It’s really too bad that the FCC decided to force us all to use 1996 technology.
We cannot even get Channel 7 anymore in Chicago! After the switch it was AWOL!!
what....a Government plan going awry? In Boston?
(I’m sure that’s never happened before...)
Yep, the taxpayers who subsidized the little black boxes get the short end. However, I did finally breakdown set up my little black converter box last night and I do receive excellent reception. But my sympathies are with those that don’t get good reception.
I think the core of the problem is here ...
“It was impossible,” said Anna Zizza, 80, of Roslindale, of her attempts to make her digital TV work. She said a city worker came to her residence and did a “very good job” straightening out signals.
It was impossible until someone oriented the antenna pushed the AUTOSCAN button on the box.
ALSO, it’s a ‘crime’ (poor, women and minorities hit hardest) that these gummint-supplied boxes don’t come with a signal amp built-in.
If ya spend $60 with Motorola, you’d be amazed how good your reception is.
And if ya spend $80 on a ‘HD digital signal’ antenna, you’ll think you’re in heaven ;-)
Bush’s fault!
It’s an NBC affiliate. Nobody watches it anyway.
Since I’m one of those who shut off the idiot box some time ago, I remain unaffected.