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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ | Anyone hasn't heard of it must be working hard to be in dark Any senior, or anyone else for that matter, must be working hard to remain in the dark about the conversion. The networks have been running ads about it for months now. | |
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|  Plenty has been done, they are just retards
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a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
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| Re: Plenty has been done, they are just retards I agree, most TV shows have literally been spammed, up to the point that I've been reluctant to even turn on the damn thing......
If you still don't get the message:
a) You'll just be warped back into the present come February, when your screen goes blank.
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b) You don't watch TV/ don't have one, in which case you shouldn't care.
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| If the government was smart... They would require TV stations to go off the air 24 hours before the transmitter shut down and during that time, they would have to place a slate on the air that says "if you can see this, you will be without TV tomorrow".
That will ensure people know whats going on. Instead of just throwing the switch without any notice ON AIR... might be a wise idea. | |
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join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA
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| Solution in search of a problem The mythical uninformed masses will do what they always do when the TV is on the blink:
Call the 4-year-old grandson / neighbor kid to press the TV/Video button, or reprogram the channels and set the time, or set up channel 3 to work on the DVD player.
The 4-year-old will inform them "You need to get cable, satellite, or a new TV."
The oldsters will be a bit startled, but will soon accept their fate, and go down to Radio Shack to buy a new TV.
Much much later, when they can't get the new set to receive the OTA channel that hosts Jeopardy, they'll find out they need a $400 powered antenna installed on the roof. But neither the 4-year-old, nor the the industry "education" campaign mentions that. | |
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But the Grinch ... did Not.
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
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| Re: Solution in search of a problem said by elray  :Much much later, when they can't get the new set to receive the OTA channel that hosts Jeopardy, they'll find out they need a $400 powered antenna installed on the roof. After 3 tries, I still have yet to find an amplifier that works with DTV when some of the signals are strong.
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join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA | Who do we sue? I am totally unaware that this will happen. Who do we sue to stop this switch from happening next year? 
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
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| Re: Who do we sue? said by 81399672 :I am totally unaware that this will happen. Who do we sue to stop this switch from happening next year? Call your local attorney. I'm sure they'll be glad to sue to recover all the money you've paid for your OTA tv service over the past few years.
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA | ??? what'd you say? | |
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likitysplit
join:2008-01-14
Flagstaff, AZ | It's you responders that worry me! Wow, they polled 800 people out of how many 100 million. Now that pins it down, don't you think? The usual bogus "study" for convoluted reasons by a company involved in the industry. | |
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RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
·Comcast
4 edits | Not all areas will go digital in Feb 2009! In areas like mine (Mendocino County, NW CA) that are served by low power translators (due to mountains, and the fact the Bay Area TV towers are all over 100 miles south of here. I live 115 miles north of SF in Redwood Valley, 8 miles north of Ukiah), tv will continue to be broadcast in analog after the Febuary date.
»www.lptvanswers.com/
"For the vast majority of viewers who watch TV using antennas, television goes all digital on February 17, 2009 – the date set by Congress for all full-power television stations to broadcast exclusively in a digital format.
But the law does not require "low power" television (LPTV) stations to go digital. These smaller LPTV stations, and low power "translator" stations that boost a signal's strength at distances far from the station's main transmitter, may continue broadcasting in analog after February 17, 2009."
From our local Ukiah TIA (Television Improvement Association, 100% volunteer by the way), who runs the Translator serving Ukiah, Talmage, Calpella and Redwood Valley-
"Important - About Digital TV!
DO NOT WORRY! You will not be affected by digital TV changes right away. We will still transmit in analog.
However, you should still purchase a DTV conterter box using the DTV coupons ($40) from the government because eventually we will transmit DTV signals. If you wait until next year, the coupons may no longer be available. And note: you must buy a DTV converter that has analog pass-through in order to receive all TIA stations! It's not as hard as it sounds... read DTV on TV Translators to find out more.
It has yet to be determined how many stations we will be able to receive once the switch has been made to DTV."
»www.tiaukiah.org/index.html
Some more info on these LPTV Translators-
»www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/DT···PTV.html
»https://www.dtv2009.gov/lowpower/
»www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/LPTVmap.html
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