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Yeah, if they do switch over to mandatory HDTV, our place will be DVD-only. Besides, Time Warner sucks donkey dick, already. If it weren’t for the fact that our own building blocks line-of-sight, we’d have Dish right now.
I just don’t understand the push. I mean, it’s not like analog TV is hazardous to your health, or HDTV will help fight cancer or reduce fuel consuption or anything. WTF? Why take away the choice? Why force it on TV stations and consumers at all?
Technology for the sake of technology.
Just like here at work. They “upgraded” our billing system from a nice, lightweight, terminal/telnet app to a fucking resource-hungry java app...which my computer is too slow to run properly, and the company is too cheap to buy me a new computer. The stupid thing has so many bugs in it, it doesn’t even work half the time. But, again, it’s technology for the sake of technology. 
Hmm, well if they get rid of all analog broadcasts, then the spectrum would be wide open for pirate analog broadcasts, right? Let’s start a mobile pirate TV station to maintain programming for those too poor to afford the newfangled digital TVs. Power to the people!
Whoo hoo!
Wait...I don’t know anything about TV except how to plug it in.
How ‘bout I just leech off of you? 
Hmm good point. I have a sneaking suspicion the first week of Pirate TV would be quite a lot of static and accidental cursing. And quite possibly nothing at all.
I’m positive there will be gadgets on the market to convert the digital signal to analog so the dinosaur TVs can display it.
Cursing, accidental or not, can make for great entertainment, though.
It’s the Clutzy Pottymouthed Geek Show! I’ll have a huge cult following. You can be the cult leader. 
I hope by leader you meant bestestestest <strike>cursor</strike> <strike>curser</strike> <strike>swearer</strike> person who cusses. 
Heehehe! Well considering the alternatives (bestest clutz or geek), I think you’re on the right track. And when you become more famous than me, we can make a cusser cursor for people to use on their computers.
Before I met my husband, I only used the TV for DVDs. Once we were together for a few years, I got sucked in to all the CSI and Law & Orders. Now, I just sit in front of the computer all day (and night) and just use the TV for DVDs and video games. When we moved in together, I refused to get cable, except for the Internet.
As for this digital radio stuff, I think it means you get no commercials or DJs, which wouldn’t be a bad thing, but who the hell would want to pay for that?
You could get Howard Stern. lol.
Oh and look, my captcha word is “tacky”.
Yeah, I heard about how television will be changing but my 8 year old 27 inch tv is working fine and it would be so ridiculous to replace it.
There should be options for people who don’t want to or can’t afford to.
Robin | 11.29.2006 | 8:46 AM