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more about #digitalswitchover Super Sonic: 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, p... more » Jeremy Hardin: 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 canno... more » WGPSuicideRun: Just switch already. if your still using rabbit ears theres nothing to watch anyway. more » strider_mt2k: TV stopped being a public service a long time ago. One of the best books ever written has a "Don't Panic" theme running though it. Perhaps today would... more » OMG! Ponies!: It's easy to sit here and mock those who haven't switched and say "this won't affect us". And then, Grandpa and Nana will call you at 2AM (because the... more » OMG! Ponies!: Change We Can Broadcast Yes We Can (switch over to a broadcasting format that frees up wide swathes of spectrum for other use) The Audacity of Convert... more » Tom_Crisis: I hope there's chaos in the streets! Then I can turn off the TV, spin my chair around, and watch out the window. more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Dual, you procrastinating Dems! more » John Blair: I'll bet its going to be even higher than that once the dominoes start to fall, and stations realize there's zero incentive for them to keep broadcast... more » mopo: If you can't afford cable/fios/direct tv or whatever, maybe you should not have a tv. more » choptop: Who cares? Does anyone that reads this site own, or even remember owning, a tv w/ an analog connection? more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: How about we divert some of the "State of Emergency" funds for the Inauguration, and put them into the DTV switch program. I mean, in '05, everyone w... more » wasting_company_time: I agree. My parents are 60 and understand (finally) what is happening. There was confusion of buying a box even though they have fios, but we cleared ... more » Monty: I think all stations should shut off and then turn on analog broadcasting every 100 milliseconds. Technically, they are still broadcasting on analog,... more » Tony Bullard: I'll tell you why this is a big deal: Advertising. Advertisers don't want to pay money if they think half the nation won't be able to see their ads. ... more » nutbastard: [www.zazzle.com] more » Donnie Clapp: Why is it such a big deal if people are without TV for a few days while they figure out what's happening? It's not like radio, newspapers, and the int... more » SuvarnmalaStork: I don't really care how long the DTV transition takes. In my area (Seattle suburb) everything is already broadcast in HD & SD, as well as analog, thro... more » WinslowBabatunde: I hope this switch falls through completely. The American public needs their constant flow of television shut off. more » zenpoet: Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do ityour t.v. only comes digitallyThat aint workin thats the way you do itMoney for nothin and broadcast fo... more » -
#digitalswitchover
First Wave of the Digital TV Switch Hits Today
By the end of today—the original, pre-delay shutoff deadline—641 TV (mostly small-market) stations across the country will cease analog broadcast. Panic! [Yahoo] -
#dtv
Screw June 12: 40 Percent of TV Stations Will Abandon Analog Next Week Anyway
Even though the mandatory switchover date from analog to digital will be June 12 soon, about 681 (or 40 percent of) television stations will stop broadcasting analog by the end of next week. More » -
#analogshutdown
Obama Wants to Delay Analog TV Shutdown to June 12
More on the proposed delay of the digital TV switchover: Obama's transition team co-chair sent a letter to Congress supporting WV Sen. Jay Rockefeller's proposal to push the transition to June 12. This is dumb. More » -
#vestedinterests
The Analog TV Shutdown Is a Flustercuck of Corporate Money, No One Cares About Consumers
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (rightly) said that Obama's plan to delay the analog shutdown would create "consumer confusion." But as Ars reports, when government, big corporations and tons of money are involved, it's never about consumers. More » -
