risingrocker
join:2008-02-20
Montreal-Nord, QC
 ·Acanac
| would everyone stop complaining. canada is the same as u.s.
everyone is complaining about the transition from analog (some channels are analog with a digital format subcription) to full digital and how they cannot:
1) one watch 1 ch while recording another ch.
2) how they will have to buy set top boxes for all their tv's
3) how they think its a pain to hook and make a vcr work with a digital box.
people you need to look on the bright side of things. do you know that north america is at least 20 years behind in technology compared with europe and asian countries like japan. and i am talking about 20 years behind a shitload of things. the e.u. and most if not all asian countries and probably more are at least if not into their third generation of full digital content in hd. so if canada and the u.s. want to remain competitive that means all of us have to pull up our pants and march forward.
the bright side of full digital transitions is:
1) digital tv viewing package prices would remain the same
2) the digital set top boxes are advanced
3) there are different digital set top boxes with different features to choose from.
4) you can watch 1 ch while recording another ch
5) there are set top boxes that can send 2 different ch signals to 2 different tv's at once.
6) you get much better picture and sound quality in a digital format or in an hd format.
7) plus the old tv's of yesterday take almost the same amount of electricity as a 120volt heater. and are lead pollutant as well.
8) today's monitors are multi functional units that can hang like a picture on a wall, they are much more advanced, look great and take a huge shitload less of electricity. so these are payback of the digital format transition. |
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brianl703
join:2004-02-26
Manassas, VA
| A 120 volt heater is roughly 1500 watts. A CRT TV set takes around 60 to 200 watts depending on size.
As far as the US being 20 years behind Europe..well in Germany the cable TV system was government-owned until a few years ago. Cablemodems are not popular and digital cable TV is rare. |
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