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A few years ago, while I was in college we had a brief talk about the digital television change over…and initially we had talked about how we would be seeing an all digital signal by the end of 2007.  Well, it’s now the beginning of 2008 and we still haven’t seen this changeover.

Information about this analog to digital signal change is becoming more available, and questions are becoming more readily available. The newest buzz happening these days, is that each household in the country can apply to receive two $40 coupons for a reduced price on the converter set top boxes which will take the digital signal and convert it into an analog signal, so you don’t have to buy a new television.  A site to check out for more information on this is www.dtv2009.gov/ This is the site that you can go to, to apply for the coupon.

Something I didn’t realize is that these set top boxes are really meant for people who still use antenna’s to  watch TV, as opposed to watching Cable channels.  The Cable provider will handle the conversation through their cable set top boxes….

I am sure I will be writing more, as I learn more…but in the mean time I have a lot of reading to do on this subject before February 2009.

An interesting site I’d like to pass along to anyone who does video for home use, or for putting on YouTube…specifically for Novice Filmmakers… FixMyMovie.com you can upload your videos, and the site will color correct or fix any general problems that your video will have.  Then it will output to H.264 format, and you can use their servers to host your video, or you can take it and put it on any site you want…like YouTube or wherever…it’s a site worth checking out.

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