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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Update:
The House has defeated the bill that would have Delayed the Digital TV Transition.
Good news for the broadcasters  . Good news indeed!!! | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Quoting 8ballMax:
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Update:
The House has defeated the bill that would have Delayed the Digital TV Transition.
Good news for the broadcasters .
Good news indeed!!! Don't crow just yet. Pelosi said she will try to get it through again on Friday, this time with only a simple majority vote instead of a 2/3 majority. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
Quoting Katatonia:
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Quoting 8ballMax:
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Update:
The House has defeated the bill that would have Delayed the Digital TV Transition.
Good news for the broadcasters .
Good news indeed!!!
Don't crow just yet. Pelosi said she will try to get it through again on Friday, this time with only a simple majority vote instead of a 2/3 majority. That woman makes me ill  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies. | | | | Last edited: by CubbyUps |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CubbyUps: Quote:
It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies. Excellent point, couldn't agree more. | | | | DVD Profiler user since October 1, 2004 |
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| Registered: July 7, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 43 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CubbyUps: Quote:
It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies. If they can't save up $10 or $50 in a year, a few more months ain't going to help, .98¢ a week for a year is $51 |
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| Registered: May 22, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,033 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting rusty640: Quote:
Quoting CubbyUps:
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It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies.
If they can't save up $10 or $50 in a year, a few more months ain't going to help, .98¢ a week for a year is $51 plus it doesn't even have to cost anything as I've seen boxes that are free after applying the coupon -Agrare |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Plus, it is not only the broadcasters. It is also emergency responders that are waiting for the frequencies to be released. Plus also ATT and Verizon, have already bid and purchased parts of that spectrum for use for true wireless internet. A lot of things are being put on hold.
And my 87 year old grandma, who doesn't own a computer or cell phone, is already set up (mind you, I made sure of it) but she is set up. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 76 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CubbyUps: Quote:
It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies. yeah, except those rich companies employ millions of people...another hit to the pocketbook is exactly what these rich companies need so they can start hiring more and giving raises...what, that's not how it works? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I just heard on the local news that this is being sent to President Obama again today... for a delay sometime in June. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | June 12 I believe. It has been passed by Congress. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | This should give the Govenment time to recycle those un-used coupons to those people who haven't taken advantage of them yet. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I know some channels will still be going over to digital this month... 2 of my local stations has announced that they will be no matter if it gets delayed or not. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CubbyUps: Quote:
It may be good news to some, but it's bad news to others.
Namely the poor, working poor or those that either don't understand technology or are fearful of technology.
I'm sure that if you're poor or are working poor you don't have cable and likely never did. Quite a few people live pay check to pay check. Some may say "Well it only costs $10 or so with the coupon." Even $10 is a lot of money to some. Do you buy food, get gasoline or pay a portion of the utility bill with that money or spend it on a box so you can watch tv?
Or if you're older and perhaps retired and living on a fixed income, money is tight.
Sure $10 or even $50 isn't a lot to some, but to some it's quite a lot of money.
With more and more people out of work, getting food from charities, getting financial aid from agencies it's no wonder that over 6 million people aren't ready for the transition.
I think they should delay it.
I could care less about the broadcasters. They're rich companies. Baloney! Everybody has known this was coming for more than two years. With the gov't provided coupon, the converter box for those who needed it was damn near Zero dollars. Anybody who waited to the last minute and then started whining about the cost, not enough time, whatever... tough. Every single one of the stations in my area is switching to digital on the 17th anyway, and all but one is turning off analog broadcasts when they do. Good for them! | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote:
This should give the Govenment time to recycle those un-used coupons to those people who haven't taken advantage of them yet. Yeah, right; like that's gonna happen anytime soon! | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
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This should give the Govenment time to recycle those un-used coupons to those people who haven't taken advantage of them yet.
Yeah, right; like that's gonna happen anytime soon! I don't know about soon, but I understand there are a bunch of coupons due to expire that haven't been redeemed. The Gummint can't re-issue these until after the expiration date. That would be the only way for more coupons to get into circulation, since they're not talking about adding any more money to the program. At least there will be SOME people who can benefit from the delay. After all, it's just more money that has to be paid by the programmers to continue to maintain both analog and digital capability. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.
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