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Jun 13, 2009

We’re Going To Have a TV Party Tonight

Old folks looking for their daily dose of The Wheel aren’t the only people in the District wondering where Pat Sajak, Vanna White, and all the other television personalities who help to usher the way through this lonely life have all gone off to. ABC 7 reports that some 80,000 people were unprepared for the digital flip: They turned on, but it was the television that tuned out. It’s kind of unthinkable that a conscious…

Jun 12, 2009

Don’t Forget to Rescan for DTV Signals

The DTV-pocalypse is finally here, and as broadcasters nationwide officially turn off their analog signals today and boost their digital ones, the local DTV channel line-up could be in flux for a while. A few months ago we rounded up the digital TV channels that have been widely available in the D.C. metro area for some time, but all the advice we’re reading suggests you should rescan for possibly new or different available channels at…

 
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