1D10T wrote:
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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How many people will flip the switch tomorrow morning and wonder why the
TV does not work?

Nobody told me! Next week will probably be a sales boon for the TV
stores too.

I think I read that approximately 6% of the TV owner population are not
ready. Does the analog cutoff occur at midnight?

For the two here who hadn't it was _supposed_ to have but were in middle
of continuous severe weather (tornado) coverage so they held off until
the threat went away rather than switch while the indications were still
high of a potential tornado. I stayed up until was clear was going to
slide by us to the north.

This morning did a scan and to my surprise did pick up all three
networks and the PBS that had disappeared after Witching Day #1--I
suppose they finally boosted their output power to their ultimate level
that they hadn't before, otherwise no explanation. In just the couple
of times I've switched channels, the converter has picked them up about
50-50 though so they're still marginal at least until get around to
fiddling w/ aiming the antenna.

Picked up one weather side channel and four(!) PBS. The other two
networks apparently aren't using the subchannels at the moment, anyway.
Not that the weather feed looks likely to be of any real use; it's
from the Wichita parent station, not from the translator from which we
get the signal so it's over 200 miles distant in the direction weather
goes to not comes from.

Speaking of the severe weather coverage, what I have noticed is that the
digital disappears entirely much sooner when heavy weather is between us
and the broadcast station than was so w/ analog. I wasn't able to see
anything useful from the one that was on digital last night that had
made the earlier switch date owing to the converter dropping out and
continually trying to lock in while the two analogs were still at least
viewable if snowy and w/ the lightning static. If all three had been on
digital I suspect would have had nothing. If that proves to be so over
the long haul, TV will have lost essentially all actual useful value
other than simply occasional entertainment that is dispensable.

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