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DIGITAL TV IS COMING & YOU WON'T BE LEFT BEHIND!
Read on to make sure you're ready.
Television as we know it is about to change...

...soon to be with better picture, better sound, and more channels. By law, all broadcast TV has to be digital by 2009. WFSU is already broadcasting digitally, but some TVs need an upgrade. WFSU wants to help prepare you for the transition to digital television. WFSU's digital channels are free over the air without a monthly subscription fee.

If you would like to speak to someone at WFSU, we would be happy to help you. You can reach us at: 850.487.3170 ext. 316 or outside the local calling area: 1.800.322.WFSU (9378) ext.316.

Don't take a chance on losing your signals in 2009 -- read on for more information.

HOW TO WATCH WFSU DIGITAL TV
WFSU-DTV & HD are Free Broadcasts

WFSU's digital channels are free over-the-air without a monthly subscription fee to cable or satellite customers. Over the air, you can see WFSU-HD
on (32.1) WFSU-The Florida Channel (32.2), WFSU-Create (32.3)
and Florida Knowledge Network (32.4). You can see WFSU in Tallahassee, Quincy, and Wakulla County on Comcast digital cable channels 440, 201, 202, and 203.
In Thomasville, Georgia, you can view WFSU HD on CNS cable channel 501 and Mediacom cable channel 811.

In Panama City, you can watch WFSG on Comcast digital cable
Channels 240, 241, 242 and 243 and on Knology digital
Cable Channels 904, 117, 118 and 119.

With a digital television receiver, you can access our four WFSU channels, including programming in spectacular high definition. You can watch our new channels on your current TV with an optional DTV set top converter box, and an antenna. . Watching WFSU on a new digital TV and an antenna will give you the highest quality possible- and it's free!

All HD is DTV but not all DTV is HD

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood aspects of Digital TV is that not all DTV is HD. The terms DTV and HDTV seem to have become synonymous. They are not.

A trip you your local big box store will demonstrate this. There are several TV models now offered that have 4 x 3 aspect ratio screens and resolutions of 480 lines. They have digital tuners and can receive the over-the-air and cable digital broadcasts. They are indeed Digital Televisions, but they can not display High Definition Television.

Recently an "expert" on a local TV channel opined that "in 2009, all US television broadcasts will be in HD and all TV sets must have an HD Tuner." This is not correct. The FCC has no regulations whatsoever about broadcasting in HD. In the future it may be that all TV is in HD but for now there are various "flavors" of DTV.

Like all local stations, WFSU broadcasts some but not all programs in HD. We hope you are watching these beautiful HD pictures with surround sound and that, should you have questions about digital TV, you will contact us.

THREE WAYS TO RECEIVE WFSU DIGITALLY
set-up 1

OPTION 1:
Use a new digital tuner (converter box) with your old TV and antenna

  • Better picture
  • All the digital channels
  • View HD programs but at lower than HD quality
  • No monthly subscription fee
  • Necessary for older analog TV sets beginning February 17th, 2009
set-up 2

OPTION 2:
Use a new Digital TV (with built-in digital tuner) and your old antenna

  • Much better picture and sound
  • All digital channels
  • HD programs at full HD quality
  • New widescreen format
  • No monthly subscription fee
set-up 3

OPTION 3:
Use a new or old TV with a digital subscription to a program provider (cable or satellite)

  • Requires subscription fee to cable or satellite service provider
  • Complete access to WFSU digital channels may depend on your provider and subscription choices.
  • Contact your local cable or satellite provider and ask about WFSU/WFSG in HD and if they provide all four of our digital signals.

Find WFSU on your cable network.