Here Comes The DTV Transition (For Real This Time) > I still don't understand the delay

said by nixen:

I mean, you're still going to have the idiots that *somehow* failed to get the message.

But, let's get serious: it's not like this falls into anything approaching a (hypothetical) change from "911" to "999". If people's TVs go dark, they're gonna call someone that's not got a clue. And, contrary to popular belief, it *is* possible to get through a day without TV (I frequently find that I'll look up from my laptop, my books (etc.) and realize, "Hmm... I never turned the TV on, today".

/me shrugs