digital TV delayed

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:50 am

The Senate passed a bill on Monday to delay the nationwide switch to digital TV signals, giving consumers nearly four more months to prepare.

The transition date would move to June 12 from February 17 under the bill that was fueled by worries that viewers are not technically ready for the congressionally-mandated switch-over.

It also would allow consumers with expired coupons, available from the government to offset the cost of a $40 converter box, to request new coupons. The government ran out of coupons earlier this month, and about 2.5 million Americans are on a waiting list for them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090127/tv_ ... v_congress

Now I have to put up with those DTV commercial's for 4 more months. This will get annoying.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:24 am

I wonder how much money are the TV stations losing by using commericial time to tell people to buy a DTV box. When they can use that time for paid advertisement from companies like Coke, Nintendo, MS, etc.

Post by **SetoTK** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:11 pm

I think the govt. still has to pay the companies for the air time.

UK has them ads running for another 3 years yet, oh what fun

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:44 am

SetoTK wrote:I think the govt. still has to pay the companies for the air time.

UK has them ads running for another 3 years yet, oh what fun

you have my sympathy for having to deal with them for three more years. but your probably right about the gov paying them.

Post by **SetoTK** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:32 pm

In whats laughably is called a democracy Govt. still has to pay to advertise,

Though the addnoying ads for DTV over here not to had, and with some luck they should idssappear from my region in a short time,
Fortunately for me, i don't wtach huge levels of TV, i have enough things to do without sitting infront of th eidiot box killing braincells

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:45 am

well this bill did not get passed by the house so the date is still set for feb 17th.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:22 pm

Canada does not require everyone to change to DTV, but it is kind of weird here. Your cable bill cheaper if you subscribe to DTV compared to regular cable.