It will be interesting to hear the wailing from the TV broadcast industry
and its advertisers after a huge audience is eliminated by forcing the
insane HDTV nonsense down our throats in 2009.

I for one am telling every advertiser I do business with that I will not see
any of their ads after that date.

Jeez, Louise...hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure, the ****tiest
economy in my life, $4 for a lousy gallon of gas, a trip to the grocery
store is a painfully expensive process and every one I know has been layed
off.

AND THESE PRICKS THINK WE'RE GOING TO RUSH OUT A BUY EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE
THEIR ASSININE DIGITAL SYSTEM?

The ones to blame are those in Washington but equally culpable are the
sycophants in the TV industry to sat by and allowed it to happen.

I'm glad I'm not spending any money on TV advertising that few people will
see after 2009. Besides, there are so few creative writers left in the
industry that TV has had to rely on this insipid "reality" shows. Yawn.

Dude if you have cable or satellite TV you don't need a digital converter.
It's only $49.00 and the government gives you a rebate or something.

I think by now most people have one of the above services. That old roof top
antenna delivers just a few stations anyway.

wrote:

Dude if you have cable or satellite TV you don't need a digital converter.
It's only $49.00 and the government gives you a rebate or something.

I think by now most people have one of the above services. That old roof top
antenna delivers just a few stations anyway.

I've thought about getting a digital converter. I rarely ever have the TV on,
especially in the summer, but do enjoy it from time to time during the Michigan
winter!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

H-m-m-m...

a $50 converter for each TV or...

groceries. What a tough call to make, Dude.


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Dude if you have cable or satellite TV you don't need a digital converter.
It's only $49.00 and the government gives you a rebate or something.

I think by now most people have one of the above services. That old roof
top
antenna delivers just a few stations anyway.

Smokey wrote:

H-m-m-m...

a $50 converter for each TV or...

groceries. What a tough call to make, Dude.

And yet, they'll pay it. I've heard hundreds of stories about the "poor" who are
out buying the latest and biggest TV sets. Gimme a break, for a lot of those
folks, TV is the #1 priority.

dxAce wrote:

Smokey wrote:

H-m-m-m...

a $50 converter for each TV or...

groceries. What a tough call to make, Dude.

And yet, they'll pay it. I've heard hundreds of stories about the "poor" who are
out buying the latest and biggest TV sets. Gimme a break, for a lot of those
folks, TV is the #1 priority.




In the US, the poverty level is defined such that many of 'the poor'
own homes, cars, have air conditioning, and not one, but two color TV's.

The 'poor' in this country, do not live in tribal conditions in the
veldt.

I'm always amused when looking for garage sales on the weekend, to
drive through low end neighborhoods, and count the number of highly
accessorized high end cars and SUV's in front of tiny boxes that haven't
been painted in this decade. And then drive through higher end
neighborhoods and count the number of Chevy Cavaliers in front of
McMansions.

People live according to their priorities. And they often define
quality living by the number of toys.

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Smokey wrote:

H-m-m-m...

a $50 converter for each TV or...

groceries. What a tough call to make, Dude.

And yet, they'll pay it. I've heard hundreds of stories about the "poor" who are
out buying the latest and biggest TV sets. Gimme a break, for a lot of those
folks, TV is the #1 priority.



In the US, the poverty level is defined such that many of 'the poor'
own homes, cars, have air conditioning, and not one, but two color TV's.

The 'poor' in this country, do not live in tribal conditions in the
veldt.

I'm always amused when looking for garage sales on the weekend, to
drive through low end neighborhoods, and count the number of highly
accessorized high end cars and SUV's in front of tiny boxes that haven't
been painted in this decade. And then drive through higher end
neighborhoods and count the number of Chevy Cavaliers in front of
McMansions.

People live according to their priorities. And they often define
quality living by the number of toys.

I like my 1977 Buick LeSabre.. still under 100,000 miles!

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Dude if you have cable or satellite TV you don't need a digital converter.
It's only $49.00 and the government gives you a rebate or something.

I think by now most people have one of the above services. That old roof top
antenna delivers just a few stations anyway.



I've got a rooftop, and I get nearly 40 ATSC stations at the home
base her in Lake County.

On Jul 30, 5:34 am, "Smokey" wrote:
It will be interesting to hear the wailing from the TV broadcast industry
and its advertisers after a huge audience is eliminated by forcing the
insane HDTV nonsense down our throats in 2009.

I for one am telling every advertiser I do business with that I will not see
any of their ads after that date.

Jeez, Louise...hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure, the ****tiest
economy in my life, $4 for a lousy gallon of gas, a trip to the grocery
store is a painfully expensive process and every one I know has been layed
off.

AND THESE PRICKS THINK WE'RE GOING TO RUSH OUT A BUY EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE
THEIR ASSININE DIGITAL SYSTEM?

The ones to blame are those in Washington but equally culpable are the
sycophants in the TV industry to sat by and allowed it to happen.

I'm glad I'm not spending any money on TV advertising that few people will
see after 2009. Besides, there are so few creative writers left in the
industry that TV has had to rely on this insipid "reality" shows. Yawn.

Converter boxes begin at under $50 and the government will give you
two $40 coupons, each coupon good for one box. The added channels you
get is worth a lot more than the ten bucks. I see you can afford a
computer and internet service, so what are you crying about?

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On Jul 30, 5:34 am, "Smokey" wrote:
It will be interesting to hear the wailing from the TV broadcast industry
and its advertisers after a huge audience is eliminated by forcing the
insane HDTV nonsense down our throats in 2009.

I for one am telling every advertiser I do business with that I will not
see
any of their ads after that date.

Jeez, Louise...hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure, the
****tiest
economy in my life, $4 for a lousy gallon of gas, a trip to the grocery
store is a painfully expensive process and every one I know has been
layed
off.

AND THESE PRICKS THINK WE'RE GOING TO RUSH OUT A BUY EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE
THEIR ASSININE DIGITAL SYSTEM?

The ones to blame are those in Washington but equally culpable are the
sycophants in the TV industry to sat by and allowed it to happen.

I'm glad I'm not spending any money on TV advertising that few people
will
see after 2009. Besides, there are so few creative writers left in the
industry that TV has had to rely on this insipid "reality" shows. Yawn.

Converter boxes begin at under $50 and the government will give you
two $40 coupons, each coupon good for one box. The added channels you
get is worth a lot more than the ten bucks. I see you can afford a
computer and internet service, so what are you crying about?

The people he's referring to mostly do not have computers, internet service,
cable TV.. they are people that live outside of urban areas that typically
have very poor analog TV reception (gads, I've lived in so many of those
places...) and will not be able to receive digital signals with or without a
box. There are millions of these people out there that will simply lose
their (admittedly marginal) TV reception altogether.

Of course there are also a lot of little old ladies, etc. that can't afford
cable that live in the cities, and will not buy the boxes, either (many are
technophobes that can barely operate their analog sets... many still with
old rotary tuners). The analog switch-off will indeed disenfranchise a
large number of people across the country. But then, the stations don't
care, because their advertisers don't care.. these are not the people being
marketed to..