richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
| Gimme a break!
Yeah, the Digital TV is supposed to be better, but the couple times I've had to check it out, I haven't seen much difference. But that's beside the point, A)I don't watch much TV and B)the Digital TV sets are outrageously expensive.
So, because of A, why should I be forced to shell out a lot of $$$ for something which I won't use that much? |
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| no one is forced to buy a new tv.
they can use whatever they have already. they can still watch cable, satellite, vhs, or dvd with their analog televisions. it's just that analog OTA will be gone in 2006.
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
Premium
join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith | Oh, well, by 2006 I'll have to replace the one I have anyway |
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jazzy112
join:2003-12-05
Fargo, ND
| reply to richk_1957
Sam's Club has a 32" Phillips HDTV for $600.00 which is $100 less than I paid for my 27" Sony SDTV in 1997.
The tech is affordable, you just have to realize that the products are not disposable like today's standard def TV's.
I'll take a quality set for 6-900 that's going to last 10 or more years over a POS Wal Mart $99 special that you throw away in 2 years.
Now some of you would say you've had your $99 set for more than two years, well I am sure if I sat down in front of that same TV I would throw it in the garbage..... i am a very picky person when it comes to video and audio quality. |
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niplet
join:2003-10-04
Antioch, TN
| reply to richk_1957
What do you consider expensive?
i have seen HDTV's starting @27" for around $299 in Nashville, that my friend is not expensive, considering just two years ago a Sony Wega was selling for over $500 for a 27".
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Qixotl
join:2002-02-08
New Milford, CT
| reply to zno
said by zno  :
it's just that analog OTA will be gone in 2006.
At this point, it does not look like this will be the reality. Here is the loophole that the FCC is trying to avoid with this extra promotional work.
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That date may be extended, however, until most homes (85%) in an area are able to watch the DTV programming. At that point, broadcasting on the current (analog) channels will end and that spectrum will be put to other uses. Until the transition to DTV is complete, television stations will continue broadcasting on both their digital and analog channels.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
Some estimates claim that, as of May of this year, less than 2% of U.S. households meet the FCC requirement. Transitioning the next 83% in 2.5 years looks to be impossible at this point.
»www.thompson.com/libraries/cable···05b.html |
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radougherty
join:1999-07-23
Austin, TX | reply to niplet
Agreed the price of the sets are coming down, but you still need a STB to get a HD signal which is another couple hundred of dollars or an additional charge from your cable company over and above the digital STB charge. |
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| reply to Qixotl
said by Qixotl :
Some estimates claim that, as of May of this year, less than 2% of U.S. households meet the FCC requirement. Transitioning the next 83% in 2.5 years looks to be impossible at this point.
those numbers are very misleading.
as i said in previous post, the only people that will be affected by this change will be the ones who get their TV signal only via OTA.
tell me how many household out there do this? and give me the percentage only out of this group.
because the rest of people get their tv signal via cables, satllites or phone lines(iptv) and they'd be careless.
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to radougherty
That is true, though I think you would be nuts not to get HD, you certainly don't need it to enjoy the benefits of what they are doing.
TV's are coming way down. A 56" 16:9 rear projection TV I paid $3200 for 3 and a half years ago now cost you about $1800.
Many TV's are starting to add the O-T-A HD tuner and I believe the rest are required to have them after January (If I understood my supplier correctly). This will probably add a few bucks (between 100 and 200), but like everything else they will probably be down to what they were in a year or so. |
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Batman45
@charter.com | I maybe wrong, but I thought it was closer to a 1,000 dollars more with the built in tuner. |
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