 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | I think you misunderstood it. I understand my comment may have been taken a bit to generally and literally, but what I mean was not that a 50 year old technology should be discontinued, but should be upgraded and improved.
I'm not talking about shutting off TV completely, just advancing it to a new technology.
First, I don't see gas & water as technology (but I guess in a way, everything is a technology). On the other hand, I am sure methods used to deliver both have improved greatly over the last 50 years.
Second, I am certainly not a lineman, but I am sure that the way electricity is transmitted and delivered to your home is much different (and better and more efficient) than it was 50 years ago. If it weren't, I think the grid would have been so overloaded this country would have burnt to the ground decades ago (we use a lot more electricity than we used to!).
I know FOR SURE that my 2002 Explorer has MUCH newer and better technology than ANY car produced in 1952 (fuel injection, 5-speed auto, full-time 4wd for example).
Finally, fifty years ago, a computer that would've done what my current computer does today probably would have required about as much room as the city of Seattle. But new technologies came out, and now I can fit my computer in to a backpack.
None of these technologies are the same as they were 50 years ago (I could write for days about if they were), so thus, my comment is correct: Fifty years is too long for any technology.
Technology evolves. Television is no exception. It simply can't stay the same forever. Hell, in just 3 years, I witnessed Comcast go from 1.5m/256k in my area to 8m/768k. That is more than double the speed every year. The same advances need to be made with TV.
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