[mythtv-users] Damn you Time Warner

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/09/2008 03:11 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:11 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>   
>>  On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Brad Fuller wrote: 
>>  >
>>  > Then again, if it's a small UHF antenna, then it'll be the size of a
>>  > small Dish (but, that's not what people have experience with... yet.)
>>
>>  The vast majority of HDTV broadcasting in the U.S. is on UHF.
> Not necessarily after the 2/2009 changeover however.  In the New York
> area for example, ABC (7.1), WPIX (the WB 11.1), and PBS (13.1) are
> all moving their digital broadcasts to their old VHF frequencies, 7,
> 11, and 13 once they go all digital.
>
> Bad news for those who assumed otherwise and bought UHF only antennas.

On the bright side, it's not like anyone was selling UHF-only antennae
as "HDTV" antennae or "digital" antennae to confuse consumers into
purchasing them rather than VHF/UHF antennae.  And it's not like anyone
charged extra for those HDTV/digital antennae.  Oh, wait...

Mike