Obama's Transition Team Urges Congress to Postpone Digital TV Cutover
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Subscribe to commentsHARRYJan 9th 2009 8:54AM
THIS TRANSITION HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE AIRWAYS FOR TWO YEARS.. TO GIVE ANYONE WHO HAS IGNORED IT MORE TIME IS NUTS, JUST PLAIN NUTS.. WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE PLANS BECAUSE THERE ARE IDIOTS ON THE PLANET.
MoJan 9th 2009 9:46AM
C'mon....how long do we need ..???? How much notice? Two years is not enough??
Obama...give us a break....even the poorest of families could have saved for this event in two years. (Given the coupon) What is his problem?
Everythign else thats happening...and he's worried if poor folks will be able to watch him on TV!!!!
JoeJan 9th 2009 12:33PM
It is true that anyone who doesn't know about the upcoming change is a moron, I don't think it shouldn't be the role of government to mandate an arbitrary changeover date, analog will go the way of the dinosaur's eventually, but I dont think we need to spend so much time and effort to push it out the door faster.
terriJan 9th 2009 3:28PM
Not ONLY are they morons if this is news to them, but those who haven't prepared for the 2/17 deadline still have PLENTY of time to ready themselves. Christ sake, it's tv people. The "most vulnerable" as godbama puts it already have the dish, the NFL channel and flat screen tv's. Anyone without cable that waited too long can just pay their own way now. There was sufficient time. I guess our financial, oil, war, health and education issues are all resolved? If not he should be promoting the people to get off their asses and away from the tvs. No such J*O*B* called watchin tv. Is he THAT big an egomaniac that he's scared he won't be seen?
BARRYJan 9th 2009 11:16AM
Um, and you really care because...???
I mean, really dude, sorry to troll/flame on you, but...
The transition to HD is already done, anyone w/ antenna and tuner can use it NOW... so it's not like this is delaying anyone from utilizing it or causing ANYBODY any sort of incovenience. At all. So what is so bad about waiting a little longer for those procrastinators when it impacts no one else?
Most of us on cable/satellite (or alternative), which makes is absolutely moot anyway.
The only thing this changes is the actual cut off of the analog signals.
Lets also remind ourselves: Government mandated switch to new tech... rarely done AND only being done because the gov't can now auction those unused bans. If the FCC didn't figure out a way to make money off this, no one would have ever cared or mandated it. So the nice $40 coupons they will send to anybody? Yeah, they are going to make ALL that back and then some. LIke all else our gov't does... it's never really about quality or good will, just about how much money we can make off it.
BARRY DEUXJan 9th 2009 11:17AM
Sorry, not 'unused bans', I meant unused radio bands.
AceJan 25th 2009 12:51PM
The change needs to occur on schedule. People here are apparently not aware that the airwaves freed by the change have been SOLD. The bandwidth was sold and the buyers were promised the use on that date. These companies paid BILLIONS for the rights and have a right to the use on the date promised. To say it affects no one to delay have no knowledge of the issue and need to suffer their ignorance in silence.