NVRC News, March 10, 2008
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FCC Videos and Podcasts on the DTV Transition
Three videos and a podcast about the digital TV transition are now
available from the Federal Communications Commission:
– DTV is coming. Are you ready? (Podcast, Video)
– Why are we going through the digital transition? (Video)
– What you need to know about the DTV Transition in American Sign
Language (Video)
You can find them at http://www.dtv.gov/video_podcasts.html
All of the videos are captioned, but we haven’t checked the podcast.
The video in American Sign Language runs for 16 minutes and 43
seconds.
It includes the following:
* Background on why there is a transition to digital TV
* The difference between digital television and HDTV
* What you need to do (options)
* The digital TV converter box program
* What to do if you have a problem with viewing the captions
* Examples of some captioning problems you might have, and what to do
about them
To view the videos, you will need Real Player. If it is not already
installed on your computer, click on the video you want to view and
you will get a link to a free download of Real Player. It took a
minute or
two for NVRC to download Real Player and then four to five more
minutes to download the ASL video.
Toward the end of the ASL video, it says that if you have problems
getting your digital TV/captioning problems solved, there are two
toll free phone numbers you can call for the FCC Consumer Call
Center:
1-888-225-5322 Voice
1-888-835-5222 TTY
We provide these numbers because it was very difficult to freeze the
frame in order to write them down; it took us several tries.
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