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Digital Life: A poor man's HDTV

                   
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May 13, 2008
        
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Your computer monitor can become a home theater with respectable digital quality, thanks to USB devices that capture broadcast digital signals. All you need now is a fairly robust personal computer, and a digital TV tuner that plugs into a USB port and captures the video signals. We've been... [read full story]                    

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By Stan Statham - The transition from analog to digital television (DTV) represents the most significant advancement of television technology since color TV was introduced. For California consumers, the benefits of digital television are amazing: crystal-clear pictures and CD quality sound,...

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Analog TV ripped off by the government

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May 14, 2008
        

Now that TV stations and the press are announcing that analog TV is going to die next year, it is obvious that there is a lot of consumer confusion. You still need the antenna, it is just that you need a converter box, really a tuner, to demodulate the digital TV and then send it as an NTSC...

                   
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A poor man's HDTV

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Your computer monitor can become a home theater with respectable digital quality, thanks to USB devices that capture broadcast digital signals. All you need now is a fairly robust personal computer, and a digital TV tuner that plugs into a USB port and captures the video signals. We've been...

                   

Digital TV On The Way - Do You Need To Do Anything?

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Have you noticed advertisements on your television warning about the upcoming switch to "digital broadcasting" as you flip around? Most of these warn you that the switch will occur next year, then point you to websites for further details. Some warn that you will need a converter of some sort. To...

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By Heidi Glaus It doesn't really matter how old you are, when it comes to this whole digital TV transition a lot of questions arise, but if you grew up before televisions were even invented it makes the situation even more confusing. "Our first TV was a black and white and it rolled real bad. We...