| Posted by: Goro at February 13, 2008, 9:51 am | | Topic: the war is over Forum: groupsrv | | On Feb 13, 5:17 am, Alric Knebel wrote: Quote:Derek Janssen wrote: Invid Fan wrote: In article wrote: Alric Knebel wrote: Derek Janssen wrote: Another argument where the Haves meet the Have-Nots in the HDTV debates about why we've got the technology in the first place. There is no HDTV debate, as far as anyone else is aware of. When everything went to color, did you stop watching black & white? Or you one of THOSE? No, but at least when we had color, for how long did we have whiners saying "Oh, so you can see the color of the newscasters' clothes now, what an innovation to spend $150 bucks on!"? Color came in gradually, and consumers didn't really have to do anything apart from decide when to buy a set. Portables were B&W for quite some time, if memory serves, and we didn't get a color set until the early 70's (saw the last moon landing on a B&W set). I'm probably in the modern group you're complaining about, in that I honestly don't care about HD. If my current set dies I'll get one, yes, but I won't bother with HD programing Well, hopefully you'll still remember to get one with an ATSC digital tuner after Feb. 09, or you may find the programming not quite as interesting of late.. Derek Janssen ejan...@verizon.net I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard that with some sort of adapter, you'll be able to use your old TVs, and that there will be vouchers issued to assist people who can't afford them. Anybody else know any details on this? https://www.dtv2009.gov/ The upstream comment is a bit retarded for a couple of reasons: 1. All HDTVs are required to have ATSC tuners and have for quite some time now and so you'd actually have to TRY to find one without one. 2. Most people that are going to be viewing HD content (and esp. those on this usent group ) will likely have some sort of HD provider (cable, dish, etc). Since CableCard is basically a dead end, a cable box is the way to go. Which bypasses a tv's tuner anyway. -goro- |
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