Comments on: Digital TV transition delay http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ursela http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268/comment-page-1#comment-961379 Ursela Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:08:47 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268#comment-961379 For crying out loud. It's just TV. It's not refrigerators or something else that's necessary. Check a book out of the library. Dust off a board game. For crying out loud. It’s just TV. It’s not refrigerators or something else that’s necessary. Check a book out of the library. Dust off a board game.

]]> By: Netizen19380 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268/comment-page-1#comment-959104 Netizen19380 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:36:19 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268#comment-959104 Delaying the transition to digital broadcasting for major stations from February 17 to June 12th, 2009 is ridiculous. Listen, the U.S. has tried to cut over to digital broadcasting (and also usher in High Defginition TV along the way, too) for more than a decade. The February 17th date is actually the third major attempt at a switchover; and it looked as if it was going as well as possible. The hardware is actually available in the marketplace, the service providers are ready to go, content is being produced/distribuuted digitally and with High Definition in mind, the awareness campaigns and government subsides were rolling, and pilot programs were conducted. So, another four months is not going to help those people who are already unprepared; these types of folks would be unprepared no matter what a date might be. The House and Senate should just let the February 17th date stand, and let local stations and service providers mitigate any small percentage of problem veiwership afterward. Delaying the transition to digital broadcasting for major stations from February 17 to June 12th, 2009 is ridiculous. Listen, the U.S. has tried to cut over to digital broadcasting (and also usher in High Defginition TV along the way, too) for more than a decade.

The February 17th date is actually the third major attempt at a switchover; and it looked as if it was going as well as possible. The hardware is actually available in the marketplace, the service providers are ready to go, content is being produced/distribuuted digitally and with High Definition in mind, the awareness campaigns and government subsides were rolling, and pilot programs were conducted.

So, another four months is not going to help those people who are already unprepared; these types of folks would be unprepared no matter what a date might be. The House and Senate should just let the February 17th date stand, and let local stations and service providers mitigate any small percentage of problem veiwership afterward.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268/comment-page-1#comment-949007 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18268#comment-949007 While it gives my VCRs a few more months of life so go ahead, heck wait till 2011. I havn't been able to find a good ATSC recorder here, and few electronic stores in the cold north even recognize what a converter box is. Best Price $100, hopefully one of the higher end boxes and not a rippoff. One store "promises" of $60 (But I'd never believe said store anyways, the other 1/2 of the employees will tell you they aren't getting them) While it gives my VCRs a few more months of life so go ahead, heck wait till 2011. I havn’t been able to find a good ATSC recorder here, and few electronic stores in the cold north even recognize what a converter box is. Best Price $100, hopefully one of the higher end boxes and not a rippoff. One store “promises” of $60 (But I’d never believe said store anyways, the other 1/2 of the employees will tell you they aren’t getting them)

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