Last Day of Analog TV Broadcasting - June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009 is a day that will be a timeless mark on the calendar for the Audio Visual nerds (like myself) of America. This was the last day the analog broadcast signal (standard antenna) was transmitted to homes across America. At midnight of June 13th, the analog broadcast age came to an end (RIP lol, think about it, over half a century of television was broadcasted like this) and now all TV signals are broadcasted digitally using a converter box or DTV set. This video is of my friend Steve Holy and me in front of one of my TVs that I didn't hitch up with a converter box, for the sole purpose of filming when the original broadcast signal went black! To the average person this may be irrelevant, but for me it was pretty damn epic! To think, my generation can grow old and someday say "When I was a kid, TV shows were broadcasted with antennas, not digitally"

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• Bryan
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• Antenna
• Television
• June
• 12
• 2009
• Signal
• Black
• AV
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• Nerd
• Transmisson

[TeffDogg]

Good work! One small correction though: digital TV still uses antennas. If you don't have cable or satellite, you need to plug an antenna into your digital TV or your converter box to pick up the digital signal.

[Elviskid90]

Good point, I simply meant it for the analog signal in itself, but thanks for posting a comment on the video! Pretty historical event!

[ThatPokemonIdiot]

ROFL. That was the funniest happy cheer I've ever seen lol.

[briandigital1]

Awesome video i will probably be like that when they switch off analogue in Australia!!

[man0manfredhead]

the antena makes no difference Teffdog its the end of analoge, not digital, two different things! historical event, an u were histerical

[Munnchkin15]

btw this is alejandra Carl sandburgs munchkin

[Munnchkin15]

omg you steve bill don't want to be mean but OMG YOU GUYS ARE DORKS!!! and it makes me a dork for knowin you so im kool with this

[NuttyButtuski]

that was the funniest shit nice p.s. when r we making that movie.

[xBlackRomancex]

Well.....I still have channel two and four (cbs and nbc) i have no idea why. I have no converter box and no cable and no satelite. so well i can't celebrate like youse until those damn channels disappear.