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Senate Agrees to Delay Digital Transition; Vote Expected Next Week
- Thread starter robmadden1
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Good grief! Let it happen. If it is delayed, come May or June, they'll probably be seeking yet another postponement.
Let the Nanny State begin.....
This is an ingenious plan by our gubmint. It allows the individual stations to drop analog and go full digital by the original date of June 2009 instead of a gubmint mandate of Feb. That way, when the stations go digital they will receive the heat of unprepared viewers and not the Congress.
We've got a real professional group of incompetents up there on The Hill. And their best function is passing the buck.
We've got a real professional group of incompetents up there on The Hill. And their best function is passing the buck.
Landtuna, you're right.
The best thing Congress is good at is protecting their own image and keeping their feet wrapped around the political ladders so they don't get kicked off. Nothing else matters to them. It's all just about image-building and image-protection for them.
Despicable, again.
The best thing Congress is good at is protecting their own image and keeping their feet wrapped around the political ladders so they don't get kicked off. Nothing else matters to them. It's all just about image-building and image-protection for them.
Despicable, again.
The last time I read the USA Today, Congress had an approval rating in the low teens. Apparently they're not even so good at that.quadraphonic said:
Well this isnt surprising,
We are in a MERCURY RETROGRADE right now and delays are to be expected IN ALL AREAS.....
Whats funny is: THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MERCURY RETROGRADE IN MAY!! (Will it be delayed again??) (Fully returning on June 14th)
I think what it really is,is that they dont wanna do this and are too afraid to admit it.....
We are in a MERCURY RETROGRADE right now and delays are to be expected IN ALL AREAS.....
Whats funny is: THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MERCURY RETROGRADE IN MAY!! (Will it be delayed again??) (Fully returning on June 14th)
I think what it really is,is that they dont wanna do this and are too afraid to admit it.....
Oh get on with it all ready! There are some knuckledraggers that are too thick to reach and delay after delay isn't going to save them. They are a lost cause. Stations should flash cut to digital on Feb 17th if they are poised to do so. With the economy in the toilet as it is the last thing broadcasters want is to continue to transmit their analog signal even longer. It's now an unnecessary expense to have to float because Cleatus and Zeke didn't get their "picture box" in order.
In L.A. every station is ready to go digital including our cheapo independent KDOC whose form of revolutionary programming is Perry Mason and Quincy reruns. Also, it's not like we are buried shoulder deep in snow. The only advantage for the date push are those living in winter severe climates but otherwise I'm ticked that all these millions of dollars in awareness ads has been for naught. That alone should tick off all of us taxpayers
I suppose the push from the original cut-off date back in Summer of 1999 was all GWB's fault too? :
He screwed it up without having been elected yet. That's an incredible feat.
Our Congress is absolutely useless from top to bottom. Vote them all out. Send them a clear message.
In L.A. every station is ready to go digital including our cheapo independent KDOC whose form of revolutionary programming is Perry Mason and Quincy reruns. Also, it's not like we are buried shoulder deep in snow. The only advantage for the date push are those living in winter severe climates but otherwise I'm ticked that all these millions of dollars in awareness ads has been for naught. That alone should tick off all of us taxpayers
I suppose the push from the original cut-off date back in Summer of 1999 was all GWB's fault too? :
He screwed it up without having been elected yet. That's an incredible feat.Our Congress is absolutely useless from top to bottom. Vote them all out. Send them a clear message.
Everybody in Hartford/New Haven has their digital signals on now. Our CW and ION affiliates will switch to their existing analog channels...whenever that day occurs now. As for this market, this article (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/34569) claims that Hartford/New Haven is the most prepared market in the nation for digital TV. Sweet!
While I agree delaying won't help, there is a good reason for doing so.
Converter boxes aren't the issue, it's the signals. As you've all heard me bitch about on here.
If you go ahead on Feb 17th it ceases to be about digital and starts to get political
So what are people gonna say "Obama's only been in charge one month and I LOST all my TV????"
The digital switch will hurt the poor people and they were the grass roots that supposedly put him in office.
Can you hear the reaction, no TV for poor people, so that rich people can have wireless internet on their iPhones.
So by delaying this it allows Obama to make elsewhere and then the backlash will be less.
You think gay marriage and abortion are hot issues, take away people's TV and you'll see an uprising.
Converter boxes aren't the issue, it's the signals. As you've all heard me bitch about on here.
