zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| reply to richk_1957
Re: Gimme a break!
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
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith | Oh, well, by 2006 I'll have to replace the one I have anyway |
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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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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA
| 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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