OLED TVs

Why pay for TV when you can get it free and HD?

Why would we want to pay for television programs when we can get high definition programming free and with crystal clear picture? Trapped in a cable/satellite contract conundrum? Me too. When I lost my full time job to the economic crisis, I had to look for new ways to save money. My satellite HDTV service was an easy mark. Over the years the cost of this service has become a huge drain on the budget, but television in our home is considered a necessity. With just a little research, I re-discovered the Winegard venerable plain old antenna. It turns out that...

What? Will You Lose All TV When the Digital Switch Is Pulled?

It was bound to happen – a glitch in the switchover from analog TV to digital television signal that will occur in February. There is a possibility that some smaller viewing areas could end up TV-less, at least for a time. You might lose your favorite station even if you have a converter box. In fact, you might lose them all. It’s because some small stations are finding that their digital reception area is not as large as their analog area was.   Matthew Lasar at Ars Technica reports on the problem and explains what the FEDs will do to try to...