pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD |  Oh NOEZ!
According to some, we could see billions, possibly trillions, of innocent, completely unsuspecting people DIE SLOW PAINFUL DEATHS because they had no clue this was coming!
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NickD
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join:2000-11-17
Princeton Junction, NJ
clubs: | Obama promised change!
Not the same old analog TV. We want change...to digital TV! |
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Guy Incognito
@teksavvy.com
| Government shows how useless it is once again
I love how the FCC thinks it can order stations to keep broadcasting when it costs thousands of dollars a month in electricity to do so and it takes months to plan the removal of a tower.
Obama and his Democrat congress did not do America any favors by babysitting the incompetent who still haven't switched to digital, all they've done is make a miserable mess that the FCC and broadcasters have to try and clean up, typical government meddling. |
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MalibuMaxx
join:2007-02-06
Chesterton, IN | reply to NickD
Re: Obama promised change!
I said the same thing... but hes just like every other president... all lies!!!! |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | If we had kept the date intact
The transition would have been less confusing than it is now.
Even I'm confused about who's shutting off when, even though I work in the industry and I'm fairly tech savvy. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to pnh102
Re: Oh NOEZ!
said by pnh102  :According to some, we could see billions, possibly trillions, of innocent, completely unsuspecting people DIE SLOW PAINFUL DEATHS because they had no clue this was coming! Alarmist are we? 
Actually, just proves that even with the deadline, a lot of stations weren't *really* ready like everyone thought they were. So all the nay sayers about all those *other* people who will never be ready no matter what, turns out the stations were the same way.
Where I live, all the major stations didn't bother with the switch over, surprising it was the little "UHF" stations that were quicker to change over than them, go figure 
Enjoy your DTV or what few stations have switched. Last I checked with all of those *other* people, a lot of outlining areas can't pick up the *new* stations that switched last night, too bad I guess. 
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andrew82
join:2003-12-12
Fall Branch, TN
 ·Charter Pipeline
| reply to Eat Me
Re: If we had kept the date intact
Well I think no matter what if you have nearly 3 years to prepare for the transition and you don't then it's your own fault. Honestly, who can't save up 50 bucks over that amount of time to buy a converter box??? I think the mandatory date should have never been changed. It's just simply stupid. I'm barely making it financially but can afford cable because I'm not a cheapskate. Get real America its 2009!!!!! |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs:
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 ·Vonage
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
·Mediacom
| reply to MalibuMaxx
Re: Obama promised change!
said by MalibuMaxx :I said the same thing... but hes just like every other president... all lies!!!! uh. its tv. who gives a crap if it is analog or digital. i think this should be wayyyyyyyyyyy down on the presidents todo list. if it should even be on it at all.
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs:  | reply to NickD
What is this digital TV that everybody keeps talking to? |
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Varlik
Without Honor You Will Never Be Free
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join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC | Just waiting for the lawsuits.
COME ON! You just know that there will be at least one. |
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andrew82
join:2003-12-12
Fall Branch, TN | And if their is, I hope they get put in their place.... shear stupidity. |
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scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC
| reply to knightmb
Re: Oh NOEZ!
The STATIONS ARE ready. It's Joe Sixpack consumer who doesn't realize that just about all (but not 100%) broadcasters have been broadcasting a digital as well as analog signal for the past couple years.
Even at that , as a nation we are over 95% ready (between cable/satellite and digital TVs / converter boxes) - the original legislation only required 85% for a particular market to go.
And it's NOT the over 55 crowd that's holding this up - it's 18-30 crowd who are least prepared.
Let's just require all FOX stations to power down analog on "American Idol" night and we'll see how fast that crowd will get ready.... |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| yeah yeah yeah
Shit or get off the pot with this already. You keep pushing it up, it's going to be the same result. So why wait? The government will never be able to keep up with the converter program, you still have nubs who can afford cable or satellite but are too cheap to get that or a converter box, you still have the elderly who don't understand, you still do have the poor who can't afford cable, satellite, and will somehow get screwed out of getting a converter box. So get on with it already or forget about it. You're never going to achieve 100% preparedness.
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scooper
join:2000-07-11
Youngsville, NC | reply to Varlik
Re: Just waiting for the lawsuits.
And how fast will it be thrown out ? - (snapping fingers) |
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CUBS_FAN
Next Year Again..
join:2005-04-28
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
·Vonage
| The end of an era..
*SNIF* *SNIF* I'm really going to miss the days when the conditions were right to pick up the broadcasts from Milwaukee. With digital it's either clear or nothing. No more weak signals to try tuning in. I used to have fun trying to improve the reception on those hard to reach stations that I had to tighten the screws on the rabbit ears because they became so loose and wouldn't stay upright from all the adjusting. |
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to knightmb
Re: Oh NOEZ!
said by knightmb :Where I live, all the major stations didn't bother with the switch over, surprising it was the little "UHF" stations that were quicker to change over than them, go figure Almost all stations except those forced to flash-cut on their existing analog channel have been broadcasting a digital signal for months...some for years...now. This is not so much a switchover than a discontinuance of redundant transmission.
Those little UHF stations probably could not afford the cost of running their 100 KW+ transmitters past today and shut them off as planned (and budgeted).
Very few stations aren't ready to go. The major network O&Os, though, decided to wait until June 12. That was a corporate decision not necessarily supported by local management or engineering.
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DataDoc
My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.
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join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
·Suddenlink
| reply to exocet_cm
Re: Obama promised change!
said by exocet_cm :What is this digital TV that everybody keeps talking to? I hear you must be "Old / senile / and incompetent" to ask that question. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| Not Quite Correct
The assumption that 36% stations have made the transition is not quite correct. I know of at least one station here on Long Island that shutdown in December 2005 but has not completed the transition. WLNY-TV channel 55 received permission to shutdown early so that Qualcomm could use the channel for their MediaFlo service. They became a DTV only station on RF channel 57. Only problem is that is not their permanent home as channels above 51 are going away. Meanwhile they are running at extremely low power until their permanent home, RF channel 47, becomes available when Spanish broadcaster WNJU-TV shuts down in June. I believe WSAH-DT in Connecticut is in a similar boat waiting for their home channel to become available (could be wrong on this one).
So any DTV only station currently transmitting on channels above 51 will be migrating again.
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs: | reply to DataDoc
Re: Obama promised change!
I must fall into one of those three categories  |
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