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Add to FavoritesHonestly, I am a little surprised at all the commotion over the change to all digital television. It's not like we didn't know three years ago that this was coming. I don't hear anyone saying that digital is bad, or worse than analog TV, only that it's creating a hardship for a small percentage of people. If you have cable or satellite television it doesn't matter what kind of TV you have, it will still work. If you have an HD TV then you only need rabbit ears or an antenna on your roof to receive the signal.
Where was the uproar when typewriters were eliminated by computers and printers? What about the switch from leaded gasoline to unleaded gasoline? I don't remember people complaining over that one either. Cd's replaced records, and now Blu Ray is about to replace regular DVD's. Where is my 8 track player and my cassette deck in my 82 honda accord? How will I ever live without my VCR and Sega Genesis? Are you prepared to change out your light bulbs? Eventually they will stop making the energy hungry incandescent bulbs in favor or the fluorescent ones. Everything changes, if you are not moving forward then what is the point of being here?
What I don't understand is why our government is giving vouchers so people can purchase boxes to convert the digital signal back to analog. Since when is Washington responsible for guaranteeing our nightly entertainment? A little less TV would probably be better for our country anyway, and a bit more homework might be completed if we only had 2 televisions instead of 5. Digital Television has a superior picture, and all the major networks have already invested millions into the equipment needed to broadcast in digital. Our government has already sold the current analog spectrum to other industries to develop other technologies for us to use later. It's going to happen folks, it may be delayed, but it will happen.
Free over the air TV signals are not coming to an end, however you now need an HDTV to receive those free signals. The reaction to the transition is a little over the top, and people seem a bit panicked over a pretty well planned out and advertised switch. Time moves forward, and with that we must move along with it and adopt new technology that improves our lives. Maybe this is a first step to getting our country competitive again with the rest of the world. I hope that solar power, wind power, and electric cars are the next big thing for this country, and got knows we need it.
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It seems that our so called government and politicians called the Republicans and Democrats appear to want to do something for our goodwill. The idea which will soon become a reality is to force the people of the United States of America to have digital television.
The government and politicians from the Republicans and Democrats and their propaganda machines say that it is for our good and we should embrace progress. We are forced to accept this as a reality of life without offering the minimal resistance.
The people who live in their ivory towers in Washington DC continue with their propganda by saying that we will have better visiion and better choices of channels. We will have televsion of almost three dimensional quality. What has happened is that the people have not been consulted and it is an example of the government intervening in the affairs of the people.
What about the people who did not want digital television nor the cards that offer discount for the regular analog television sets? What about the people who were forced to buy plasma screen televsion for the digital age? The government has no right to interfere in the market economy of the United States of America.
The government and their executive lobbyists from the television industry have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the people. If people want to remain with their televsion sets, they ahouls have the right to remain with analog while respecting the rights of those who want to go digital television.
What is needed is a common sense approach to the digital VS analog television debate especially since most of the people of the United States of America watch television. Why not take a vote on digital versus analog television? A vote is not a waste of time and is needed as to gauge the opinion of the people. Digital Television has been a concept that has been forced upon the people of the United of America without consulting them. I am sure that if Digital and Analog Television was placed to a vote that Analog would win.
Another proposal would be to allow those who want digital or analog television to make the choice for themselves without the interference of the politicians and the government. It would be better in that the consumer will be the one making the decision instead of some politician who in the majority lack knowledge on how to deal with the public. The proposal allowing people to take charge of their television future would send a strong signal to the politicians and the conglomerates to stay away from interfering with one of the rights of consumers.
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