When will the media explain the "digital" change over???

[Mels_Smileys45]

Im getting tired of this. I was trying to explain this to a person today who was saying he needs to hurry up and buy a "digital tv" before 2009! Good Lawd! Is this what they want people to think? Because thats what many folks have on their minds. I had a hard time trying to convince this person that his old TV would still be good and in fact I think he thinks Im the one who is stupid.

This is a cry to the media: PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS SHIT TO THE FUCKSTICKS BEFORE I GO POSTAL. Thanks

[mountain_rage]

Funny you should ask considering I just saw the first commercial about it today. Here is the website they are directing people to. The good thing in all this is if someone is dumb enough to think they need a new tv you could get a good deal on older tv's.

http://www.dtvanswers.com/

[DigitalJunkie]

At least for a while, they will still broadcast in both formats after Jan. or Feb., 2009. But, if his TV set can not receive digital broadcast then he still need to upgrade sooner or later!

The cheapest way is to get an digital receiver, if he does not want to spend much.

[Boomer The Dog]

The government is giving coupons toward digital TV converter boxes, so you'll never have to throw your analog TV away! The boxes take the digital signals and convert them into a regular TV signal.

They just got several dozen of the converters at Wal-woof-Mart in Heidelberg, and they look nice, with a remote and all. I ordered a box coupon last month, and when it comes I'm going right down and get a box.

This is the site: http://www.dtv2009.gov/

Hint: make sure to get 2 coupons even if you're only getting one box, because one won't cover the price of the box.

[Mels_Smileys45]

At least for a while, they will still broadcast in both formats after Jan. or Feb., 2009. But, if his TV set can not receive digital broadcast then he still need to upgrade sooner or later!

The cheapest way is to get an digital receiver, if he does not want to spend much.

DOH! Everyones TV should be able to recieve digi unless they bought it in 1980 or something! The only thing changing is that there will be no signals sent thru the air. Cable has been digi for a long time now. Does cable even send analog signals anymore????

The government is giving coupons toward digital TV converter boxes, so you'll never have to throw your analog TV away! The boxes take the digital signals and convert them into a regular TV signal.

What morons are gonna buy that shit? If youre getting cable, the box is FREE! That converter box is USELESS! If you get one and do not have cable, you get no TV signal. Thats the dumbest shit Ive seen in some time. DOes anyone still own a working TV with only an antenna input (2 screws on the back of the set)? UHF/VHF???? My GOD! This is worse than I thought!

[mfgbypooter]

the only thing changing is there will be no more over the air analog signals. there is over the air digital signals being simulcast right now.

digital tv tuners in televisions did not become standard until just a couple of years ago.

also in many rural areas there are still shitloads of people with nothing more for reception but aerial antennas on their rooftops.

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[Boomer The Dog]

Maybe they should take that 'No Child Left Inside' idea and change it so that Not One is Left Uninformed about digital TV.. :)

I also help friends and neighbors with their electronics, and I know several who don't have anything resembling a new TV in the house. Yup, screw terminals for their rabbit ears, or a roof antenna.

I think that lots of poor and older people haven't upgraded because a digital TV is expensive to them, they don't understand the concept, or they like their old TV. In fact, I have my mom's old TV, and since I watch video mostly on the computer. I don't use the TV much, but it's good for quick news if something is going down in the area, and friends like it when they come over, and I use it to preview DVDs to see how they look in analog, and if the 'safe zone' on the menu is okay. No cable.

I think that most customers are boneheaded about DTV, that's why you have to educate them so that they know what to buy or not. Maybe you could print up a flyer about it for customers to read, or suggest that one be printed, and put it at the service desk or something.

What I bark when people ask is: The stations they know are going digital, but they are still actually on the airwaves, it's just that they will be broadcasting only in a special part of the UHF band, and their analogue signals that your current TV can pick up will be going off of the air.

If you get a converter box, it will let you pick up the digital band, and play it through the TV you have now, so you get all of your stations back. That gives you time, to wait for new TV prices to come down, and time to decide on a digital TV when you want it.

[ratcat]

DOes anyone still own a working TV with only an antenna input (2 screws on the back of the set)? UHF/VHF????

Yep ! It lives out in the shed for when mates comes around to play pool watch the Football and drink ourselfs silly.

Our gov maded a big thing about it 3-4 years ago about you must have some kind of tech to receive DTV by 2008. Its 2008 and there is no fan fare about now.

It must be a backdoor agreement between the companies (broadcast and/or manufacture DTV stuff) and the current gov (back then) to force these issues on us (public) in turn to fund the campaign for re elections. That gov just got vote out 4 months ago.

[mfgbypooter]

actually the changeover was originally planned for 2006 but the cost was too prohibiting so the govt moved the date to 2009. we still have a year to go and with the publics short attention span announcing it too early with a big ad campaign will only be a waste.

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[Lord_of_the_Dense]

I just found this today. Sorry if it redundant.

Winners, losers in digital TV transition

[Mels_Smileys45]

No more free TV is so sad. What will happen to public television (PBS)?

[moon light]

oh,strange you did not use your favorite word "fuck" in this post looooooooooool

[Mels_Smileys45]

oh,strange you did not use your favorite word "fuck" in this post looooooooooool

Oh, Im fucking sorry 'bout that.



It may be my favorite word but if you put "Butt" in front of it then it reminds me of all your postings.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Touché, moon light. We stain your threads and now you have reciprocated.

[Potato]

I think staining "threads" is an understatement.



Some local station had (or is having) a special about the TV stuff.