IMO a BIG waste of money that could be spent on more important things rather than helping fatasses who want to watch their football game on high-def.
If anything the MPAA should be forking over the bill, not the taxpayer.Government will help pay you to watch High-Def TV
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Government will help pay you to watch High-Def TV
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IMO a BIG waste of money that could be spent on more important things rather than helping fatasses who want to watch their football game on high-def. If anything the MPAA should be forking over the bill, not the taxpayer.
IMO a BIG waste of money that could be spent on more important things rather than helping fatasses who want to watch their football game on high-def.
If anything the MPAA should be forking over the bill, not the taxpayer.
Re: Government will help pay you to watch High-Def TV
The goverment is going to make money with this, not spend it. Right now broadcasters have bandwidth for both digital and analog. When the switch to digital is complete the feds are going to sell the analog spectrum for a lot more than the converter boxes will cost.
So in the end we will have high def TV (at least those of with high def sets) and the government will have actually made money instead of spending it.
Why is this a bad thing?
So in the end we will have high def TV (at least those of with high def sets) and the government will have actually made money instead of spending it.
Why is this a bad thing?
Re: Government will help pay you to watch High-Def TV
exactly, the amount of bandwidth freed up is MAMMOTH as analog signals are converted (and compressed) with digital. They can put on so much more on air when they phase out frequency/amplitude modulation and replace it all with CODE MODULATION BABEH!Heckler wrote:The goverment is going to make money with this, not spend it. Right now broadcasters have bandwidth for both digital and analog. When the switch to digital is complete the feds are going to sell the analog spectrum for a lot more than the converter boxes will cost.
So in the end we will have high def TV (at least those of with high def sets) and the government will have actually made money instead of spending it.
Why is this a bad thing?
.and i wouldn't worry guys, the digital broadcast standards are already set yes? If the current digital set-top boxes don't have copywrite protection builtin - then they will not have it built in for a LOOOONG time (since to introduce that they will have to replace everyone's digital set-top box yet AGAIN... considering how hard the changover from analog to digital is becomming, i doubt they will just change it all again at the drop of a hat).
My TV already has the hardware in it. They've been manufactoring them for some time. If a set isn't compatable, it would have to be VERY old. .. like a Curtis Mathis TV.. hehe.. if anyone remembers those. You may not be able to watch in HD but you will be able to recieve it via antenni.
*edit*Thanks ... was blanking out, knew it wasn't right.>fixed<*/edit*
*edit*Thanks ... was blanking out, knew it wasn't right.>fixed<*/edit*
