 KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
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| There's Going To Be A Massive Revolt Over This !! 231 Years Ago we overthrew the government over a stupid 'Tea Tax'.
Well maybe for a good list of other reasons too, but you should get the idea.
Probably by a bunch of people that didn't even drink Tea in the first place. 
When enough people realize how much they are going to have to spend to keep their TOOB lit.
What amounts to a 'TV Tax'.
Theres going to be Anarchy in the streets.
Best part is they are going to start auctioning the upper channels off before the Analog shutdown date.
So when you start calling your Senators and Representatives to complain that your TV stopped working, all they can really tell you is,
"Sorry, the FCC Already Auctioned The Channels Off,
they now belong to the companies that were nice enough to pay us BILLIONS for them. We CAN'T take them back now." 
Maybe we need to stop asking all the Presidential Candidates about getting out of Iraq,
and start asking them how they feel about cutting off TV for Millions of Americans that can't afford the new converter boxes.
Conveniently, the new Prez gets inaugurated about a week before the Analog TV shutdown occurs.
They won't need the TV for more of their Negative Campaign Crap for another 4 years.
Why would they even care??
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | I'm not surprised.
America is the country that refused to switch to the metrics system. |
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 TweakPremium
join:2002-06-08
Oklahoma City, OK | reply to KA3SGM
I remember seeing the static some where that less then 1% of the millions of TVs out there rely on ota broadcast as their primary source of tv. Most of the millions of TVs out there are either with Cable or satellite . |
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KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
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| reply to KrK
Sure, why would we want to switch to the Metric System???
Tool companies like it because they can now sell you a completely different set of tools to accomplish the exact same task.
Plus, would you rather go out to pick up a Gallon of Milk, or 3.78 Liters of Milk??
My car has a 327ci V8, not some 5.3 Liter piece of Crap !! 
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KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
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| reply to Tweak
said by Tweak:I remember seeing the static some where that less then 1% of the millions of TVs out there rely on ota broadcast as their primary source of tv. Most of the millions of TVs out there are either with Cable or satellite . Most cable and satellite providers get the local TV feeds via leased Fiber, NOT off the air.
You could fire up a 25,000 watt WiFi transmitter on the EXACT SAME CHANNEL as a local DTV station, and 99% of the population would never know it.
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TweakPremium
join:2002-06-08
Oklahoma City, OK | I am not talking about the cable and satellite providers . I am talking about the very small percentage of people that use the rabbit ears to pick up over the air signals. |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
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| reply to KA3SGM
Because it is based on Base-10. It's logical, It's easy, and makes sense.
It's because we didn't switch that now we have to put up with the mixture. Besides 5.3l sounds great to me  |
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 old_dawg"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD | reply to KA3SGM
said by KA3SGM:231 Years Ago we overthrew the government over a stupid 'Tea Tax'. Well maybe for a good list of other reasons too, but you should get the idea. Probably by a bunch of people that didn't even drink Tea in the first place. When enough people realize how much they are going to have to spend to keep their TOOB lit. What amounts to a 'TV Tax'... Maybe you should have stayed awake during American History class, your attempted analogy to the tea tax rebellion is weak at best.
cutting off TV for Millions of Americans that can't afford the new converter boxes
Did you read the part about the vouchers that are going to be issued by our nanny state government that you consider to be evil incarnate?. Sigh, what a maroon (with apologies to Bugs Bunny).
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 koolman2Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | reply to KA3SGM
said by KA3SGM:Plus, would you rather go out to pick up a Gallon of Milk, or 3.78 Liters of Milk?? I would rather pick up a 4 L of milk.
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beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | reply to KA3SGM
The "BILLIONS" the government is getting from the auction...where do you think it's going? 2 places. 1.) To pay for the converter boxes. 2.) To pay the millions in advertising required to notify consumers of the change. Looking at the posts in this thread, part 2 still has a long way to go...... |
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KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
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| I need to open up a TV repair business just for February 17, 2009.
The phone will be ringing off the hook with people asking me to fix their broken TV sets.
$100 evaluation fee.
$30.00/hr Labor charge.
+ Parts
Then I can just tell them their tuner went bad(not lying there)and I have a special converter box that will get it working again for only $75.
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