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Washington, February 18, 2009 The only TV season of the sci-fi cult series Star Trek will be released for the first time on Blu-ray high-def disc on April 28, according to Reuters. The release from Paramount Studios is designed to coincide with the theatrical premiere of the new Star Trek movie on May Four days after the new movie opens, Paramount will also release two Blu-ray boxed sets of films based on the Star Trek series the Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection and the Star Trek Motion Picture Trilogy. The Blu-ray edition of the Star Trek series, which will be remastered for high-def video and sound, could help trigger sales of Blu-ray players and discs, particularly among young sci-fi enthusiasts who own PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Reuters reports that the disc will include all 29 episodes from the 1966-1967 season and it will permit viewers to toggle between the original broadcast version and the enhanced Blu-ray edition which will include enhanced visual effects. The wire service also writes that the Blu-ray disc will include several extras including the original previews for each episode. Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 04:46 AM The stations are switching prior to the mandatory date. Washington, February 17, 2009 The FCC said yesterday that 421 local TV stations today will switch to all-digital signals although the federal government has postponed the mandatory transition date to June That s according to an article by Broadcasting Cable Magazine. President Obama last week signed into law a bill that moves the mandatory Digital TV switch date from today to June But the FCC permitted some local TV stations to switch early. B C reports that roughly 36 percent of local stations will have gone all-digital today; approximately 220 stations had already made the switch to digital signals. Some analysts have opined that the early switch will confuse consumers who were just told that the transition date had been moved to June. Nielsen estimates that approximately 6-7 million homes have not prepared for the transition by purchasing a digital converter box, a Digital TV or signing up for a pay TV service. Responding to a possible fallout from the early switch to digital, the FCC has expanded its DTV Help Line call center and it has sent staffers to 72 markets where local stations are switching early. This is not just about whether people can watch their favorite reality show, said acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps, according to B C. It s about whether consumers have access to vital emergency alerts, weather, news and public affairs. Monday, February 16, 2009, 02:39 PM The high-def set is still not a household staple in the United States. How come? Washington, February 16, 2009 High-Definition TV is an unqualified success with a majority of homes tuning in a high-def program every night. More than a decade after its launch, HDTV has yet to become a household staple in the, on par with such products as the microwave, cordless phone, mobile phone or even the DVD player. Estimates vary, but most studies show that the HDTV is in ca heo cuu nguoi about a third of homes. Even worse, Nielsen reported last December that only 2 percent of households have the high-def tuners that are necessary to watch high-def programming. Although that number has climbed from roughly 13 percent from a year ago, it s remarkable that so relatively few Americans are watching High-Definition programming. If ca heo cuu nguoi listened to industry and cultural analysts, you would think that HDTV was everywhere. Not everyone is watching HDTV. But with the deepening global recession, it s possible that HDTV will not reach a majority of households in the next 5-10 years, or maybe ever. Despite dropping prices, most high-def sets are still cost prohibitive for most Americans. While you can buy a small-screen HDTV now for under 500, the sets that make people drool that make them run to the store are still close to 1, 000 or more. Even before the recession, that was too much for budget-conscious Americans. During the recession, it s an unthinkable luxury. Despite the upcoming Digital TV transition assuming it is upcoming, millions of Americans still own older, non-HD analog sets. They spent good ca heo cuu nguoi for them and they still work so why update them? Or, at least, that s the view of the analog TV owner. It s a lot cheaper to get a 50 digital converter box which allows digital signals to display on the analog set than it is to buy a high-def set. And it s also cheaper to buy a non-HD Digital TV set for 200-300 than it is to throw down the mortgage money on a high-def one. Cable and satellite providers and the telcos still surprisingly do little to educate consumers that if they have a high-def set, they need a high-def tuner to watch HD programming. Roughly one-third of HDTV owners fall in this category. They seem to think that high-def owners have figured it out. And TV manufacturers and CE retailers do next to nothing to help out. Their view: They ve sold the set so why spend their time and money ensuring that people use it to its fullest? However, that s a myopic view. If more people had high-def tuners, that would be more people out there in the marketplace spreading the word about HD s wonderful picture and sound. And that would lead to more people buying high-def sets.