On Jul 3, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Richard P. wrote:
I think that this will be quite a surprise for all the people that went out and spent $ on UHF installations, only to find that they will have to spend more $ on VHF/UHF installations. It won't make the broadcasters look good.
Actually, it won't make the people who spent $ on new UHF installations look good. Broadcasters did nothing dubious. Retailers did.
There was lots of info out there about how foolish it would be for folks wanting to get digital OTA signals to spend money on new antenna installations when their current external, or even internal UHF/VHF antennas would suffice splendidly, assuming they were in decent operating condition. It was the retailers who sell antennas, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc., who sold television viewers a lot of crock about the "need" to buy "digital" antennas. There ain't a hair of difference between an antenna that gathers analog signals versus an antenna that gathers digital signals.
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