| Let the Market Handle It This is perhaps one of the dumbest things I've seen Congress do technology-wise....they should have just left it to the market; if that were the case, you'd likely have analogue for quite a while, and by the time most stations had fully switched over, the vast majority of people would already own digital tuners in their TVs anyways.
I enjoy my digital HD channels, but I'm going to miss analogue too; I'm supposed to get 6 different digital versions of PBS (1 of which does HD on Friday nights), but I cannot get any of them....and ABC only functions when it wants to, so in likelihood, I'll lose 2 channels via this whole fiasco.
One thing is for sure, I'll be replacing all the coax in my house with quad-shielded coax to help the signal out a bit, and I may consider getting a more powerful amplifier as well; I may not be able to get the digital versions of 16, but at least with that setup, I'd hope ABC would come in crystal clear, and all my other channels would come in stronger, as well.
Those who are saying that everyone with satellite will not have to worry...consider this (this only applies to Dish people, with DirecTV locals are included); you have to pay an extra $5 a month just to get locals with Dish...so there will be a few that still probably won't get their locals (though they *can*).
Fortunately Dish is rolling out a $10 package which includes a number of "family" esque programming....and for $5 more for your locals, it'll be a very tempting package for a lot of people.
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul |
