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:yeahthat and SCARY THOUGHT. :eek:

I think that is stupid beyond stupid, but whatever... I have Direct TV and love it, so I guess it won't affect us.

um...that sucks.

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That was my first thought as well. It's a bunch of (excuse my French) &*&&^%#%&%&(^*)P* BS.

There... I feel better. :lol:

Many analog television owners won’t need a converter: 85 percent of Americans now get all their television from cable or satellite providers, so for the most part the change-over won’t affect them. (A lot of those households, however, also have second and third sets in basements or bedrooms that do rely on over-the-air signals.) The real problem is the 15 million or so U.S. households whose only television service comes over the air. For these people, predominately lower-income and disproportionately black and Hispanic, the cut-off will be bad news indeed.

Oh well then... that doesn't effect me. But it's not broadcast in HD now, so would I still need a converter?

(confused) :rolleyes:

This isn't really necessary. to me it sounds like it's a reward to the cable companies. people know will be forced to pay for a converter box and maybe other equipment that is expensive. everyone who pays for analog should be given a converter box by their cable company.

It's not going to happen.

IF you already have a cable or satellite box, you won't need anything else. Mostly that affects OTA signals. I don't think they will shut it down next New Years eve, but it definitely will be eventually. The FCC is going to sell the old television spectrum.

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Is this going to be the end of regular TV? I remember back when I was born, they used to have regular TV without cable. This might be the same way that back in the 1950's it was all over for radio before TV came in. All three network programming began in 1948 were NBC, ABC and CBS. I not going to suspect the end of the world for TV. And I was saying TV is the more adaptable ever. I got local stations in New York City. I don't know what is going to have a problem with that. When I was in the city down in Brooklyn, they had antennas hooked up on their rooftops. Here are some pictures.

http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u43/warrenmark/upload/28207147.gs_1614.jpg

http://jiki.pbase.com/u39/daniel8ty8/large/32494511.nyc184.jpg

http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/u30/zippythechimp/upload/18627490.carroll_gardens_hoyt_pres_02.jpg

I know the theory that the analog TV is going to end soon, it's gonna be a different ball game. It's so sad to see them go.http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif I got digital cable from Time Warner.

This isn't really necessary. to me it sounds like it's a reward to the cable companies. people know will be forced to pay for a converter box and maybe other equipment that is expensive. everyone who pays for analog should be given a converter box by their cable company.

Yeah and what about the people that have rabbit ears because they can't afford cable or satellitte :mad:

This isn't really necessary. to me it sounds like it's a reward to the cable companies. people know will be forced to pay for a converter box and maybe other equipment that is expensive. everyone who pays for analog should be given a converter box by their cable company.

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What.. the.. :censored:?