[Electronics-talk] Digital TV Transition

[Steve Jacobson]

And how will this change by June?  I wish it would, though.  I wonder if anyone will have a portable digital TV Radio at 
some point, or if any of these converters are small, can be operated from batteries, with audio outputs?  ?

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:00:31 -0500, Gerald Levy wrote:


>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
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>> 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
>>>
>>>Phone or Fax::
>>>
>>>+1 (985) 360-3375
>>>
>>>e-mail:
>>>
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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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