Complaints Pour In After Digital TV Test

djupedal writes "'Even if all goes smoothly, next February's digital television shift is likely to generate hundreds of thousands of complaints from television viewers around the country. A major problem during a test run in Wilmington, N.C., was the inability of over-the-air viewers to receive new digital signals, according to figures collected after the test.'"

Comments

Hmmmm

[suso]

If there is anything that is likely to end the world, it might be when all the country folk lose their TV just long enough for their addiction to take over and........

I personally will be sitting outside Best Buy to watch the festivities begin in Feb.

Re:Hmmmm

[UnknowingFool]

I personally will be sitting outside Best Buy to watch the festivities begin in Feb.

See that is what is wrong with America. No entrepreneurial ambition. I'll be outside BestBuy next to you, selling pitchforks and torches.

Re:Hmmmm

[ivandavidoff]

Some of us still remember the Great 8-Track Riots of '78. It wasn't pretty.

Re:Hmmmm

[R2.0]

"Some of us still remember the Great 8-Track Riots of '78. It wasn't pretty."

That's nothing compared to the 78 Riots in 33.

Re:Hmmmm

[Angostura]

Don't you mean the 33 1/3 riots in 78?

or am I getting confused?

Mmhmm

[Anonymous Coward]

A major problem during a test run in Wilmington, N.C., was the inability of over-the-air viewers to receive new digital signals

Yeah, that is kind of a major problem.

But the hillbillies will kill us all!

[elrous0]

A hillbilly without his wrestling shows is a very dangerous individual. Well-armed and high on crystal meth, they are nigh unstoppable. The only way to save ourselves is to hole up at our universities and libraries. They're the only places hillbillies will never go.

Surge in coat hanger sales

[jbeaupre]

Prediction 1: Sales of coat hangers will soar as people build their own antennas http://uhfhdtvantenna.blogspot.com/

Prediction 2: Sales of coat hangers will see a second spike as people realize they needed metal coat hangers.

Re:Just get a better antenna!

[MightyYar]

It's life or death! Look at the correlation between life expectancy and TV viewership! Fact is, without TV our life expectancy would be right back where it was in the 40s. God help us if they shut down radio, too - I don't want to go back to the turn of the century here.

Re:Solution

[Nerftoe]

I always link to this onion "story" when I see such a comment :

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television

Technology

[RockMFR]

It's amazing how far our technology has come in the last 50 years or so. At this rate, I think it is likely that we will see the following technological advances over the next decade:

• Hovering cars that get 0.3 miles per gallon
• Electronic books that never wear out and only need to be repurchased every 4 years
• Roofs made entirely of superthin glass
• A poison that we can put in foods that far exceeds the protein content of melamine
• 500-megaton nuclear weapons
• Fourth trimester abortions

8 Track Forever

[WED Fan]

You insensitive clod, my entire <SFX>kerchunk</SFX> album collection is on <SFX>kerchunk</SFX> 8-Track tape. Why, I even have that handy little <SFX>kerchunk</SFX> cassette converter so I could play <SFX>kerchunk</SFX> in my '78 Cougar.

You know, I still have the little plastic discs for my 45's as well.

Re:Solution

[rkanodia]

Some people like the wallpaper.

Re:Solution

[not already in use]

You just made Jesus cry like 5 times over.