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Posted by on August 22, 2007, 4:45 pm
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:18:40 -0500, james12321@none.com wrote:
>I heard that in another year or so we will all be forced to either buy
>a HDTV or buy a converter. Having all standard tv sets, and I am
>neither able to afford a HDTV, nor am I impressed by their picture, I
>am not at all happy about this. I live in the country where the only
>means to get tv channels is to either spend half my paycheck on
>satellite, or use an antenna on the roof. I chose the antenna, and
>most of the time I get fairly good reception on a few local channels.
>
You can get satellite TV installed for free in four rooms with
individual boxes IIRC. Your monthly service will vary, but I'm pretty
sure you can get a basic 200 channel deal with no premium channels for
around $30/month. If you're only earning $60/month, you will have
trouble mounting a dish to a cardboard box or shopping cart. You must
have a slick WiFi setup, hanging out at Starbucks. But seriously...
its not THAT expensive.
>I suppose I will have no choice but to buy a convertor, but I surely
>will make a big fuss about it with whatever governmental agency is
>behind this conspiracy to promote the sales of HDTVs and the crappy
>broken up and spotty pictures they produce. I sure hope that the
>convertor will produce a better picture on a standard tv than that on
>the actual hdtvs.
>
I have a HDTV and the picture is _very_ impressive, but you can still
use your existing TV with either a cable box converter or a satellite
receiver, and the unit will convert the new digital TV signal into a
less sharp analog signal.
>Anyhow, my question is whether I will also have to buy a new rooftop
>antenna. My present antenna broke during a windstorm and I
>temporarily fixed it with some tubing and ducttape. I was planning to
>buy a new antenna when a friend told me that he thinks I will need a
>HDTV antenna too, but was not sure if an old antenna would also work.
>Does anyone know? Will I be able to use the same rotor or does that
>need to be changed too?
>
Assuming you buy a digital-capable TV (not a HD TV), you should be
able to buy an antenna specifically designed to pick up the new
signals. IF you buy a HDTV, only then will you be faced with the
dilemma of whether to try and capture OTA HD signals with a
HD-designed antenna, or if you spring for the monthly satellite or
cable service. Comcast basic cable currently costs about $9.00/month.
You'd have to assume when there is no analog signal to broadcast and
all they can send is digital and digital HD... pricing might go up a
skoosh, but if they try to rip everyone off... yeah, congress will get
involved because free TV is like air and votes... both are needed.
>If anyone knows what government agency to file a complaint about this
>HDTV conspiracy, please let me know. Tv channels have been the same
>since the beginning of television, and now we got these republican
>morons forcing us to change just so the HDTV companies can rob people
>charging them ten or more times the price of a regular tv and giving
>them a lousy picture. Just the same story as always these days, pay
>more, and get less..... I wonder how much money the republicans are
>getting to shove this HDTV shit on us?
>
I think you should write to both your congressmen and to the Director
of the FCC, but its a done deal and has been delayed for about 5 years
already.
>James
James... I assume this post was a joke but I figured I'd go along with
it.
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