DTV Transition

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By Kevin Justus
Senior Web Production Coordinator
Published: July 4, 2008

The switch to digital broadcast is coming and a lot of you may be confused about what exactly you need to do. 7 On Your Side is going to help you out.

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7 On Your Side is preparing you for the DTV transition.

By law, television stations nationwide must switch from the old method of transmitting TV signals known as analog to digital television (DTV) on February 17, 2009. DTV is an innovative new type of broadcasting technology that delivers movie-quality pictures and sound and more channels to consumers.
While the benefits of DTV are remarkable, millions of households risk losing television reception unless they take the easy steps to receive a digital signal.
Learn how to prepare for DTV

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Posted by ( just_a_thought ) on August 15, 2008 at 12:49 am

DTV is not so simple for everyone as shown on your segments. We live in somewhat of a dead spot. Although we normally pick up between 8-10 channels with our regular antenna, when the dtv converter is hooked to the line, we are only able to pick up 1-2 channel roots (each with 0-3 sub-channels) and those usually do not actually come in without some frequent scrambling of the channel signals. Our regular antenna is giving us better reception (and picture quality) than our converter box. We have tried several different signal enhancers for our antenna and also tried a different antenna altogether; all were returned because the reception with them either stayed the same or sometimes got worse. If we cannot receive enough digital signal to have dtv, we will be completely without tv reception in February as we cannot fit cable or satellite into our already tight budget. All of your examples I have seen are people in fairly flatlands with fairly open space. What about people who live in hilly or mountainous areas? I realize that this is the government’s decision and not the station’s, but your representation of how easy it is does not truly represent the general public.

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