solarified
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join:2002-11-02
Delafield, WI
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I find this whole mess appalling. Why don't we auction off all spectrum, DC to white light to corporate America? What next generation app would possibly need these large blocks of spectrum. Don't forget that soon we will need to throw out our television sets soon to comply with other foolish legislation that has been shoved down our throats. We will all need to purchase new ones for ourselves and don't forget that we will also pay for the other less fortunate people to get converters / new ones as well via taxation. Someone explain how all of this is a good idea to anyone other than a greedy CEO.
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| said by solarified  :Don't forget that soon we will need to throw out out television sets soon to comply with other foolish legislation that has been shoved down our throats. We will all need to purchase new ones for ourselves and don't forget that we will also pay for the other less fortunate people to get converters / new ones as well via taxation. Someone explain how all of this is a good idea to anyone other than a greedy CEO. The greedier get greedier and the rest of us get the shaft. I refuse to buy a new TV until after February 2009 and even then I debating the merits of it. High Definition improves the picture quality but not the content! I have an HD card installed in my PC and it is great to see the clear crisp video but I am still "wanting" for something good to watch. I have a 21 year old 19" Sony that I will endeavor to keep alive until February 2009. Twelve years ago it blew the main voltage regulator chip and just last week the flyback transformer blew out with a nice puff of smoke. Total cost for me to fix the latest breakdown was $23 which is worth it to me to not have to buy a new TV yet. Plus it "sticks" it to the electronics industry which is more than happy to sell you a conventional TV that they know will be useless in a little over two years.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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They're only getting rid of the analog signal, which should have already been done. You won't need to buy a new TV unless you haven't bought one in the last 15 years. The only people who will be affected are those that aren't using cable boxes, or don't want to. The Analog signal wastes an incredible amount of resources, compared to digital counterparts that are already simulcast. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | reply to n2jtx
Just buy computer monitors. I think a 19in computer monitor is $200-$250 less than a 19in lcd tv.(Especially with recent deals)
No need to get a tuner built in, because you will end up using some kind of digital tuner anyways. |
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
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ATSC 'digital' TV uses the same "incredible amount of resources" (channel bandwidth) as analog, so how do you think eliminating analog will suddenly free up gobs of space? TV stations have to choose which channel they want to keep (their current analog or digital assignment) but those digital assignments were made inside the same bands as analog. It's not that there will be a great wide open frequency space suddenly appearing in 2009. The FCC will lift the freeze and just go back to granting more TV licenses.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by RadioDoc :ATSC 'digital' TV uses the same "incredible amount of resources" (channel bandwidth) as analog, so how do you think eliminating analog will suddenly free up gobs of space? TV stations have to choose which channel they want to keep (their current analog or digital assignment) but those digital assignments were made inside the same bands as analog. It's not that there will be a great wide open frequency space suddenly appearing in 2009. The FCC will lift the freeze and just go back to granting more TV licenses. Digital uses less per channel. Any free space provided from discontinuing the broadcast of Analogue (as in many places both are simulcast, as I stated) will probably just be used to broadcast more digital channels. They definitely have the ability to broadcast both, however. Comcast does it now, at least in the Northeast. |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| ATSC Digital Television uses the entire channel with less power than equivalent analog but that doesn't mean there is more room for anyone because of it. I can show you spectrum analyzer shots if you want.
Comcast's alleged "digital" channels are very much not the same thing. They compress the shit out of them to cram 12 streams into one 6 MHz channel space and they look like crap.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | They look better than the analog channels to me. |
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