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Uploaded by on Jun 12, 2009

At 12:00 PM on Jun 12, 2009; television station KABC-7 switched off it's analog terrestrial broadcast signal for the transition to digital broadcasting.

I set up my old Magnavox 13" TV again to catch the last few seconds of their analog signal before they went off air.

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  • the end of an era

  • They better not do this to radio stations. Its fun to hear stations from another area in a clear day. Some people in Orange County can hear radio stations from San Diego.

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  • So many people threw out there none cable ready tv sets, or sold them at yard sales for 5.00 . when all you have to do is hook it up to a vhs or dvd player with a remote and you get cable , and have a remote for a tv that had none. I have a endless supply or good working color portable's to last me. Most of them are 45 watts . And the picture quality is great . With prices from 2.00 to 5.00 i can afford to throw the ones out that stop working, but they havent stopped yet !

  • TV must go back to analog

  • it's like waitiong for the ball to drop on new years

  • It's called DXing and there's a whole subculture devoted to it, a little like shortwave or ham radio, or train aficionados. At night the airwaves used to light up with signals from all over North & South America.

  • if that's true AM will be AWESOME!

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    "5-channel surround sound" like in concerts (300 kbit /s stream), or 7 different programs per station. Therefore digital radio like digital television will give us a lot more variety.

  • They will.

    The UK is planning to turn-off analog radio in 2018 (tentative date), and I'm sure the U.S. will do the same.

    With pure digital FM stations can send 50channel surround sound, or upto 7 different channels per station.

    AM can send CD quality sound.

  • When I used to live in Pomona with a rooftop antenna I use to get tv reception all the way from San Diego. I use to see channel XETV Fox 6, XEWT 12 Televisa, KUSI 51, KSWB 5/69, and the San Diego CBS. I also use to get a couple of channels from Ventura and Santa Barbara.

    R.I.P. Analog TV.

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