[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

Gerald Levy bwaylimited at verizon.net
Thu Jan 29 18:19:57 UTC 2009


Hi listers.  As most of you are aware, The FCC has mandated that TV broadcasters switch from analog broadcasts to digital on Feb. 17.  Many of us use small portable radios with built-in TV tuners to listen to the audio portion of the analog TV signal.  However, after Feb. 17, these will no longer work.  From what I can determine, the cheapest digital TVs currently available cost at least $150, and require sighted assistance to navigate their inaccessible set-up and options menus.  And the digital TV converter boxes that are currently being offered that connect to analog TV sets to convert digital signals into analog format also have menus which are totally inaccessible.  And there are presently no radios available with built-in Digital TV tuners, and probably won't be any time soon.  Why hasn't more attention been paid to this issue, which could have a profound and devastating impact on the lives of thousands of blind folks?

Gerald 


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