Pro-Con | Has the conversion to digital TV been worthwhile? (The Kansas City Star) by Cable tv signals broadcast satellite

If you turn on the tube and still get no signal, it’s probably not the best time to tell you that the digital TV transition — as troubled as it has been — is a good idea. Maybe not immediately, especially for the 2.6 percent of Twin Cities households Nielsen estimates were “completely unprepared” for the switch. 6 where are you?

Free, over-the-air TV fades to black (Toronto Star)
Since the debut of broadcast television in this country more than 50 years ago, millions of Canadians have grown to expect free access to local television signals.Formerly an engineer with Zenith, now with the broadcast consulting firm Meintel, Sgrignoli & Wallace, Gary Sgrignoli showed up at my Queen Village house with partner David Meintel and a truck full of gear topped with a fancy antenna that soared 30 feet ...

Jonathan Takiff: Ch. Signal sleuths solve a mystery (Philadelphia Daily News)
THE GIZMO: Fine-tuning HDTV reception.HOUSE CALLS: One of the developers of the digital TV broadcasting standard made a house call yesterday. And probably not for exurban or rural residents who conscientiously connected ...