For billso.com readers who live in Hawaii and use television antennas for their reception, today (Monday, 15 December 2008) is a great opportunity to test your televisions for the upcoming digital conversion. Just tune into channel 9 between 4:30 am and 10:30 pm.
If a crawl appears on the bottom of your screen, you’ll need to get a converter box, or subscribe to cable or satellite service. If you already have cable or satellite service and you see that warning crawl, you may need a replacement converter box from your television provider.
While most of the mainland’s broadcasters will switch to DTV on 17 February 2009, almost all of the state of Hawaii will switch on 15 January 2009. Viewers on Kauai will continue to receive analog broadcasts from the low-power stations on their island, with a digital conversion scheduled at a later date.
See KGMB9 to begin digital TV testing on Monday in the Honolulu Advertiser for more information.
Related posts and pages on billso.com
- Digital television
- 31 May 2008: Advertisers worried about digital television conversion
- 16 May 2008: Want to test your digital television in Hawaii?
- 25 March 2008: Digital TV is coming
- 18 January 2008: Digital TV and business models
- 12 November 2007: I want a better television - but it’s not ready yet
- 12 September 2007: The Google Phone and the iPhone – both looking for software and spectrum
- 5 July 2004: San Diego Padres promote HDTV
