[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Thanks for posting this as this is the first I have heard of this. I seldom 
listen to TV and have two sets in my house that are not hooked up. When I 
need to I will generally go to a stations web site on the Internet as our 
local cable provider is Comcast and I haved issues with them both for their 
inaccessible digital service as it involves pointing at the screen and 
touching a part of it as well as their reputation of unionbusting and 
contracting out much of their labor so that it is done in a substandard 
manner. If this hasn't been addressed it might be too late now.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
To: "Electronics Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:19 AM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition


>
> 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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