So, after my failure with Richmond Sports Blog I thought I’d like to do something a bit more focused. Since other people are already covering VCU Basketball well(VCU Ram Nation, RVANews Sports) the other sports team I’m really interested in is the Kickers. Does anyone want to do a blog covering the Kickers with me? I’d love to do stuff like VCU Ram Nation is doing with liveblogging, video interviews and a podcast. Leave me a comment if you are interested. I’ll also be at the Kickers Indoor game tomorrow if you want to discuss it then.
DTV in Richmond 3
Posted by Daniel
on December 01, 2008
This post if for those 2-3 non-cable/fios/direct-tv/etc subscribers in Richmond who read blogs. I used our FCC coupon this morning to get a DTV converter box(a GE unit that seems nice so far). If you just have broadcast TV then you’ll need to get one before February 17th when the old analog signals go dead. Here are my first impressions:
- The picture quality is quite a bit better!
- There is basic channel guide capabilities per channel. You can see what’s on next.
- I wish the remote for the DTV box also turned off and on our TV.
- CBS 6, WRIC8(ABC), NBC12, Fox 35 and CW65 All come in very clear, as does WCVE.
- There are some extra channels. 6 and 12 both have weather channels(6.2 and 12.2). WCVE(PBS station) has 3 channels(23.1, 23.2, 23.3) all with what looks like real programming.
- Missing from our channel lineup now are those 24 hour preaching channels. They won’t be missed here.
All in all I’m pretty impressed with the upgrade in quality and the couple of new features. Nothing earth-shattering, but will make our limited TV watching a little nicer.
