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FREE RECYCLING THIS WEEKEND!

7:20 AM Thu, Oct 02, 2008 |

THIS WEEKEND ONLY YOU CAN RECYCLE YOUR ELECTRONICS FOR FREE!


WHAT: Best Buy will be hosting a Free Consumer Electronics Recycling Event.
The first 100 cars will receive a $5 Best Buy gift card each day of the event.
The list of acceptable items include:
TVs
VCRs
Computer Monitors
Phones (includes cell phones)
CPUs
Inkjet/...



CONVERTER BOX INFO

11:59 AM Wed, Oct 01, 2008 |

This is the latest news from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration:

Consumers Urged to Apply for Converter Box Coupons By Year-End
Consumers Should Plan for Six Weeks to "Apply, Buy and Try" to Make February Digital TV Transition

For Immediate Release: September 30, 2008

WASHINGTON-The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), annou...



HELP!

10:51 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 |

Hello,

I've been spending many hours answering DTV emails, so please let me apologize for not posting here more often. I promise to add things here more often. Here's a great question I got this week from Judy, followed by my answer.
Marc


Questions/Comments:
My mother is in a nursing home in Freeburg,Il. They now have an antenna and do not intend to switch to cable or satellite. I...



PORTABLE TV

12:35 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 |

Here's a good question, and one I commonly receive:
How can I hook up my miniature tvs to dtv? All they have is antennas -- there is no cable port.

Rob,
If you don't have a place for an external antenna hook-up, you're out of luck after February 17th. I understand there are some companies producing portable TV's with a "Digital" tuner, but I'm sure they cost a pretty penny. Otherwise...



BETTER THAN CABLE!

8:59 AM Thu, Jul 03, 2008 |

Of course there is a lot of grumbling going along with the DTV switchover, but for those affected you really will get a better picture when it's all said and done. Assuming you have the right antenna setup, you'll receive the full bandwidth of our broadcast signal...about 20 Mbps, instead of whatever you receive now. If you do have cable or satellite, the image you receive is compressed, meaning you may only get 6 mbps, a dramatic differe...



ARE YOU READY FOR D-T-V?

10:38 AM Mon, Jun 30, 2008 |

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Here we go with the DTV blog, where hopefully we can answer some of the questions being sent in about this big changeover to Digital TV. I'll get to as many questions as I can in the coming months, so please be ...