Is There Anyone That Doesn’t Know That Digital TV Is Coming On Feb.17, 2009?
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So I am watching a baseball game on our local channel, and get up to hit the restroom during innings. I return to my set and the inning has started. But I haven’t a clue what the pitch count is because at the bottom of my screen is a banner which covers the information. The banner ad proudly proclaims that my local channel wants me to know that Analog TV is dead, or should I say will die on 2-17-2009.
The banner ad informs me that my VCR, DVD, Game Console, whatever, will still function OK after the change. But I will need a box to watch digital TV on my analog set. I’m patient since I would guess there are some folks who need this information and I am understanding when the same ad comes by for the 2nd time. But on the 3rd pass, enough already! To add insult to injury they run this banner ad 2 more times during the game.
I’ve also noticed that other local channels also feel the obligation to run a similar banner ad. Same information. Which leads me to believe that:
There are a lot of people who still have analog TV’s and who are not on cable or satellite, OR
The American public is totally retarded and needs to see this another 6,456 times between now and the next 7 months!
Comments welcome.
5 Comments
GOOSE
June 8th, 2008
at 7:11am
I’m surprised that they are not running it in Spanish…..
Ron Schenone
June 8th, 2008
at 12:17pm
I think you have to press #2 on your remote.
Denny
June 8th, 2008
at 12:29pm
NO–COME–PRE–DAY……. :-)……….
Ron Schenone
June 8th, 2008
at 1:28pm
GGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!!!!
Ryan
June 8th, 2008
at 9:37pm
The government is greedy and corrupt, and sold the broadcast channels that they were using for analog broadcasts so they could auction off the frequency bands to large companies, then use the funding to either prod everyone to buy a new television they shouldn’t need, or a converter box with that fifty dollar rebate card.
Good thing I have never liked television anyway.
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El gobierno está codiciosos y corruptos, vendidos y los canales de transmisión en la que estaban utilizando para las emisiones analógicas para que pudieran subasta frente a las bandas de frecuencias para las grandes empresas, a continuación, utilice la financiación para todos los productos, ya sea para comprar una nueva televisión que no deberían tener, o una caja con convertidor de que cincuenta dólar tarjeta de descuento.
¡Menos mal que nunca he deseado la televisión de todos modos.