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Broke coupon funds prompts call to delay digital TV
Boston Herald ^
| 01/08/09
| AP
Posted on 01/08/2009 12:04:22 PM PST by raccoonradio
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So it's definite, we have Feb 17 '09 as the day. Absolute, final deadline. We're firm in it. That's the day. No changes. Feb 17 is the day.
Uh, the coupon program ran out of money... So much for the absolute deadline...
They've been running ads on TV for awhile explaining what the situation is. Many TV stations have been airing programs, on both their channels and their websites, explaining what's going on.
Feb 17: DIGITAL DOOMSDAY!
To: raccoonradio
It’s simple to install!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-pD-M0rY4
“...Is this my new TV?”
“Simply obtain a 300 ohm to 75 ohm balun...”
“..Will all of this make Jack Benny come back?”
(HA! hey ma’am just type the web address in; the computer
will probably put the http://www. part in automatically :)
To: raccoonradio
oh well. i’m all for technological evolution, but not through government forced obsolecence... DTV is the way to go, but it should not be forced...
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:07:34 PM PST
by
Schwaeky
(The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
To: raccoonradio
It could have been done 4 years ago except the Federal Gov. got involved.
Now we are going to have the analog TV bailout.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:07:37 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: raccoonradio
Why does the government have to pay for friggin tv box coupons!!!
To: raccoonradio
These people won't be able to look upon the face of the One Dear Leader!
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:09:20 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Not My President)
To: raccoonradio
I don't consider watching tv a government bailout issue. If the coupons have been used, why can't the customer pay his $70 without the government kicking in $40?
Jeez, Uncle Sam has to pay for all of us (not to mention it is us the taxpayers that are funding the coupons)
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:09:26 PM PST
by
estrogen
(time to fight)
To: Dallas59
That’s what I was thinking; far be it for the government to deny these people a daily dose of The One on their TV sets.
To: Zathras
I thought they were paying for the converter box coupons with the procedes from the sale of the freed up frequencies? What happened to all the money?
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:10:23 PM PST
by
jaydubya2
To: raccoonradio
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:10:35 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Not My President)
To: BubbaJunebug
Why does the government have to pay for friggin tv box coupons!!! It is only fair. The government is going to make BIG BUCKS when they sell the VHF bands. MUI companies are lined up and around the block for them.
That is why the government has been so adamant about makeing the deadline.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:12:48 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
To: raccoonradio
This digital switchover next month is just in the U.S., right?
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:14:03 PM PST
by
Allegra
To: jaydubya2
Here’s something interesting. I was on a TV forum this a.m. (okay, I’m a reality junkee) and and individual posted in the site that she hadn’t gotten her converter box yet and would need to run out soon and get it or she wouldn’t be able to get Top Chef anymore.
The problem? Top Chef is on Bravo TV. It’s a cable network. If you have a cable coverter, you don’t NEED a DTV converter box.
How many people grabbed a coupon under the “GIMMEE! IT’S FREE! mentality that didn’t need one? And how many TV’s are still in use in this country that are strictly analog? I’m sure the figures would be interesting.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:16:26 PM PST
by
Right Cal Gal
(Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
To: jaydubya2
Your guess is as good as mine.
HDTV is at least 10 years behind Japan and I wrote a paper on it over 20 years ago.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:16:53 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: Dallas59
If 10% of Conservatives cancelled their cable & Sat TV then we might have a semi-free press again. I cancelled mine. TV is worthless. The ball games are a waste of time as well.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:17:23 PM PST
by
Frantzie
To: Allegra
This digital switchover next month is just in the U.S., right? I do know that it will be August, 2011 for Canada.
I believe Britain has already switched over.
Are there DTV transmissions yet in Iraq?
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:18:05 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: raccoonradio
Who cares?
There's nothing on - and people who are too stupid to have this scoped out shouldn't be watching TV anyway - they can't afford the automatic 15-point IQ drop that goes with it.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:19:28 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Long May Our Land Be Bright With Freedom's Holy Light)
To: Allegra
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:22:43 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Right Cal Gal
I have Dish Network but don't pay for local channels through them. I use a terrestrial antenna and a converter box to get them. Funny, I still can't get Bravo ;)
And my analog TV's haven't broke yet (my 1986, 27in Sony Trinitron is still going strong with an excellent picture) so I have no reason to upgrade.
To: Frantzie
Well, I gotta watch ID...and the G4 channel....”Worlds Most Shocking Videos”...and...”Deranged”.
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posted on
01/08/2009 12:24:05 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Not My President)
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