Hardrada
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:53 AM
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I was told that all TV and radio would go digital in 2006 |
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Around New Year's and I can't use cable anymore and I can throw away my VCR recorder. Is any of this true?
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:02 AM
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1. I think the deadline has been pushed back to 09 now. |
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I read that someplace recently.
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:16 AM
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5. I believe your regular TV will still work |
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At least for the next few years. And the prices of HDTV's are coming down. HD ready TV's are even cheaper.
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:06 AM
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2. That's something that simply can't be regulated the way they are trying |
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to go about it. You can't just say "everything must go digital by XXX date". There would be an uprising of the peasants who can't afford to upgrade their cable system and TV to an all digital format.
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Hardrada
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:08 AM
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3. But there is some sort of concerted plot |
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to accomplish this? I also heard that HDF TV's would remain costly since everyone would have to get one. That struck me as particularly sinister.
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:14 AM
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4. I think this regulation originally came from the clinton white house |
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back in the late 90's... a novel attempt at trying to get technology moving again.
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Hardrada
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:17 AM
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6. So there is something we really can blame Bill for!! |
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Or maybe Al Gore had something to do with this??!
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merwin
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:22 AM
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7. It was probably gore :-) |
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