BF69
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Camden, TN | I call BS
could be some of those houses bought boxes without applying for coupons or have newer TVs. I think that 6.8% number is bogus. |
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AMDUSER
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| What the government should have done was mandate that all tvs,dvd-vcr combos (with tuner) etc. sold new at retail had to include a digital tuner starting on January 1,2006. The digital transition was pushed back to 2009 back in 2005 for some reason.
If I was in charge, I would require that all radios sold on or after a specific date had to include HD capability built-in. I would then transition the FM stations to (digital) HD and move the AM stations to the FM band. (I would require the station frequency be assigned in the first 6 months of preparing. The stations would be notified and would not delay the transition which would be in 1.5 years after starting. I would also make it illegal to sell new radios at retail without the equipment built in.
(Primarly to punish the companies who decide to flood the market with obsolete equipment.. mainly Chinese made stuff. Which is what happened while it was still legal to sell analog only tvs prior to March 2007 as long as the stores were in possession before that date.) |
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maartena
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I got a haircut today, and they had a TV in the corner. Another customer made mention that it won't work anymore after February, and the girl just said "Yeah I know, i'll get the converter box before that".
And that was last week.....
I'd say there's quite a few people or small businesses with a TV using rabbit ears still. |
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apollo80
join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA
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said by AMDUSER  :What the government should have done was mandate that all tvs,dvd-vcr combos (with tuner) etc. sold new at retail had to include a digital tuner starting on January 1,2006. The digital transition was pushed back to 2009 back in 2005 for some reason. Do you mean what the government should have done, or what they did do? Because there were dates established.
July 1, 2006 - 100% of 25-35" TVs must include ATSC DTV tuner
July 1, 2007 - 100% of 13-24" TVs must include ATSC DTV tuner
I don't have the exact date for dvd/vcr combos or vcr's, but they went through the same thing. |
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AMDUSER
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1 edit | What they should have done. The date for the diffrent size tvs should have been the same date though. The date for dvd-vcr combos was March 1, 2007.
The other catch was that if you didn't include an analog tuner you didn't have to include a digital tuner. (Which is what was done for quite a few dvd-vcr combos, even those being sold today.) |
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BF69
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Camden, TN
| said by AMDUSER :What they should have done. The date for the diffrent size tvs should have been the same date though. The date for dvd-vcr combos was March 1, 2007. which was nearly 2 years in advance of the transition. fact is store that still sold old stock of items without tuners clearly labled then and people still bought them because they were on clearance. Tough shit for cheapos trying to save a buck. I'm all for saving money but not when it's going to cost me more later. just common sense. |
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AMDUSER
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| Absolutely, a small part of it however was due to retailers not labeling the analog only tvs etc after the law required it.
Some of them were Wal-Mart, Sears, Circuit City and a few others. : »www.boston.com/business/articles···v_sales/ |
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