Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
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Re: Obama urges Congress to postpone DTV transition - MORON
Knightmb
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It looks like wkrn is at its power and will stay on the same frequency. I just ruffed in Nashville and noticed that the location of wkrn's towers is at 199(south) while almost everything else is at 355(north), depending on where you dad is (you can enter his exact address in the link) you may be able to get a better idea of your options.
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Most of the people who cannot get Digital OTA probably will probably not have cable as an option. |
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MADx
join:2005-05-25
Richmond, IN
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I think it should be delayed. With today economy in the tank and millions of people struggling just to make ends meet forcing those to a digital cable subscription would only create another bill in their already strap budget. As we all know free is always better. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
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That's what I thought too, but one station here, WKRN *says* they are broadcasting digital at full power, but we can't pick it up.
I thought maybe the convert box was bad, so I brought it back with me to try on the TV. Being in a major city near Nashville, got perfection reception, but out at his place it's nothing.
It might be that the repeater towers aren't relaying the signal, who knows. I just hope it all gets sorted out before the switchover day or else a lot of people south of Nashville will lose quite a few public stations.
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
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A LOT of the stations will not go to full power until the changeover occurs. One of our stations is only running at 1/8 the power it will be running after the changeover. A lot of the stations will also be moving their digital transmission back down to the frequency range that their analog transmission are currently. These frequencies are (generally) the ones that have better range than the ones they are currently using.
Delaying the changeover is a mistake. The only way to find ALL the problems (and there are going to be problems) is to make the change over. When we know the full extent of the problems we will be in a much better position to address the problems. If we delay, the solutions we come up with are likely to generate more problems with the unknown issues that already exist. |
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knightmb
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Franklin, TN
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said by TKJunkMail  :» news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10137···1_3-0-20President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on Thursday asked Congress to consider postponing the upcoming national switch to digital television, warning that more congressional action is needed to address potential problems.
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee, said it was worth considering pushing back the date. "The prospect of leaving millions of consumers in the dark requires Congress to immediately consider the feasibility of the President-elect's proposal," in spite of significant logistical challenges, he said.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), ranking member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee....said it would be unwise at this point to set back the date of the transition. "Shifting the date this close to the transition without a sound plan to share information about the new transition date will likely result in significant confusion," she said. It has been scheduled for Feb for over 2 years. It is time to pull the trigger. They could delay the date by 5 years and the same morons won't be more ready then than they are now. Kind of gloss over the problem that switching to all digital radio broadcast means a lot of folks won't get anything even with the converter box. That's because it takes more power to reach further out with the higher frequency. If the switch over means they crank up the broadcast power so that people can actually receive the new signals, then yes it makes more sense.
Right now, my dad gets about 8 over the air channels in crystal clear reception, but when we tried the (among many) converter box(es), we couldn't even pick up the stations that had already switched over to digital. That's a problem because yeah, the digital tv is great and all, but not everyone will be able to get it with or without a converter box due to the laws of physics which many in Washington love to ignore lately.
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