[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

[Charlie Richardson]

/me hands Ray a chill pill.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition


> February 17th!!!  WILL, YOU, PEOPLE, KINDLY, GET, YOUR, FACTS, STRAIGHT? 
> Is that too much to ask?  Many (though not all) whine and complain about 
> not having access Handed to y'all on a silver platter; and yet, those same 
> people don't even bother to take the time to make the little effort which 
> would get you the new digital channels.  I'm not saying I don't care about 
> accessibility or that those boxes shouldn't be accessible; of course they 
> should.  But, honestly, instead of going on a tantrum because the federal 
> government isn't spoon feeding you all the accessibility you want, why not 
> take the time and make the effort you could and should have taken and made 
> months ago and be done with it. Sure, we might need help to set up the 
> boxes initially, but, I believe that it's really not as bad as the 
> complaints I've seen here make it out to be.  Sorry if this sounds harsh, 
> but, honestly, will y'all who are complaining just go out there and get 
> done what you need to get done to solve this problem?  It's not like the 
> train is coming and you have no time to prepare. In all honesty, you 
> should already have done that. Even without the government coupon those 
> boxes are really not all that expensive.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
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> David Meyer wrote:
>> My understanding of the digetal tv conversion is that it is still 
>> scheduled
>> for February 19.  Though a bill did pass the senate to delay the 
>> conversion
>> to June 12, that same bill was defeated in the house.  So far as I know,
>> that action would render this bill to be a moot point.   -----Original 
>> Message-----
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>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:07 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition
>>
>> I'm confused, because I did hear the delay is not going to happen.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Lange" <trlange at pacbell.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Charlie writes:
>>>
>>>> Well, good news, they delayed the mandate by four months.
>>> Really?  I thought I'd heard on the radio the other night that the 
>>> proposed four-month delay wasn't going to happen. I hope the transition 
>>> is
>>
>>> delayed so that accessibility issues can be addressed and resolved.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
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