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Wilmington's DTV Switch Goes (Mostly) Smoothly

by Tim Stevens on September 13, 2008 at 03:10 PM

Wilmington's DTV Switch Goes (Mostly) Smoothly
The nation is finally switching to digital television, or DTV, and Wilmington, NC was the first in the nation earlier this week. We're now finding out how well it went and reports are positive, with just 797 people calling in with questions or concerns. That's less than half of a percent of the total viewers in the city.

Of those, only 23 actually had no idea about the DTV changeover and so were getting a rude awakening. The majority of the other calls were relating to signal strength or other issues, including a few who unfortunately were able to pick up a certain channel on analog signals but, after the changeover, no longer could. We're guessing the nationwide roll-out in February, 2009 won't go quite so orderly, so to make sure you're ready, head on over to our post on coupons for tuners and make sure your 'ol TV can keep on trucking straight into the digital age. [From: USA Today]

Tags: analog, digital, dtv, tuner, wilmington

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