There was a local report about the switch here in Dallas. This elderly lady, bless her heart, had a hard time understanding how to hook it up.
There was a YouTube video spoofing the “digital TV help”
informercials. An old lady is seen going through a bunch of
steps to install it then asks, “Will this help me pick up
Jack Benny?”
A friend of mine has an old set and no cable. He got the
converter box months ago. Trouble is, as of today he can
no longer receive WHDH-TV 7 Boston (the NBC affiliate that
was in the news recently for a plan, since ditched, to
not carry Jay Leno’s new show). They were broadcasting on digital Ch 42 but went back to ch 7 today...more than a
few people also couldn’t pick them up.
Maybe my friend needs to “re-orient his antenna” to pick it up (either he’ll get it or not...)
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=146906.0
>>Every other Boston station still comes in after the transition. But not WHDH. As upset as many around here are, just think how WHDH must feel. It’s sure going to cut into ad revenue when nobody can view the channel anymore. The over the air signal is pretty much gone if you live more than 20 miles from the tower. I sure hope they do something to fix things.
one response:
>>I think they should have stayed on Channel 42. That 42 signal was quite adequate. I noticed the significant loss of signal strength between Channel 7 and 42. Unfortunately, this is the way things are. Channel 7 will need a bit more power to equal that of 42 or analog 7. Who knows?