If you go ahead on Feb 17th it ceases to be about digital and starts to get political
So what are people gonna say "Obama's only been in charge one month and I LOST all my TV????"
The digital switch will hurt the poor people and they were the grass roots that supposedly put him in office.
Can you hear the reaction, no TV for poor people, so that rich people can have wireless internet on their iPhones.
So by delaying this it allows Obama to make elsewhere and then the backlash will be less.
You think gay marriage and abortion are hot issues, take away people's TV and you'll see an uprising.
Mark said:
Nonsense!! The people most likely to rise up if their TVs go away already have cable or satellite, so they'll remain fat, dumb and happy. If the roughly 11% of the population that are OTA-only don't have enough gumption to prepare for DTV, they certainly won't have enough gumption to contact their Congressmen or Senators. Of those 11%, many (like myself) are intentionally OTA-only and have already made the necessary preparations.
Fortunately, many stations are beating Congress to the punch and have already submitted STA requests to terminate analog on 2/17/09, regardless of what Congress decides.
How about places that are ready for the switch do the switch to DTV come Feb. 17. And places that aren't just wait till June and help them get ready fast to switch.
Now how did Wilmington, NC do when they went DTV in September? Any problems or anything?
Now how did Wilmington, NC do when they went DTV in September? Any problems or anything?
I'd love to see the majority of TV stations go ahead with their plans to change over on Feb. 17th, if not sooner, just to fly in the face of Congress. I've always thought that Feb 17th was a bad date with it being on what appears to be a totally random date, along with being in the winter. But since this is the date that was chosen and has been pushed for so long they should stay with it.
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kenglish
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Maybe the low-band VHF channels could all be put up for auction as LPTVs. That way, they could stay analog for a few more years, and people who say that DTV "just does not work" can still watch their shows....depending on whether their favorite stations got in on the 2-6 channel lottery. ;D
Mark, I don't think any power increases (or, anything else) are going to help your situation. Even low-power digital makes it by more than 3 miles. What have you tried? And, have you had anyone from the stations come out and look at your situation?
What about your neighbors....is the building doing anything about reception issues, like a rooftop antenna?
Mark, I don't think any power increases (or, anything else) are going to help your situation. Even low-power digital makes it by more than 3 miles. What have you tried? And, have you had anyone from the stations come out and look at your situation?
What about your neighbors....is the building doing anything about reception issues, like a rooftop antenna?
kenglish said:
Having had no trouble with Chicago DTV from out in the 'burbs last summer (Oak Brook, with a set-top antenna in a hotel room and clean signals on everything except WBBM-DT), I'm not clear on why Mark's having so much trouble, either. My suspicions would be either that he's so close to the Hancock and Sears that the signals are literally going right overhead - or that he's getting so much signal that it's overloading his receiver. At WXXI, we're strongly recommending against the use of amplified antennas within 10 miles or so of our tower site because of overload issues, and for viewers extremely close to the tower - a couple of miles or so, we're recommending they start with a bent paper clip as an antenna (and having quite a bit of success with that.)
In any event, I get the impression that Mark's extrapolating from his own unusual circumstances and deducing that the rest of the country's in a similar boat, and that's not the case, at least in my experience.
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kenrayc
Guest
Like I said before stick to the Feb. 17 cut off. Many stations in Fresno have already went to low power,KFSN ABC 30 which originally had 3,000 KW,a full power UHF uses a lot of power, dropped to about 10% of there original power,KFSN is using a low power temporary DTV signal waiting to go full power on there original frequency 30 on Feb.17. Hey Scott Fybush, The Meadow Lakes Antenna farm North East of Fresno would be a good Tower Site of Week it has 8 tvs and 7 fms located there, great for the calender too.
dhett said:
And the economy tanked and foreclosures went up when?
Just as digital tv started being pushed, that's when.
It's not a coincidence.
Why can't we all just get along wire antenna?
Funny part is they were warned about this 3 years ago and didn't think it was an issue.
And a bunch of folks want to do the same think with radio, move AM & FM into a different part of the spectrum, take it digital, and then evacuate the current bands. Thinking the entire ncountry will run out and buy new radios in the next ten years. Really?
And a bunch of folks want to do the same think with radio, move AM & FM into a different part of the spectrum, take it digital, and then evacuate the current bands. Thinking the entire ncountry will run out and buy new radios in the next ten years. Really?
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