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Jan 2009 Deadline for HDTV Cutoff
stlhawkeye writes "Broadcasters have recently accepted a deadline of January 2009 for the mandatory end of analog television signal broadcasts. Broadcasters have expressed concerns that those without subscription television services will see blank screens unless they buy new units. "
I fail to see your point. Broadcast TV, aka free TV, continues to be how it always was. You said that. Good.
However, cable TV now has commercials. And? Your point? It is their service. They can do what they want with it. They want to put up commercials, tough. Don't buy the stupid thing. Buy another stupid thing. Just don't come to Slashdot and bitch about it (that's what blogs are for!).
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If there was no longer a need for something, it would become obsolete on its own. Demanding that something become obsolete is quite suspicious.
I don't get you geeks nowadays.
Go try and browse the web with Netscape 4. I dare you.
I wish the deadline were Jan 2006. I mean, analog will still work until 2009. That means that if you bought an analog TV today, it would be fully functional for almost 4.5 years. Add to the 4.5 years however old an existing TV is. If your TV is OK for you in 2009, and you do not have cable or satellite, you are required to spend 50 bucks or so to hack your old TV to accept DTV signals.
I don't even know if most nonportable analog TVs even come with OTH antennas, so people have been used to buying and using addon antennas already for a while.
HDTV is the shit. Everyone, even wives, can clearly tell the difference. Its a good thing.