Article

2007-07-12 Home Front: Politix

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2007-07-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is going to be really popular next year when regular TV broadcasts cease and only HD TV's will work over the air.

One of her favorite pet projects!

This should ruin civil defense warnings to the mass populace too!

Posted by 3dc 2007-07-12 00:28|| 2007-07-12 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, well.

Keeping a dumb populace is par for the course for thee people.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-07-12 00:54|| 2007-07-12 00:54|| Front Page Top

#3 ..going to be really popular next year when regular TV broadcasts cease and only HD TV's will work over the air.

It's February 2009 and it's digital, not HD TV. As per the warning on new televisions:

This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air-broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nations transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products.

Anyone hooked to a cable television system or satellite won't notice any difference, it only effects over-the-air broadcasts. High definition is digital, but digital is not always high def. And yes, it's gonna come as a big shock to a lot of folks. But don't worry, the government is here to help:

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce, can provide up to two coupons per household worth $40 each toward the purchase of digital-to-analog set-top converter boxes for analog TVs.

Posted by Steve 2007-07-12 07:34|| 2007-07-12 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Interesting how at this time in B J Clinton's administration everyone was wondering what he was thinking about his Legacy in History and no one is wondering about Bush's. Or Congress's. Perhaps they should.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-12 07:50|| 2007-07-12 07:50|| Front Page Top

#5 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce, can provide up to two coupons per household worth $40 each toward the purchase of digital-to-analog set-top converter boxes for analog TVs.

The "We can't stop making more business for China" program.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-07-12 08:09|| 2007-07-12 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 And yes, it's gonna come as a big shock to a lot of folks. But don't worry, the government is here to help:...

There is no reason for it to be a big shock, the coming switch has been known about since 2004. In fact, the switch was originally scheduled for this year, but was pushed out to 2009. Anyone that isn't aware of this has been living in a cave.

Posted by Natural Law 2007-07-12 09:11|| 2007-07-12 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 It's not TV, it's not HDTV, it is PropagandaTV!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-07-12 09:23|| 2007-07-12 09:23|| Front Page Top

#8 not 2004 but more like 1998 when the govt awarded the liscense for the new tv standards....

Posted by Bob Ulorong8519 2007-07-12 09:37|| 2007-07-12 09:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Good. Tell those wimps to shut up.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-07-12 11:02|| 2007-07-12 11:02|| Front Page Top

#10 I didn't know. If I still watched American television, I'd be upset. My TV has been a monitor for my DVD player since November of last year, when I cancelled my cable. You don't get any reception up here in the mountains, anyways. They hooked a digital receiver to the big monitor up here at work, and the only thing it got was PBS.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2007-07-12 12:01|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-12 12:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Funny concept, that "fellow Republicans".

Posted by eLarson 2007-07-12 13:17|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-07-12 13:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Some of the "fellow Republicans" are beginning to sound like dhimmicrats.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-12 18:04|| 2007-07-12 18:04|| Front Page Top

23:32 Verlaine
23:29 Mike N.
23:18 JosephMendiola
23:02 JosephMendiola
23:02 JosephMendiola
22:54 JosephMendiola
22:51 PlanetDan
22:49 Glenmore
22:45 Zenster
22:33 Zenster
22:18 Fred
22:17 Old Patriot
22:14 JohnQC
22:03 JohnQC
22:01 jds
21:58 jds
21:58 JohnQC
21:57 Abu do you love
21:53 Gary and the Samoyeds
21:50 Zenster
21:49 JosephMendiola
21:40 JosephMendiola
21:36 JosephMendiola
21:17 Asymmetrical T