yock
TFTC
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Fairfield, OH
| Re: disgusting 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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