i'm not normally much for handy little hints, but we upgraded our analogue tv with a 'set-top' box to pick up digital TV.
didn't expect too much, but there are some nice features
one, thats good having young kids, is the option of subtitles / captions on all the kids programs
so suddenly TV watching can be more closely linked to text learning - reading along with the dialogue etc ...
my son is a pretty fair reader and he likes it; turns captions on himself - can't tell how often he reads them, but it can't hurt; and does open up a lot more potential reading time
so - the idea of turning on the captions for primary age kids, is my first handy hint
(digital jazz radio, and multiple ABC channels for kids, program guides, are the other good bits)