http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv Digital Television in Humboldt County, California Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:06:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it's not very often that you will hear us complain about DirecTV s service, but yesterday I went to watch the news and couldn't get my HD DVR to respond at all. I thought that maybe it had gotten unplugged somehow. Nope. It would not respond to entries on ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/directv-disables-hdtv-dvrs-receivers/ To better serve the entire North Coast community, on Aug. 8, KEET poured the foundation for a new digital tower located in Smith River. This new digital tower will serve Brookings-Harbor, Ore., and Crescent City. The Eureka-based PBS station is installing a 12,000-watt ultra-high-frequency digital translator, which will duplicate programs broadcast on ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/keet-dtv-tv-translator/ Chester Smith, country music singer, radio broadcaster, television empire-builder and owner of Eureka Television Group, died Friday at the age of 78. “He’s basically a living legend,” said Don Smullin, general manager of Eureka Television Group. Smith was the owner of a media empire that spanned from Bakersfield to Oregon ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/eureka-television-group-owner-chester-smith-dies/ Well, it had to happen sooner of later. We finally found a source for a decent CECB digital-to-analog converter box for DTV this past week. Even nicer was the fact that we were able to buy it for only about $13 out of our pocket. We have been looking for a ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/dtv-converter-box-available/ We decided to spend some time this week compiling a list of translators and low-power (LPTV) stations in Northern California, almost all of which will continue broadcasting in analog for the foreseeable future. The Federal Communications Commission does not plan on making these stations switch to digital anytime soon, if ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/lptv-translators-california/ Few things are more frustrating than being bombarded with comercials urging you to rush out and buy a product, only to find out later that no stores have the item in stock. No, I'm not talking about the new Apple Iphone. I'm talking about the new DTV converters individuals will ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/shortage-dtv-converters-continues/ DirecTV last week introduced a new, nationwide Video On Demand service (VOD) that is only available to its customers who use the company's HDTV capable receivers and Digital Video Recorders (DVRs). There are actually quite a number of requirements you must meet in order to use the new service, which offers ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/directv-vod-video-on-demand/ For those of you who may have missed it, The Eureka Reporter ran an interesting story in yesterday's edition about the state of HDTV and DTV service in Humboldt County, along with some generic information on the switchover to digital. Much to their credit, the paper made a point to mention ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/update-hdtv-dtv-service-humboldt-county/ As we've mentioned here before, there aren't many websites that can actually process the "free" $40 government coupons when buying a DTV (CECB) converter online. One of the few that we ran across recently is called FreeDTVShop.Com . The website seems to have a fairly large selection of DTV converters, as ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/buying-dtv-cecb-converters-online-government-coupons/ If you think that the new CECB digital television converter boxes are all-alike, think again. A frightening number of the DTV conversion boxes currently on the market lack a key feature that will leave their owners unable to watch many of their favorite channels after installation. 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The listings include analog (NTSC), digital and HDTV availability. http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/hdtv-cable-listings/ For those of you who haven't visited the website in awhile, you should notice a major overhaul to our main page. We now include information on HDTV programming available from satellite providers and cable television. In addition, we have recently added a page of technical words and their definitions, for ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/updates-updates/ For those of you wondering what type of television antenna will work best at your location for HDTV reception, wonder no more. AntennaWeb.Org has a nifty feature that will calculate (roughly) what type of antenna you will need in order to watch digital television. The site requires you to enter either ... http://humboldtonline.com/hdtv/hdtv/choosing-antenna/