Humboldt HDTV Digital Television Information

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.

Buying DTV Converters Online. 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.

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.

So, you might be wondering exactly how complicated it is to get these “free” DTV converter box coupons from the U.S. Government. There are some “catches” with the application process. Considering the fact that this program is administered by the federal government, the whole system runs fairly smoothly though.

A report released in June from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has yielded some interesting statistics on HDTV and the pending migration of television broadcasters to digital television in February 2009.

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New section gives complete, up-to-date listing of all channels available via SuddenLink, the local cable TV provider throughout most of Humboldt County.

Below are the latest channel listings as provided by SuddenLink Communications for Humboldt County, California. HDTV channels are indicated in RED. Channels listed as “basic” are transmitted via the cable system as an analog (NTSC) signal, and can be tuned-in without the need for a DTV tuner or converter at present. This is the case, [...]

We now include information on HDTV programming available from satellite providers and cable television.

AntennaWeb.Org has a nifty feature that will calculate (roughly) what type of antenna you will need in order to watch digital television.

Custom Search AACS – Advanced Access Control System. A computer specification for guarding next-generation optical-media content created by the film, electronics, and software industries. AC-3 – (see Dolby Digital 5.1) Aliasing – Jaggedness that appears at diagonal edges of objects in a pixel or raster image. De-aliasing (anti-aliasing) is a smoothing of the jagged edges [...]

From now on, all newly-posted news articles will be available using an RSS news reader. You can either use a stand-alone reader program or access the feed via one of the many websites that support RSS.

SuddenLink Communications published an ad in the Times-Standard this past week announcing the availability of new channels in High Definition (HDTV) including KBVU FOX 29, a local broadcaster in Eureka, California.

Consumer Reports magazine has published their ratings for a limited number of HDTV converter boxes.

<br /> @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css);<br /> Custom Search We are still adding to this list, station by station.Hopefully, the page will be finished within the next couple of weeks. As they say in the TV industry… Stay Tuned!!! Below is a list of all known television broadcasters in the Eureka, CA and Humboldt County markets. Many [...]