[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

Sat Jan 31 01:26:10 UTC 2009

Wow, I haven't seen any tantrums on this list except from those people 
who seem to be really upset that someone got their facts straight and 
who seem to be seeing people throwing tantrums that I just haven't seen 
myself. Granted, I don't pay too much attention to this issue, except 
for the accessibility concerns, since I don't watch my TV via an over 
the air signal. Therefore, I haven't kept track of this thread, but as I 
recall there was maybe one person who asked a question about the digital 
switch over and who may have had a concern about it, and of course, 
someone erroneously reported that it has been delayed. No tantrums that 
I can recall and no need to do anything but point out the delay hadn't 
been extended and where to go to get more information on the switch 
over. No need whatsoever to pitch a fit about non-existent tantrums or 
use colorful language (which Ray didn't do BTW, that was another poster 
throwing a tantrum). I hope I'm not getting my facts confused myself! 
:-) I'd like to humbly suggest that we all use the delete key a little 
more liberally and get on to talking about the accessibility issues 
which will result from this change.

Ray Foret jr wrote:
> 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,
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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-----
>> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [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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