digital tv
Entertainment
2:58PM Nick Broughall | Even though the government decided to kill off analogue TV in Australia by 2013 years ago, it was only this week that they decided that community TV stations would be included in the transition. More »
Community TV To Go Digital
2:58PM Nick Broughall | Even though the government decided to kill off analogue TV in Australia by 2013 years ago, it was only this week that they decided that community TV stations would be included in the transition. More » 
Entertainment
3:39PM Nick Broughall | Praise the Gods! It looks like the rumour that Channel 7 was planning on calling their second digital channel “Channel Mate” was just that – a rumour. Today they confirmed that the second channel will be called 7Two, will be broadcast on channel 72 (of course) and will commence airing on November 1 from noon. More »
Phew! Channel 7 Names Second SD Channel ‘7Two’
3:39PM Nick Broughall | Praise the Gods! It looks like the rumour that Channel 7 was planning on calling their second digital channel “Channel Mate” was just that – a rumour. Today they confirmed that the second channel will be called 7Two, will be broadcast on channel 72 (of course) and will commence airing on November 1 from noon. More »
Gadgets
2:30PM Nick Broughall | Pocket-sized television devices are nothing new, but pocket-sized TVs with built-in digital tuners are, at least in Australia. Laser have announced their new range of DVB-T portable TVs. More »
Laser Launches Portable Digital TVs
2:30PM Nick Broughall | Pocket-sized television devices are nothing new, but pocket-sized TVs with built-in digital tuners are, at least in Australia. Laser have announced their new range of DVB-T portable TVs. More »
Screens
This Man Is Extremely Dedicated To Live Network Television
8:30AM Dan Nosowitz | This intriguing dude is watching a black-and-white TV, with a DTV converter box, in a Starbucks. Hey, it’s not his fault Hulu doesn’t carry Jeopardy!, right? [Kansas City Blog via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
Entertainment
11:21AM Nick Broughall | It seems like we’ve been waiting an age for Channel 9 to launch its second digital channel. Well, it appears the date is set, so put it in your calendars now: on August 9, 2009, you’ll have access to a heap of US TV shows never before seen on Australian TV you could previously only get on Pay TV. More »
Nine’s Second SD Digital Channel Launching August 9
11:21AM Nick Broughall | It seems like we’ve been waiting an age for Channel 9 to launch its second digital channel. Well, it appears the date is set, so put it in your calendars now: on August 9, 2009, you’ll have access to a heap of US TV shows never before seen on Australian TV you could previously only get on Pay TV. More »
Entertainment
Famous Old Person Helps Other Old People Understand This Digital Television Contraption
7:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Is there anything Official DTV Spokesperson Carol Brady can’t do? More »
Entertainment
The Price is Right Will Lose 3.5M Viewers Come DTV Switch
12:00PM Andi Wang | Out of the 300 million Americans in the United states, 3.5 million are still not ready for the DTV switch come June 12. Is that 3.5 million people or households? Either way, 3.5 million is quite a lot, considering my non-english speaking nanny is already all over her digital converter. Get with it, people. [Switched] More »
Entertainment
1:30PM Nick Broughall | We’ve all been there – you’ve set the DVR to record your favourite program via the EPG. The next day you sit down to watch it and about 5 minutes from the end, right at the moment of climax, the recording ends, because the networks couldn’t care less about you and run their programs over time. Well, now the Foxtel iQ2 (but not the iQ) will let you extend the recording time up to 20 minutes after each program. More »
Foxtel’s iQ2 Now Lets You Record Up To 20 Minutes After A Show’s Finished
1:30PM Nick Broughall | We’ve all been there – you’ve set the DVR to record your favourite program via the EPG. The next day you sit down to watch it and about 5 minutes from the end, right at the moment of climax, the recording ends, because the networks couldn’t care less about you and run their programs over time. Well, now the Foxtel iQ2 (but not the iQ) will let you extend the recording time up to 20 minutes after each program. More »
Networks
2:00PM Nick Broughall | After months of not saying anything much at all regarding its second SD digital channel, the Nine network has confirmed that rather than just time-shifting content, there’ll be a heap of original programming. And by original, we of course mean repeats of old sitcoms. More »
Channel 9’s Second Digital Channel Could Be A Cross Between TV1 And FOX8
2:00PM Nick Broughall | After months of not saying anything much at all regarding its second SD digital channel, the Nine network has confirmed that rather than just time-shifting content, there’ll be a heap of original programming. And by original, we of course mean repeats of old sitcoms. More »
Screens
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If any of you happened to read the Herald Sun article on Monday entitled “Clock ticks for plasmas, LCDs” by Peter Familari and were wondering “what the f%*k?! How can a brand new TV be obsolete in less than 2 months?”, you can now rest easy. The article is a load of rubbish. It’s actually pretty unbelievable just how wrong the story is, even though the underlying issue is well worth looking at. More »
Don’t Panic! Your TV Will Not Stop Working After May 1
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If any of you happened to read the Herald Sun article on Monday entitled “Clock ticks for plasmas, LCDs” by Peter Familari and were wondering “what the f%*k?! How can a brand new TV be obsolete in less than 2 months?”, you can now rest easy. The article is a load of rubbish. It’s actually pretty unbelievable just how wrong the story is, even though the underlying issue is well worth looking at. More » 
