Digital TV switch hits a snag

Digital TV switch hits a snag

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

(From The Wall Street Journal) Rattled by the recession, many consumers facing the upcoming switch to digital television are taking the cheap way out -- buying inexpensive converter boxes instead of new digital TV sets. But now, amid higher demand, the government is running out of money to subsidize the purchase of the converters. (Registration required)

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Posted by logic on January 6, 2009 at 4:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

THE NETWORKS HAVE GARBAGE ON. ONLY, MAYBE, THE LOCAL WEATHER IS WORTH WATCHING. WE CALL THE NETWORKS 'AM' TELEVISION. AS IN AM RADIO... A WAISTLAND OF NOISE. PBS IS THE ONLY "BROADCAST" TV WORTHWHILE. IS THE NETWORKS' "BUTTCRACK" ATTITUDE CONSIDERED THAT OF A SUSTANABLE CULTURE? NO... JUST THE OPOSITE. THAT IS PROVABLE WITH THE FOX PRODUCTS. THEY HAVE 'FOX NEWS' TO HELP THE REPUBLICANS TEAR THIS COUNTRY DOWN TO A 3RD WORLD AND THE 'FOX NETWORK' TO WORK FROM THE BOTTOM END OF OUR POPULATION TO DO THE SAME THING. THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE TWO PRODUCTS ARE AT THE OPOSITE ENDS OF THE 'GARBAGE' SPECTRUM, BUT WORK TOWARDS THE SAME END... PROMOTE THE EVIL ONE WORD CONCEPT OF EVERY NATION BEING 3RD WORLD.
seems LOGICal

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