US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion

Posted by michael on Thursday September 23, 2004 @04:21AM from the 500-channels-of-reruns dept.

Robin Ingenthron writes "As 2007 gets closer, the legislation to postpone mandatory transition from Analog TV broadcast to Digital is taking shape. Here's an idea - make the broadcasters pay to use the airwaves (they get both analog and digital spectrum for free). For that matter, why permanently auction the bandwidth to cell phone companies, why not rent it to them too? Each postponement keeps the Fed budget in the red, so consumers have a choice -- between analog (black borders on the sides of their digital TVs) and digital (black borders on the top and bottom of their analog TV)."

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call me crazy by killua · 2004-09-23 04:47 · Score: 1, Flamebait

While i agree that some issue's need to be forced, economics can usually handle most issues. If it is profitable for television broadcasters to switch to digital, then they would. So why force the issue?
Like healthcare by MacFury · 2004-09-23 04:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And American government isn't supposed to be the type of government that buys you the stuff you can't afford...
Like healthcare? Education, etc? :-)