I noticed that my cousin posted "WTH? The TV signal just went out. What's going on?" on her FaceBook. I either failed to notice her sarcasm, or caught the perfect time to be a smarty pants to her... even though she's the nicest ever: "Uhhh... earth to [my cousin's name]... there's this whole Digital Transition from analog television stations going on, 'cuz... you know... get ready... buy a converter... that type of thing... you know? " She hasn't responded. How is everyone's conversion from ANALOG to DIGITAL TV going? Any problems? Any stories to tell? FYI: DTV is NOT necessarily HDTV, although most stations are transmitting shows in HD already...
were going to need a portable digital tv that runs on batteries just in case of a storm. it was great to have one last summer, and now it's a brick.
I haven't been able to get channel 11 or 13 today. I'd been having trouble picking up 13 for the past few weeks, but never had problems with 11. Also, I've tried three or four different antennas and none of them have been able to pick up channel 8.
Try to rescan your TV for channels. I couldn't pick up Ch. 11 all day and then saw a commercial that said to rescan. Bam...problem fixed.
I really don't watch enough TV to bother paying for cable. I just watch news and when football season comes around I watch that or Saturday baseball on Fox.
^^^ i dont get it i no longer receive any television broadcasting, thanx obama for the extra 4 months
I think DTV is crap. When the signal is weak the whole screen freezes or blacks out until you get it just right. I'm glad we have cable cause I dont think I could deal with it on every TV in the house.
http://blogs.chron.com/sportsmedia/2009/06/ New numbers from Nielsen Media Research: Nielsen says Houston's cable penetration is now at 52.9 percent, which is reasonably stable with recent months, and its percentage of households with either cable or satellite has increased to 80.6 percent. That's up a few tenths of a point over the last year, but the percentage of local households that receive only broadcast TV, at 19.4, is still one of the highest in the country, particularly among top 50 markets. Nationwide, 89.5 percent of households have cable or satellite. Nielsen also estimates that 66 percent of Houston's 2.1 million TV households still have VCRs, and 88.6 percent have DVD players. The national averages are 66.8 and 88.8, respectively.
Had a DTV box since 2001, and its still sitting in my closet. It was a DirecTV unit from the early days, but now use DISH so I did nothing for the transition. I live in Conroe, so the converter box without cable or sattelite wouldnt do me much good anyways. I am way too far out to receive anything from Houston.
You are too far or there are buildings and trees interfering with your reception. If trees and buildings aren't the problem, you will need one of them giant antennas for the roof.
I'm also having problems picking up 11 & 13, even with multiple scans and there are no trees around my house...Weird.
