Verran Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 DailyTech Article This has been out for a while. DailyTech's actually slow on the draw here but I just saw it there again and it reminded me to post it here. Grrr! Just switch it. One motion, like a band-aid! Some people will be without TV, yes, but you could wait eight more years and there's still gonna be lazy turds that haven't prepared. With all the tons of promoting they've done for this February switch date, if they back out now, they're going to look like fools. (Well, bigger fools ) And if that happens, who will trust the next date? Why should they? The switch is the kick in the pants some people are going to need to get off their cans and get those converter boxes. The number of people who didn't get coupons are very slim, and of those how many do you think ONLY have OTA signals to rely on? Probably far less. We're talking about a few percent of the population. That's minuscule. That's a margin of error. That's acceptable. <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Wow, it's not like there hasn't been enough warning. What really sucks is that there probably a huge number of $40 cards that won't get used because people got an extra "just in case". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I'm suprised they aren't keeping the switch date on schedule... some of those jobs "created" by his stimulus package could be people employed in businesses to provide physical and technical support for the switch, which would go hand-in-hand with "modernizing and upgrading the country's infrastructure," just as they have been saying, no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I'm suprised they aren't keeping the switch date on schedule... some of those jobs "created" by his stimulus package could be people employed in businesses to provide physical and technical support for the switch, which would go hand-in-hand with "modernizing and upgrading the country's infrastructure," just as they have been saying, no? Not only that, but that frequency spectrum from the old analog signals is already sold and paid for as I understand it. I wonder if the buyers have any legal grounds in the case of a delay (meaning the gov't can't deliver). Also, Phil's got a good point. A lot of these coupons may never be used for just that reason. Given that the whole reasoning for this is a shortage of funding for additional coupons, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that no one's accounted for the money left over from unused coupons. After all, they do expire after 90 days (IIRC)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITandRUN Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Looks like another case of wasting the tax payers money. Well we are used to it anyway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Screw him, I BOUGHT AN HD, I WANT MY HD CHANNELS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flareback Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 DailyTech Article This has been out for a while. DailyTech's actually slow on the draw here but I just saw it there again and it reminded me to post it here. Grrr! Just switch it. One motion, like a band-aid! Some people will be without TV, yes, but you could wait eight more years and there's still gonna be lazy turds that haven't prepared. With all the tons of promoting they've done for this February switch date, if they back out now, they're going to look like fools. (Well, bigger fools ) And if that happens, who will trust the next date? Why should they? The switch is the kick in the pants some people are going to need to get off their cans and get those converter boxes. The number of people who didn't get coupons are very slim, and of those how many do you think ONLY have OTA signals to rely on? Probably far less. We're talking about a few percent of the population. That's minuscule. That's a margin of error. That's acceptable. <_< I'm with you Verran. The longer they put it off the longer people will put off upgrading their equipment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 This was my reply to a similar topic on a different forum... At the current switchover deadline, it will have been 40 months since the Digital Switchover bill was passed... that was more then enough time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExRoadie Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 It's a government run program so what do you expect? I remember when the "switch" was scheduled for 2003 then 2005 and again for 2008 before they settled on 2009. This has been going on since 1996 and they still won't require Low Power stations to convert to Digital. And some people want these fools to manage their health-care. Sheesh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 How many people who applied for those coupons didn't even need them? I love it when I see people rely on the government to help them run their lives. Gotta love those democrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 And some people want these fools to manage their health-care. Sheesh! You don't have to like it, but this is actually a really good point! I support Dem ideas a lot, but on health care they're lost me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 No man spends another man's money better than he spends his own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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