The Bill to Delay the Digital TV Transition Has Been Defeated in the House

According to the article HERE by the Globe and Mail, the bill was defeated in the HOUSE. The States will still go ahead with the transition to full digital TV on February 17th, 2009. I still feel that the general consumer in the States are not ready and a huge push by the new administration would have made a difference in getting more people to switch by June.

Like my father says, “I do not need the better picture quality. . . what I get now is fine”. My father has been retired for over 10 years and does not see the point in paying extra on top of the basic cable fees to get HDTV channels of existing channels. Also many of the programs he wants to watch are educational and since he uses a computer that is online, he can watch many of these shows later online via the original source like pbs.org, cbs.com, nationalgeographics.com etc. . . Having the ability to connect a computer also to the larger LCD tv makes no sense because his computer is an iMac which has the 19 inch LCD with the computer built in.

Another Video Screen. . .

Wassup! Today – I am still struggling with this analog to digital conversion of TV channels. I understand that all TV broadcasters must discontinue the analog broadcast and provide digital broadcast only by February 17, 2009 in the states. If you currently watch TV using a simple indoor or outdoor antenna, the selection of available channels will drastically decrease after this date. To avoid this issue, you must get a digital antenna and a digital TV or at least a digital antenna plus a digital to analog converter to be used on your existing analog TV.