Mark Fleischmann

Having managed the transition of some of the nation's television broadcasters from analog to digital broadcasting in February, the Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned to set down rules for the remainder of the stations, which will complete the transition in June.

Do you rent movies on DVD or Blu-ray? Fox hates you. In an attempt to shift the current balance between rental and sale, the studio is beginning to strip bonus materials out of rental discs, reports CinemaBlend.com.

Of all the possible reactions to the DTV transition, the most extreme occurred a few weeks ago, when a man shot his TV set.

As a broadcast-basic cable subscriber, I'm entitled to receive unencrypted cable channels through my Sharp LCD HDTV's QAM tuner, including the HD-capable digital versions of the New York area's over-the-air stations. Imagine my dismay when the local Fox and CW affiliates abruptly disappeared from the digital channel lineup a couple of months ago. Going back to their wishy-washy 4:3 analog versions was downright painful.