{"id":2311,"date":"2009-01-17T21:45:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2009-01-17T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T02:45:29","slug":"hawaii-makes-the-dtv-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/01\/17\/hawaii-makes-the-dtv-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai’i Makes the DTV Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a bit surreal to see the DTV transition<\/a> come to pass, as I’ve spent much of my legal career dealing with the various factors delaying it.\u00c2\u00a0 In any event, it looks like it’s coming.\u00c2\u00a0 For real this time<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At noon sharp Thursday in Hawaii<\/span>, a message appeared on analog TV sets<\/span> across the islands: “All full-power Hawaii TV stations<\/span> are now digital.”<\/p>\n

The state shut down old-fashioned broadcast signals, more than a month before the rest of the country is set to make the now-contentious switch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was, of course, a surprise to people who can’t actually comprehend<\/a> what’s been flashing across their screens for months (if not years):<\/p>\n

“The calls we’re getting now are from those people who are waking up and saying, `Oh my God, what do I do?'” said Lyle Ishida, the FCC’s Hawaii digital TV project manager, just before the switch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I alternate between having some sympathy and outright mockery.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe the eldery lady down the block simply tunes out whenever see hears the word “digital”.\u00c2\u00a0 Her?\u00c2\u00a0 I want to help.\u00c2\u00a0 But for all these twits who won’t understand why their screens have gone snowy because they couldn’t comprehend the announcements between Judge Judy episodes?\u00c2\u00a0 They deserve a break from television.<\/p>\n

In any event, it’s here.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s coming.\u00c2\u00a0 A month from now.\u00c2\u00a0 For real this time.\u00c2\u00a0 The incoming administration may delay it a short bit (an ultimately pointless exercise, from a consumer’s point of view, I believe), but that television set in the spare bedroom will very soon need a new box to be useful.<\/p>\n

(And if that’s the set your grandmother or dad watches?\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe you should ask them if you can help.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a bit surreal to see the DTV transition come to pass, as I’ve spent much of my legal career dealing with the various factors delaying it.\u00c2\u00a0 In any event, it looks like it’s coming.\u00c2\u00a0 For real this time: At noon sharp Thursday in Hawaii, a message appeared on analog TV sets across the islands: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-law","category-tech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t