Comments on: The Digital Television Switch – Impact and Update

By: Michael B

Michael B — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:15:19 +0000

We were ready ahead of time with converter boxes and upgraded atenaes that were supposedly WAY more powerful than the anaolig bunny ears we had. Before the switch we got about 4 or 5 channels with the good ol’ ears alone. Now we get absolutely nothing.
What’s worse is that I have found no outlet to make my complaint, not that anything could be done.
On the bright side, we’ve been without TV for two months and we’ve become much more well-read.

By: Terry Bell

Terry Bell — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:34:34 +0000

Are you kidding me? The transition has had a BIG impact on viewing from many of us in northern Illinois. We were ready for the digital switch back in February when local Illinois stations were going to switch early. We were really anticipating great new reception and the many more channels that we would receive as we cannot get cable where we live. We bought a large antenna to go on top of our roof the help with the reception and to pull in the stations. Previously we got channels 13, 17, 23, 39 out of Rockford, IL and sometimes channel 9, 11 and 32 out of Chicago. Since the switch, we have scanned in many channels out of Madison Wisconsin, but they rarely come in and if they do, it’s only for about an hour early in the morning. Now, we get 2 channels each for 13, 17, and 23 and channel 39. WE RECEIVE NO CHANNELS FROM CHICAGO AND WE LIVE ONLY 45 TO 50 MILES AWAY, TO THE WEST. We have even tried to turn our antenna, but then some of the channels we currently get would go out. If there is a hint of rain or storms, the channels go out. It is just frustrating! Doesn’t sound like anything is going to be done very soon. Can anyone help us?

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Viewership back to normal after post-DTV decline - DTV USA Forum — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:50:00 +0000

[...] 12 digital transition has proven to be "largely temporary" according to a Nielsen blog post by Sara Erichson. Erichson also noted that viewers were using converter boxes to ready for digital [...]