Ask any 50- or 60-year-old to describe what their home television system looked like during their younger years and you’ll most likely get descriptions of large box-style televisions with dials that ...

Traditional cable television is rapidly becoming obsolete in today’s fast-paced digital world. The rising costs, limited channel options, and restrictive contracts make it increasingly clear that ...

Reduce, reuse and… smash that cable box? Over-the-air TV antenna maker Mohu is getting ready to sell a new antenna that’s taking cord cutting to the next level: The Mohu ReLeaf, which is scheduled to ...

You spent hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars on your big-screen TV, and every evening it forms the center of your home entertainment system. So shouldn’t you give it the best picture you can? If ...

In two months, television stations will switch off analog transmitters and broadcast only digital signals. To keep getting a television signal, people can purchase cable or satellite, buy a digital ...

I'm trying to understand how a coax antenna cable works.<BR><BR>My understanding so far is that, at its simplest, an antenna is a piece of wire that is just the right length to resonate at the desired ...

It's possible to get free, over-the-air television and that might be a great choice for would-be cord-cutters. Americans spend an average of $61.63 per month for cable services, according to the most ...

Mohu is releasing a new antenna this month, the ReLeaf, that's made from recycled set-top boxes. Apparently a pound of plastic from the old boxes can make up to 40 shells for the ReLeaf, the company ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

I have cable internet and am keeping it, but am cancelling the television portion of the service. I assume this means they will install a band-reject filter at the entry into my house. Does this mean ...

Retailers easily fill demand for DTV converter boxes for older analog TVs, but in New York City antennas are in short supply. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

An antenna is a television’s best friend. Even if you have cable or satellite service, it’s smart to add an antenna to the mix. Let me sing a song of praise to antennas that will tell you why. The ...