I grew up in the middle of nowhere, no cable, no broadband. A lot of the shows I watched growing up i did so through a screen of static. And, so, static on the picture doesn't bother me to this day. As long as I can make out whats going on, I really don't care about counting the pores and exposed nosehairs of the people on tv.

That said, when the fog rolls through the valley, our analog gets a little staticy on the FM side - the audio stays pristine, and that's the important part. Same channel on digital? Black, "No Signal".

Yeah, digital is sooooo much better, it doesn't work 1/10th as reliably as analog.

WTF is so wrong with analog? i LIKE analog. It keeps chugging along, regardless.

And really, this is our priority? a huge issue in our country is that our TVs aren't good enough, so our government is spending money to force us to switch to something better? wait, what?

If it were better, wouldn't we all eventually switch in accordance with the laws of a free market?

OH i almost forgot, there is no more free market. Just suits on a hill pulling all the levers, deciding which companies live and which products we are allowed to have. wait, i'm sorry, deciding which products are better and deciding we're too stupid to recognize that they are better.

They're right, i dont recognize the advantage of digital at all. It's a good thing my government is looking out for me, or i'd be swearing I was qualified to decide for myself which is better! how funny!

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