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 > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
