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Did Your TV's Digital Conversion Go Smoothly?
It's been over a week since analog signals for cable television went dark and the country was forced to go digital.
Converting a nation to digital TV was anything but easy — after one delay mandated by the government, loads of free converter boxes given away, and cautionary PSAs, we're finally there.
When I asked you guys in January if you were ready for the changeover, more than 80 percent of you said you were (and if you weren't, hopefully my guide helped).
Daily Tech: The Kindle DX's Pros and Cons
- The Kindle DX gets a hands on review. — Boing Boing Gadgets
- Apple cuts prices on 13-inch Macbooks to clear out stock. — The Apple Insider
- Your last minute guide to the digital TV transition.
Target Hands Out Digital Conversion Boxes For Free
With the digital television transition deadline fast approaching (you've got until next Friday, June the 12), there are probably some last minute TV buffs who are still in need of converter boxes. For those who participated in the government's converter-box subsidy program, you can take your coupon into Target this week and pick up a box for free — even if the price tag is over $40. So if your grandma wants to be ready for next week's analog TV shutdown, make sure you take a trip to Target so that she'll be all set up and ready to go when the changes take effect.
Daily Tech: The BB Curve Surpasses the iPhone in US Sales
- RIM's BlackBerry Curve 83XX series smartphone overtook Apple's iPhone 3G in sales in the first quarter of 2009. Third and fourth place go to the BlackBerry Storm and the BlackBerry Pearl. — Engadget
- Amazon is gearing up to announce a larger-screened Kindle this Wednesday, which will be perfect for reading newspapers and magazines.
Daily Tech: Toy Fair Offers Grim Outlook
- The Toy Fair in NYC offers a peek at 10 reasons we're doomed.— Gizmodo
- So we know it's happening, but which TV stations will be making the transition to digital this week? — Switched
- Stop taking calls from your angry ex with Trapcall, which reveals who's behind blocked calls. — Lifehacker
- It's old-computer project time!
Daily Tech: DTV Transition Starts Today, Despite Delay
- Despite the DTV Delay Act Obama signed last week about one-third of the nation's TV stations will pull plug on their analog towers by the end of today. — Crave
- Get high-quality free downloads of your favorite NBC shows on NBC Direct. You'll have to download a little applet, which puts an add-on into your Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browser.
No Way! Congress Delays the Digital Conversion Deadline
I swear I wasn't lying when I told you last week that the bill for the delay of the digital television transition didn't pass in the House of Representatives. But yesterday, in a re-vote (264-158), the House of Representatives approved the bill to push the transition from the original Feb. 17 date until Jun.
The Digital TV Transition Is a Go For February 17
For the eighty-four percent of you who said that you are ready for the Digital TV Transition, please disregard this message. For those of you that aren't ready, here are two tidbits of useful info.
The first is that the bill that the Senate was pushing to make the digital television transition easier for Americans — by changing the original February 17 date until June 12 — did not pass yesterday in the US House of Representatives.
Buzz News Roundup, 1/28
- Prize-winning author John Updike died at the age of 76 on Tuesday. — AP
- Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes is executive-producing an ABC pilot about a TV news bureau called Inside the Box. — The Hollywood Reporter
- Netflix's profits have actually spiked recently, attesting to the appeal of its mail-delivered DVD service during the onset of the recession.
Daily Tech: Is the Kindle 2 Coming Feb. 9?
- It's rumored that Amazon's new and improved Kindle will be officially announced on Feb. 9 in NYC. — Gizmodo
- The US Patent Office has granted Apple the multitouch patent and because the new Palm Pre features multitouch support, this might not go over well with Palm.
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