Court Upholds FCC's 2007 Deadline For Digital TV

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, 2003 @11:59AM from the fiat-is-a-four-letter-word dept.

phil reed writes "According to this article on Digital Spy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld a Federal Communications Commission ruling requiring that all TVs with 13-inch screens or larger must be equipped with a digital tuner by July 2007. FCC press release here (warning - PDF document). The Court specifically cited foot-dragging on the part of the industry, and noted the chicken-and-egg problem. Here's the Washington Post story." sdriver writes adds a link to CNN's coverage.

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Am I alone? by GeneralEmergency · 2003-10-28 12:11 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I'm feeling cat-herded.

Really. Analog is fine. Who cares if the crap on TV is sharper?

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kill your TV by spoonyfork · 2003-10-28 13:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If you didn't own a TV and care what crap is smeared on it then this would be a non-issue. Turn off your TV and go live in the real world.
... or at least end up spending more time on the 'net :/

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