Ofcom has estimated that up to 900, 000 homes could experience interference with their TV signal.
Now receiving a TV signal without a cable or satellite hooked up to it has become almost impossible.
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They found that it was possible to transmit text information in the "spare lines" transmitted on the analogue TV signal.
Jurors at the federal courthouse watched a closed-circuit TV signal of the testimony, with extraordinary security measures in place to prevent electronic interceptions.
The analogue TV signal in Northern Ireland will be turned off permanently on Tuesday night, completing the final stage of the UK digital switchover.
So the only thing harder than getting a TV signal with your old rabbit ears may be finding someone to blame when you can't.
Each will receive the same TV signal but at a slightly different time because of the reflections and interactions with aircraft flying in their vicinity.
Based on that premise, the company built out data centers with small antennas that could capture TV signal off the air and redistribute them over the internet.
The HDHomeRun PRIME device sends the TV signal straight to the HDHomeRun PRIME App, so there is no need for the user to turn on a computer.
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If you rely on a TV antenna to receive your TV signal please note: Congress has passed legislation requiring "analog" TV broadcasting to end on February 17, 2009.
Consumers have the right to receive a broadcast TV signal on any device they choose (originally just a TV) and by extension, record programs for their own personal use.
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"He was calling the people on the bench in between points to find out because they cut the TV signal in the hotel he is staying at, " Lopez revealed.
DVB-H, which has been adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as the standard for mobile TV services in Europe, works by beaming a signal to a digital TV receiver, attached to phones.
Currently, Fox sends its signal to TV stations across the country, including 27 that it owns directly.
Ours is on a rack too shallow and low to accommodate a laser printer, and placed out of the way to minimize interference with the signal from TV sets, cordless phones and microwave ovens.
The device "learns" the infrared signal from the TV remote and switches off the entire bank of plugs when the standby button on the remote is pressed.
In turn the WACI emits the IR signal to the TV through one of my IR Emitters, just as if I had pressed the button on the remote.
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The prototype white-space devices used in trials had little trouble sensing occupied TV channels, typically picking them up at signal strengths less than a thousandth of that needed to display an image on a TV screen.
Fox owns 27 TV stations that thrive on the signal of Fox or its sister network, MyNetworkTV.
Paul Murphy installs TV systems for a firm called Signal Surgery in Reading.
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But without a digital TV tuner, or a cable or satellite set-top box that can convert a digital signal, consumers won't get any TV at all by 2009.
Consumers will need a digital TV or a converter box to get that signal.
In a demo room and my living room, this digital projector produced stunning results from HDTV and DVD, and surprisingly good pictures from standard TV, thanks to an excellent lens and advanced signal processing.
The signal from the electrodes would be processed by the electronic circuitry and converted into an infrared signal, similar to that used in a TV remote control.
This, in the end, may be the reason Google is letting go (and could also signal that Cisco will soon sell its own TV set top box unit) as Asian competitors may be turning set top boxes into commodities.
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While most people get Fox through a pay TV provider anyway, millions of other Americans rely on the free signal coming over their own antennas.
For such wireless networks, Google has publicly supported the possibility of using small, inexpensive cellular devices, called "micro cells" that would be located at the access points and would harness the TV airwaves to broadcast the equivalent of a 3G or 4G wireless signal for devices within a quarter-mile radius.
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And about 40% more will be able to view the digital signal through a digital cable or satellite set-top box on an analog TV they already own.
Other TV functions built into the device creating a one of a kind viewing experience include real-time signal strength display, on-screen program information display and digital closed captioning.
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