Wilmington, NC kills analog dead as broadcasters go all-digital

Wilmington, NC had the pleasure of being the nation's first DTV transition test market, and now it has officially become the first market in the nation to flip the kill switch on analog. As of noon ET today, the Wilmington area entered the digital frontier, and initial reports suggest that things are going fairly swimmingly. Granted, "a few" viewers were still "struggling" to see the signal (read: not at all prepared for the change), but at least the world didn't completely implode or anything. Not like we can really avoid that scenario come Wednesday, but hey, an extra 24 or so hours to live it up ain't half bad.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2008 3:23PM]

what other uses can a 7 foot tall light switch have? i hope it finds a new home that will take care of it.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2008 3:38PM]

Ironically enough, the 7' tall light switch is on it's way to France for the "doomsday" particle accelerator, it's the last piece they need before destroying the wor, er some unsuspecting atoms.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2008 3:42PM]

Would it make ILM look worse or better for me to call stations and ask them what happened to my derned TV??

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2008 3:58PM]

waiting to see reports on someone mistake it for end of the world...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2008 2:41PM]

Egads! Why in God's name do I have to go out and buy a more expensive product to replace the one I already have or have to buy another box with another damn infernal remote control? I AIN'T exactly interested in seeing commercials in High Definition.

The programming is so bad, the commercials so prolific and the news so full of editorial hyperbole I think I will enjoy just watching DVD's.

Yep, it is just another one of Washington's 'not so well thought out plans'.

Man, things are already looking better!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2008 9:17AM]

Harry, Digital TV (DTV) and High Definition are two completely different things. The transition is because we don't need TV frequencies consuming so much of the wireless spectrum.