yock
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
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On the face of it, this is disgusting. I understand the desire for efficiency in communications, but they have to know this technology is out of reach for most consumers. Of course I want one! I don't need the FCC to tell me how great it is. I, and most others, simply can not afford the technology.
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| cables and satellites will continue to work the same way whether you have an HDTV or not.
only people suffer(financially) from this will be sole OTA users. they still don't have to buy a new TV. they'll just need a DTV STB. by 2006, i'm sure it'll be very affordable. hopefully under $100.
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lupinia
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join:2004-08-24
Harrisonburg, VA
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I heartily agree. I get digital cable TV, but a lot of people near me can't even get analog cable, and the majority of them can't afford an HD-ready TV (if they could, they'd probably have satellite). In an age where some areas can't even get POTS phone service (I took many tech support calls over CB radio from people who had no landline phone), I fail to see the wisdom in pushing a technology that requires equipment costing as much as some people's cars, while phasing out the system that many people use as their only method of getting TV reception. |
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travanx
join:2002-01-15
Glendale, CA
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have any of you actually watched a sports game on an HDTV? I recently got a 48" RPTV for my bedroom. And I just got the 6 channel HD package on Dish. Its very amazing. Now only if I could get the local OTA channels. But the mountain is in the way of the where I need to aim too. You really need to see an HDTV in action at someone's house, not bestbuy or something like that. I think once they force manufacturers to really switch over to only HDTV's, the costs will come down a lot.
Supposedly Intel's new chip for the new DLP tv's is supposed to make a $10,000 set drop to $3000. So imagine what that can do to the more common person priced sets. And this is supposed to happen soon. |
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lupinia
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join:2004-08-24
Harrisonburg, VA | Sports suck, I avoid that stuff whenever possible  |
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cmptrblder
join:2001-01-16
Altoona, PA
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HDTV + FCC is a load of CRAP!
Make the damn cable companies that have been milking customers for years put out the HDTV converters so people can either hookup "there tv" or their HDTV. Hell, even the SAT companies only have a mere handful of HDTV channels and you have to buy the HDTV receiver and pay extra for the HDTV programming who's twin channels you already get. Make the consumer buy high priced sets? I got an idea, lower taxes then we can all "go get one". The FCC needs to do its job for a change instead of putting its nose were it doesn't belong..........  |
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
1 edit | cable co's and sat co's already offer afforable lease plans on HD set top boxes. you don't pay any more than SD STBs.
no one is making you spend money. you can keep 10-20 years old tv's if you want and continue to use them. i certainly will.
they're just replacing aging analog OTA signal which has been always "FREE" to begin with. it's not like something you've been paying for.
cheers...
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
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Re: disgusting
said by travanx  :
Supposedly Intel's new chip for the new DLP tv's
you mean TI?
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Kompressor
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join:2002-02-12
Huntington Beach, CA
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YOU are disgusting.
When the old, round picture tubed, black & white TVs first hit the market, very few people could afford them. So if we go by your flawed logic, TV wouldn't exist today because people like you would have stopped it dead in its tracks with your obsessive whining, bitching, moaning, complaining and ignorance of the facts. Well screw you.
I recently purchased a new $700 Philips 30” CRT HDTV and I love the sharp, clear, vibrant, wide, digital picture and I can’t wait for this digital transition to be complete. They also had a 28” HDTV for $500 and they’re getting cheaper and cheaper every day! If you can’t afford that, I have a recommendation for you. Get A Job! And just because YOU don’t want HDTV for whatever reason, doesn't mean everybody doesn't want it.
If you want to stick with your crap picture, that’s fine. You can. All you have to do is get a converter box that should last you the rest of your life or use the old analog cable TV box you get from your cable TV provider. |
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yock
TFTC
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
| said by Kompressor :
YOU are disgusting.
When the old, round picture tubed, black & white TVs first hit the market, very few people could afford them. So if we go by your flawed logic, TV wouldn't exist today because people like you would have stopped it dead in its tracks with your obsessive whining, bitching, moaning, complaining and ignorance of the facts. Well screw you.
I recently purchased a new $700 Philips 30” CRT HDTV and I love the sharp, clear, vibrant, wide, digital picture and I can’t wait for this digital transition to be complete. They also had a 28” HDTV for $500 and they’re getting cheaper and cheaper every day! If you can’t afford that, I have a recommendation for you. Get A Job! And just because YOU don’t want HDTV for whatever reason, doesn't mean everybody doesn't want it.
If you want to stick with your crap picture, that’s fine. You can. All you have to do is get a converter box that should last you the rest of your life or use the old analog cable TV box you get from your cable TV provider.
Quite an emphatic response. You've made the assumption that I'm some unemployed activist in holding back technology and out to bitch my way out of anything.
I won't resort to the name calling you seemed to need, but I will tell you why I'm disgusted. This isn't some new communication media, nor is this an addition to media that we currently. The FCC wants to phase out analog television compatibility on the analog and digital cable signals. You cited the advent of television. Those who had radios at that time didn't rely on television for their news and a portion of their entertainment. They weren't required to purchase a new piece of equipment in order to continue to use their "old technology"
This desire by the FCC to obsolete analog TV is, at best, premature. Would I like a new digital TV? You bet! By god this 19" thing sitting in my living room sucks compared to what you can get these days. But by God it's all I have, and until the price on this equipment drops significantly it's all I can afford.
I'm also amazed by the lack of tact you show in calling for me to get a job. I have one, thank you, and I do alright for myself.I don't feel a need to justify to you where my money goes, but (just to appease you) I'll have my degree by 2006.
Grow up.
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smcallah
join:2004-08-05
Home | reply to zno
No, he meant Intel's LCOS chip, not DLP. |
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Anon404
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Oh yes, $3000 will be no problem. I only had to skip food once last week. An extra $3k out of my budget should only mean no food for an extra day or two a week for the next 10 years to save that up. By then they'll probably be down to under $1000. So maybe I'll only need to skip eating an extra day or 2 a week for 3 or 4 years. I count my blessings every day that I'll have an awesome picture to watch instead of the one that's been perfectly fine for me to get by with for the last 40 years. |
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