Straight from the source : http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
They've delayed this a couple of times, and I wouldn't be surprised if its delayed again past the posted date of Feb 09. Charles On 10/17/07, Louise Power <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem, David, is that after the first of the year, all broadcasters > are required to switch to digital signals, so even if you have a "tube tv," > you won't be able to pick up the signals. Ostensibly this has been done to > free up analog bandwidth for the various devices we use these days--in > particular radio bandwidth for emergency responders. > > NB: You will be able to buy a converter for your tube tv that will convert > analog to digital until your tube tv dies. I've heard that they're going to > run between $100 and $200. > > Louise > > ------------------------------ > From: *"David Locklear" <[email protected]>* > To: *[email protected]* > Subject: *[Texascavers] OT - tube tv's* > Date: *Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26:32 -0500* > MIME-Version: *1.0* > Received: *from raistlin.wokka.org ([69.56.185.90]) by > bay0-mc5-f4.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, > 17 Oct 2007 10:26:50 -0700* > Received: *(qmail 13146 invoked by uid 89); 17 Oct 2007 17:26:52 -0000* > Received: *(qmail 13137 invoked by uid 31338); 17 Oct 2007 17:26:52 -0000 > * > I don't see how to make this post caving related, but it seems like > an interesting historical event. > > I was in Fry's last week and they didn't have a single tube TV for sale. > Not even the little 13 inchers with integrated VCR or DVD. > > Today, on the web, Best Buy announced that they have stopped selling > them also. > > They claim it is related to the lack of future analog broadcasting. > > I am guessing it has more to do with holiday gift sales and they just > need to have the room for the flat-panels which are obviously what > everybody > will probably buy for the holiday season. > > My family got it's first color tube TV in 1972, and I remember how > exciting > at the age of 8 to finally see upclose Mary Ann and Ginger. My parents > and my paternal grandparents and my younger brother and I, would all > gather around the TV and watch Wild Kingdom, and Daniel Boone, and > Davey Crocket > and we would turn it off to eat dinner. Then one day, we got the > idea to put the TV in the living room at an angle where everyone could > watch it while eating dinner. Life was never the same after that. > > I can't say I am going to miss the tube TV. The wall-mounted plasma > screens are just too cool. I imagine some discount store will > continue selling the tube TV until the price of a similar LCD model is > less. > > David Locklear > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected]
