Only digital TV available in 2009.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:39 am

Yet there are so many things idiotic in this article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s....gus0NUE

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:24 am

For some reason I always thought this only affected OTA people.

Today, cable television system operators receive broadcast feeds in analog and digital format. Come Feb. 18, 2009, broadcasters must stop supplying the analog signal. That creates a problem for the cable industry's 32 million analog subscribers.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:27 am

I heard the FCC was going after major retailers recently because they were still selling analog TVs without putting notices by them indicating they'd be worthless in a year or so.

FYI: This was supposed to have happened back in 2004 or something like that. I went through all this stuff when I was in the TV biz and the time line has been moved once if not more.

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Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:28 am

So, why is this being mandated? Are analog signals somehow offensive to the FCC now? I don't see that part anywhere.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:30 am

I remember hearing something about how the government has sold the analog stuff. I assume the customer would like delivery.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:11 am

The government is going to sell (This is part of the spectrum that Google and Apple may bid on) the spectrum, but has not yet.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:31 am

Leisher wrote:FYI: This was supposed to have happened back in 2004 or something like that. I went through all this stuff when I was in the TV biz and the time line has been moved once if not more.

That's what I thought.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:24 pm

Depending on the outcome of discussions in Congress, television as we know it may end at exactly midnight Dec. 31, 2006.

Heh

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:26 pm

Really the only answer is for the government to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to give peeps digital to analog converters, because television is a need, not a luxury.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:44 pm

Really the only answer is for the government to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to give peeps digital to analog converters, because television is a need, not a luxury.

Of course it's a need. As long as the populace is entertained and distracted, they will be less likely to pay attention to the bullshit going on in Washington.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:54 pm

And, government is in business to give people what they need like ponies and TV shows.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:28 am

Both bread and circuses are the God-given right of avery American.