over the air digital television

It’s now official , DTV is now the standard broadcast, rescanned converter, no new stations, 34 total, some are doubles ,just rebroadcast on more than one station. Some of the commercials have improved, most were assuming we need diet supplements, powered wheelchairs and diabetes test kits and countless exercise machines. Also ads urging people to call lawyers if they taken a variety of medications or treatments. As tobacco products have been banned from advertising , I would suggest that part of the health care reform package include a ban  on TV advertising of health care products and medications. It’s making me sick !

retro movies

“this” tv network , Boston, mostly retro movies now OTA HDTV   channel 7.2

Retro Television

Retro Television Network now on 10.2 OTA DTV in this area

viewing the election

While I am not a huge fan of television provided by cable , dish, fiber, or for that matter any paid content contract , when you are able to receive television broadcast choices off the air for free, I have over the years have had a broader choice of content since being connected to the the internet. The election night proved that the interactivity of the user has more of their choice through the internet. By an internet connection, websites had the interactive maps that showed the election results auto updated and, with various mouse rollovers, could be zoomed in for various results from different areas and even senate and house results on demand. About the same thing that the TV networks would provide, only the TV networks passively provided the results at their discretion . With the internet’s ability to have your own choice of concurrently running web pages, maps and even live commentary ,such as twitter, which provides more broadbased comments and the ability to rebut from just about anyone able to text a message, this can be streamed to your desktop or networked devices. (or wide screen if you have the internet connected to it). Another example on how the internet and paid content subscription services are differing. With the connection speeds increasing and the boom in online video, some will choose the mouse over the remote.