Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, 2007 @11:19PM from the it's-coming dept.

A recent poll of TV watchers shows that many Americans aren't aware the end times are coming for analog broadcast signals. "The survey found that the group most affected by the analog cutoff -- those with no cable or satellite service -- are most in the dark about what will happen to their sets: Only one-third of them had heard that their TVs are set to stop receiving programs. Of course, there are solutions. Congress is subsidizing the purchase of digital television receivers. And the cable TV industry is hoping that this will spur the last holdouts to buy pay TV."

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There is always stupid people by Simon+(S2) · 2007-12-21 23:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

who don't care what is happening around them. Well, they will act when their TVs will be black. Is this a problem?

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I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
Re:This is the most hyped non-problem... by sobolwolf · 2007-12-22 00:16 · Score: 0, Flamebait

TV is the one of the most effective communication mechanisms ever devised, after all. Problem solved.
Don't you mean "one of the most effective POPULATION CONTROL mechanisms ever devised" ?