I refuse to get a digital tv ever since seeing that study that DTV was addictive 
(literally, physically addictive). I refuse to be more addicted than I am already. If 
worse comes to worse, I will simply swear it off altogether (and I can ...)

Judith

> This is interesting because it's almost a reversal of recent FCC moves.
> 
> Rough order of events:
> - Congress mandates DTV by 2003. Analog will be cut off in 2006.
> - Companies complain. Digital TV's ludicrously expensive.
> - Congress mandates DTV broadcasts by 2006. Some stations analog cut off if
> the market is 80% digital.
> - Companies drag their feet. Digital TV's still significantly more than
> Analog, but being bought by lots of people. Not enough sets sold by 2002 to
> satisfy Congress.
> - Congress mandates all TVs under 14" to be sold with digital tuners by
> 2004, but admits that the 2006 goal was overly ambitious for analog cutoff.
> *Major turning point.*
> - Companies complain that it will raise costs. Companies complain about
> recording digital signal.
> - Congress now wants to mandate Encryption standard for DTV to force meeting
> the first 2006 deadline.
> 
> Whatever.
> 
> Kevin Graeme
> 

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