Comments on: House Says No To DTV Transition Delay

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:37:20 +0000

Guess what, when June arrives there will still be “millions” of people not ready for the transition. This is just silly. A few days without TV and those who actively ignored the PSAs and screen crawls for YEARS, will finally buy a converter.

This transition is never going to be issue-free. If you are not ready for this transition today, its likely you are so lazy and entitlement-minded that you will never be ready, unless the nanny state sends a tech to you house to install a free converter box.

Ricardo, the government routinely screws more that 5% of the population on any number of issues. If 95% ARE ready, that’s success for sure.

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Neck of State » Obama Money Matters Tie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:02:40 +0000

[...] Both meetings, economically motivated as they were, saw Obama wearing an enterprising greenback-colored, static-patterned necktie. The color scheme obviously supports the theme of economic stimulus, repair, and recovery that the President supported this week, culminating in yesterday’s meetings. Neck of State could not immediately confirm speculation that the static pattern is a reference the House’s rejection of his request to delay the transition to digital television. [...]

By: ricardo montnog

ricardo montnog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:33:18 +0000

Let me get this straight. You selfish people who say screw 5% of your fellow citizens and deny them access to the airwaves THEY OWN as Americans….

…but you are willing to give banks a trillion dollars so they can pay out billion dollar bonuses after creating this catastrophe without blinking an eye…

You are ignorant, disloyal, unpatriotic, and fools.

WE THE PEOPLE own the airwaves. NOT telecoms.

During this economic catastrophe, it is the WRONG message to isolate and say f-you to 5% of our struggling citizens.

The delay WILL pass in the form of a special bill (Thank you in advance, Congress) and all of you selfish bastards should try thinking of your fellow citizens for a change. We are entering into a MAJOR depression fools — we need free public information from broadcast television.

Selfish brainwashed short-sighted fools.

By: macdad

macdad — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:14:54 +0000

So the Senate wants to coddle those procrastinators, those supposed 6.5 million who have been bombarded with this impending change multiple times every day – IF they have been watching any TV. Thank the House for not going along with this delay. I installed converter boxes for my brother-in-law, and the picture quality NOW is much better – sharper and no ghosts with the antenna on top of the TV.

By: Let's Talk Twitter: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 29, 2009 | MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:57:18 +0000

[...] House of Representatives defeated the bill to delay the DTV transition. For now the transition will still happen on February 17th, 2009. However, an amended bill could be [...]

By: House Defeats DTV Transition Delay : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 29, 2009 | MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:52:36 +0000

[...] House of Representatives defeated the bill to delay the DTV transition. For now the transition will still happen on February 17th, 2009. However, an amended bill could be [...]

By: Lou Paglia

Lou Paglia — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:59:05 +0000

TV is the most important thing that our representatives should be discussing and trying to push a change through? We’ve clearly reached the point where those who haven’t made adjustments will only make them once they are necessary (i.e. not getting a signal). I’m not clear on what the additional months buys anyone and how we increase the chance that everyone will be more prepared than they are right now.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:05:21 +0000

Awesome. The delay would be pointless and confusing, and if people haven’t responded to the call to get a box or cable or whatever yet, TV just isn’t that important to them.

By: House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay « NewTeeVee

House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay « NewTeeVee — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:40:19 +0000

[...] approval, the deadline for the switch stands at Feb. 17. Stacey at GigaOM has the full story and some analysis. Here are some background links to bring you up to [...]