@92BuickLeSabre: haha yes, there is still a nanny at my parents' home because they had four kids and both of them have worked our entire lives, and my baby brother is still in the nest. :P
JUST SWITCH ALREADY! You've had over 1 year notice to get a coupon and spend $25 on a DTV converter. If those people are to lazy to do it in a year, pushing back the date 4 months isn't going to do a damned thing but cost taxpayers money.
@Super Sonic: Actually, a lot of the people that have gotten screwed over are people who weren't lazy. A lot of people had their coupons expire before there were any converter boxes available. My store would literally sell out of a shipment of 40+ converter boxes in about an hour back when the coupons first came out. Many of the people who had their coupons expire didn't have them expire due to laziness, rather, a higher demand than the supply. Had the system been implemented the way it was originally planned, with only non-cable or satellite subscribers being allowed to get coupons and if they had staggered the coupon ship dates better, there wouldn't have been as big of a problem. Also, the 3 month expiration time on the coupons was stupid.
If you are still using rabbit ears for your TV Viewing, do you also still watch TV on a black and white set? Get with the times people. If you cannot afford cable, then how did you afford the TV?
@Jeremy Hardin: I dont have cable, I still use rabit ears...
check it
The only thing I wanted from cable is lots of Anime, the only two chanels that peeks my interest was Cartoon Network and The international channel... but they didnt play Anime nonstop... and not to mention I'd have to buy several packages with stuff I don't even care about... except spike TV that channel is okay... but also I don't make that much money, so juggling phone, phone, internet, and TV service is kinda a pain in the ass for me.
this is how I do it now, I have Verizon DSL (cause I can't get FiOS), I bittorrent any shows I care about that I miss from not having cable, including all the Anime I could ever want. Also I get my pick of any HDTV/SDTV digital programing via my old and crusty rabbit ears (which i might add do a even better job at picking up a digital signal then the cool looking terrestrial HD antenna I was suckered into buying).
@WGPSuicideRun: The networks may not have lots of fantabulous programming these days, but there are some shows that are quite awesome. 30 Rock, American Dad, House isn't too bad. Etc.
@Jeremy Hardin: You're a douche. The whole point of television when it was invented was a single investment into some hardware and the programming would be available for free. An excellent business model. Today the fact that Cable can't (and won't) give you full resolution HDTV but rabbit ears can, is enough for me to forgo the garbage that runs rampant on cable networks for the proportionally lesser garbage that happens to be on the Networks.
Also, cable costs a frikin' fortune where I am, and has constant blips and dropouts - qualities I refuse to pay hard earned money for.
@WGPSuicideRun: well I still use rabit ears... only I use them on my HDTV... so I wont be affected as I will still will get a signal, a digital signal.
@closhedbb: I think you and I were already in agreement on this. Or maybe you just felt that you needed to contribute that you understand the transition information as clearly as I do?
@strider_mt2k: today would also be a good day for some americans to get in shape since some would be able to see their shows ... I myself however have cable so I will continue to be a couch potato and probably take a nap while it rains outside.
HOLY CRAP! Someone walked into my work and heard us talking about the delay. She piped in her 2 pennies, which is paraphrased as the following:
TV companies are apparently in charge of the TV programming, and want you to buy a new TV. A few years ago they added black bars to the top and the bottom of the screen to trick people into buying new bigger TVs, other than that the black bars have no purpose. A few smart people did not fall for that and now this new Digital TV thing (which apparently cannot exist, if you know anything about how TVs work) is threatening people to buy new TVs, or converters that they do not need. Tvs will continue to work past the 17th no matter what, they are just trying to trick people into spending their money.
She, apparently is not falling for any of it, and is going to enjoy feeling smart when she watches her regularly scheduled program, in Analog, on the 18th.
@EVEs_Mako: Since when did Nebraska and South Dakota have 6 million people? As far as i know there might be that many cows but no where near that many people. :D
05/04/09
05/04/09
I win! I win! I win!
YAAAAAAYYY!!!!
(What did I win?)
05/04/09
05/04/09
Oh, this is just so...!
*wipes tears from cheeks dramatically*
05/04/09
Also, The Price is Right is glorious in HD, even if Drew Carey is no Bob Barker. Plinko for life, bitches!
05/04/09
So we still need an explanation for the other 500K.
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05/04/09
I mean, you've made it clear before that you are young, but this is ridiculous!
05/04/09
05/04/09
Curse you and your anti-snark powers!
05/05/09
Hell, I will give it a shot anyway. Andi is so young that... dammit. Nope, just nothing there.
03/05/09
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03/05/09
He read it on the internet so its got to be true.
03/05/09
wouldn't your cousin's brother just be your cousin?
03/05/09
02/17/09
02/17/09
02/17/09
02/17/09
check it
The only thing I wanted from cable is lots of Anime, the only two chanels that peeks my interest was Cartoon Network and The international channel... but they didnt play Anime nonstop... and not to mention I'd have to buy several packages with stuff I don't even care about... except spike TV that channel is okay... but also I don't make that much money, so juggling phone, phone, internet, and TV service is kinda a pain in the ass for me.
this is how I do it now, I have Verizon DSL (cause I can't get FiOS), I bittorrent any shows I care about that I miss from not having cable, including all the Anime I could ever want. Also I get my pick of any HDTV/SDTV digital programing via my old and crusty rabbit ears (which i might add do a even better job at picking up a digital signal then the cool looking terrestrial HD antenna I was suckered into buying).
02/17/09
02/17/09
@Jeremy Hardin: You're a douche. The whole point of television when it was invented was a single investment into some hardware and the programming would be available for free. An excellent business model. Today the fact that Cable can't (and won't) give you full resolution HDTV but rabbit ears can, is enough for me to forgo the garbage that runs rampant on cable networks for the proportionally lesser garbage that happens to be on the Networks.
Also, cable costs a frikin' fortune where I am, and has constant blips and dropouts - qualities I refuse to pay hard earned money for.
02/17/09
It's the analog signals that will stop. Analog signals do not carry HD images.
02/17/09
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02/17/09
One of the best books ever written has a "Don't Panic" theme running though it.
Perhaps today would be a good day to start reading it?
02/17/09
02/17/09
SO SAY WE ALL!!!
(all with cable)
02/17/09
I only watch network TV, only about 4 hours a week. Cable is not superior.
02/17/09
Get off of my cloud!
02/17/09
Agreed. It's more like a public nuisance...
02/17/09
01/28/09
TV companies are apparently in charge of the TV programming, and want you to buy a new TV. A few years ago they added black bars to the top and the bottom of the screen to trick people into buying new bigger TVs, other than that the black bars have no purpose. A few smart people did not fall for that and now this new Digital TV thing (which apparently cannot exist, if you know anything about how TVs work) is threatening people to buy new TVs, or converters that they do not need. Tvs will continue to work past the 17th no matter what, they are just trying to trick people into spending their money.
She, apparently is not falling for any of it, and is going to enjoy feeling smart when she watches her regularly scheduled program, in Analog, on the 18th.
01/28/09
01/28/09
...pun intended...lol
01/28/09
Captain: What Happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb.
Operator: We Get Sig-
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