Tag: digital
Switch to Digital TV Delay - who will really benefit?
by Hans on Jan.20, 2009, under Government, Opinion
There are lots of opinions flying around about delaying the final cut over to digital TV on February 17. Many, including President-elect Obama suggest a 3 month extension would be prudent, citing a backlog of 2 million people that requested but didn’t receive set top box coupons and more people leaving cable and satellite TV with our economic downturn that will now go without television if additional steps aren’t taken.
Not to take anything away from the politicians, bloggers and reporters that are lamenting the stories of those who will no longer be able to watch Opera, Jerry Springer or Geraldo, but I do not share the opinion that life is not worth living with out TV. In fact, I would be willing to bet that many in this country today would prefer a faster internet connection to TV if given the choice. While I realize that a younger generation has been at least partially snared by Lost, 24, and other tv programming, they also use Tivo to watch it when it is convenient to them, or even find the sessions on disk or online. (continue reading…)
