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FCC Speeds Up Digital TV Signal Deadlines
sbinning writes "The FCC, in a 4-0 vote decided that all medium-sized televisions, screens between 25 and 36 inches in diagonal, must be able to receive both digital and traditional analog signals by March 1. This is four months earlier than the commission had decreed three years ago. Now if they just mandate more intelligent programming."
It sucks that poor people can't afford 32" TV sets.
I make more than an average US salary, and it was a big deal for me to plop down $1,600 for my 43" HDTV a while back.
WTF? Poor people get shit on all the time. That is what they are there for.
Excellent troll if I may say so myself.
... but wait ... the Gods of the Free Market won't let that happen since there will always be a seller willing to sell at a low enough price so everyone can buy. It all works out so perfectly in your perfect little world. I'd love for you to have to live in a run-down apartment with a dead-end job and no hope to ever get out of the situation you were born into. Maybe then you'd get off of your libertarian high horse.
Television is no more a luxury item than is a car or radio. In most areas, there is a local government-run channel that lets people know when certain things will be occuring (ie, trash pickup will be a day late this week due to a problem with the trucks). It is important that people know what is going on in their neighborhood and television is a much better way to disseminate this information than mass mailings.
Of course, I'm familiar with your political views, namely that people who can't afford to pay the going rate don't deserve the service in question. I'm sure you'd be content letting people starve if they didn't have enough money
And yes, this is a troll as well, so if the mods could please mod me down, I'll be happy.
Truth hurts. Nuff said about that.
A family I know better than I would like fits this exactly.
Years on welfare: 20
Time spent infront of tv: All waking.
Jobs applied to each year: 0
Hours worked a month: 8 (Husband and wife combined)
Total shifts offered each month: 4
Shifts turned down to watch tv: 3