It seems that the US government has no problem issuing conversion mandates with hard deadlines, when it businesses and government stand to profit at the expense of consumers. Obviously, there is the political will to force the American public to convert their television sets. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/03/national/w165755S23.DTLDear Scott,
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Scott Hudnall
It looks like you are right that the government is quite happy about deadlines as long as these don't apply to the metric system. Take a look at the last two paragraphs in the article. Here they are (note the screen sizes):
Separately on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission moved up by four months the date by which small TV sets sold in the U.S., those 13 inches to 24 inches, must have tuners to receive digital signals. The new deadline will be March 1, 2007. Sets under 13 inches will also have to have digital tuners by that date.
The commission had previously ruled that mid-sized sets, screens from 25 inches to 36 inches, be digital-ready by March 1, 2006.
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