — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:20:09 +0000

A few articles have reported that a number of TV stations switched from using their UHF antenna to their VHF antenna for transmission at the “switch.” The stations didn’t tell anyone. It caused some loss of DTV channels being received on HDTV indoor UHF antennas. I use an amplified VHF/UHF (rabbit ears) and get 58 digital and 8 VHF (my last auto search). I lost DTV channels 7, 11 and 13 at the “switch.” I hope this is only a power glitch and that they will correct it. I called to complain and you should too.

By: Vinster

Vinster — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:58:51 +0000

Sounds like they have a problem with their signal. They should check the signal map on dtv.gov. Are they using an outdoor antenna?

By: Eric Cooper

Eric Cooper — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:02:42 +0000

The FCC reported before the transition that 3 million people were not ready. Now they say only 300,000 called their help line on Friday. As far as reception, I hooked up a $50 indoor amplified antenna to my digital tv and could not get several local stations that I could before the switch. I’n with Tn TinOC–I’m sticking with my satellite

By: Tim G

Tim G — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:28:32 +0000

KTTV channel 11 is still having problems after the switch. They
told me that they are running at VERY low power today – 15 KW
compared to the 800 KW they should be using.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:19:49 +0000

I’m SOOOO jealous of Peoria!

By: TnTinOC

TnTinOC — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:17:19 +0000

I went over to a friends yesterday and I wasn’t impressed with the DTV switch. All the channels would pause, skip or become distorted. Really sucked trying to watch the Hockey Playoffs. Glad I have cable TV. I was thinking of picking up a DTV Box and store it for future use but now I’m not sure that’s a good ideal.

By: Eric Cooper

Eric Cooper — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:03:27 +0000

From the reports yesterday of converters “flying off the shelves” in LA/OC, I suspect that there are only a few thousand without TV this morning.

By: Bob in Peoria

Bob in Peoria — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:04:39 +0000

Funny, dozens of small city TV markets like Peoria Illinois switched back in February 2009, the original deadline. And, nothing terrible happened!

Nice to see the small cities/towns of US have taken the lead on this! And,the backward big cities like LA, NYC, and Chicago are 6 months behind!

By: Eric Cooper

Eric Cooper — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:04:14 +0000

Maybe these stations found out how few viewers they actually have!
But seriously, it is pretty obvious that the National Association of Broadcasters and the FCC were WAY off in their calculations as far as numbers of affected viewers.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:44:44 +0000

Sign of the time….Digital TV has arrived!

By: C

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:43:40 +0000

Look at all the money wasted hyping this up. It could be spent finding a vaccine for swine flu, or fixing our f***ed up economy. What a waste. Shoulda just DONE it and been DONE with it.

By: Mr. Smith Too

Mr. Smith Too — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:39:23 +0000

The government dod not spend millions on this stupid project. It spent billions! The government made this so complicated and delayed it sooooooooo long that the people in charge should give back all the money they were paid to deliver this project over budget over due and over complex. Broadcasters were ready to go a year ago and did not want help from thre feds. Barney Frank and his cohorts wanted to make sure every citizen with rabbit ears coulld continue watching their local chanels. All at a mere cost of BILLIONS!

By: Nothing better to do

Nothing better to do — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:40:22 +0000

it’s not like we didn’t know this was going to happen today…. with the amount of commercials and congress extending the time to get everyone prepared…. if you’re playing the “I didn’t know” card, then you deserve to have NO TV connection.

By: Eliz

Eliz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:29:34 +0000

TV hype make some people nuts!