mworks
join:2006-06-13
Faison, NC | Wilmington was well prepared I live near wilmington and they didn't have total chaos after the switch because they were well prepared.
They did not just do the switch and hope everyone had what they needed. Instead they did it aggressively.
They mailed out flyers, got the senior citizen organizations involved, had booths on the beaches to inform people and had people in stores like walmart to explain things to people.
That is how it needs to be done. Don't just put an ad on tv that most everyone will ignore. Go out and talk to people and explain what it all means. |
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1 edit | alot of people will be Feb-O-Nined in my opinion
Febonined = people left in the dark after the transition to digital tv. |
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 algPassionately apatheticPremium
join:2001-04-10
Houston, TX
kudos:3 | reply to mworks
said by mworks:That is how it needs to be done. Don't just put an ad on tv that most everyone will ignore. Go out and talk to people and explain what it all means. I agree. The problem with the ads on TV is that the people it's directed towards are likely to ignore it thinking that it doesn't apply to them or that somebody is just trying to sell them something they don't need. (My TV works just fine I don't need whatever it is they're selling!) Or on the other extreme you have people thinking they need to get the converters even though they are on satellite or cable.
While Wilmington appears to have transitioned smoothly I still think there's going to be a huge mess in February when all these people come out of the woodwork claiming that they never heard about any transition. |
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