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Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover
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."
because they are too busy adjusting their rabbit ears...
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
Nah, I spend enough calories just moving the scroll wheel in Slashdot
Yeah. Would you choose a neurosurgeon who pokes around people's brains in his spare time? I wouldn't.
For those that use rabbit ears or some other antenna you get a nice clear picture without all the snow or ghosting. Sounds good to me.
1) People find out in their newspaper their tv wont work after next year
2) They get the tv converter box for $50
3) They continue to watch tv on their 20 year old RCA set with their new fangled box
4) They tell all their friends about how they are able to get 30 channels of digital tv for free!
5) Lifeline cable customers cancel their packages because they get a better picture from OTA digital than from 10 channel cable
6) life goes on
Americans are ignorant about technology?! Stop the presses, wake the neighbors, and kill the dog. Damn, this is news.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
That's why I stick to the 12" pizzas
If only there were a way to let these people know. Perhaps, they could insert some kind of announcement into the middle of the television programs.