[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

[Gerald Levy]

And the 70% of blind people who are unemployed is no big deal either.  After 
all, most of them already have cable TV, talking computers, GPS navigation 
gizmos and all manner of assistive technology, so they really don't need 
jobs to support this comfortable life style anyway.

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition


> Actually, it has been announced for years and I also have no sympathy. 
> Broadcasters have big money involved, tower climbers set up months ago, 
> antenna switches etc.  It can also cost $20,000 in electricity each month 
> to run an analog TV transmitter.  It is also my understanding that one of 
> the phone companies has a multimillion dollar advertising campaign set to 
> launch the day after cutoff to advertise its new services in vacated TV 
> space.  Phone companies and others have paid billions for the spectrum and 
> they should be able to use it when they were told they could.
>
> Dave
>
> p.s.  eighty-five percent of the country's population gets its TV via 
> cable or satellite.  The 15 percent is not huge, and also second or third 
> TV's in a household.
>
> DA
>
> At 03:57 AM 1/30/2009, you wrote:
>>The senate passed the delay; but, the house did not. I wish y'all would 
>>get y'all's facts straight.  As for the proposed delay, I have no sympathy 
>>for those who want it.  It's been announced for months, and, people have 
>>had more than ample time to prepair.  IF anyone is not ready now, well, 
>>too bad.  That's what they get for waiting till the last minute.
>>
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
>>
>>"Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad you 
>>come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own 
>>land"
>>
>>George Seferis
>>
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>>
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>>
>>Tom Lange wrote:
>>>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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