[Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition - MSNBCArticles

[Steven]

This has already been delayed for YEARS.
So long that technology has passed it by. If we were to design a digital
television system today, it would be much different.
If folks are calling their congressman because they can't get TV, we are in
a sad state.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
> Behalf Of Katie Allnutt
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:29 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition -
> MSNBCArticles
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>
> I can think of two or three reason why it might be advantageous to
> wait a while longer.
> And the date to switch was, at least as far as I can tell, completely
> arbitrary.
>
> The most logical reason seems to be this.  When the you know what
> hits the fan in mid February, people are going to be calling their
> congressperson and giving them an earful. Med February is now the
> projected time that the economic rescue plan will be making its way
> out of Congress. Depending on your perspective the rescue plan looks
> either a) like it is important that it be done right the first time
> or b) so fraught with problems in a Congress that is already shaping
> up as one that will bicker this thing into the ground that it will
> take even longer to get through.
> Back when we were bailing out Bear Stearns the Bush spokesmen were
> saying it was necessary because we were on the verge of an
> international economic meltdown.  And while they may get credit for
> not stepping off that cliff at the time, there is little evidence
> that we have moved away from a similar precipice if not the exact
> same one.
>
> In the overall global priorities, would you want the US Congress
> getting bombarded with calls about TVs at the time they should be
> working on keeping us safe from deflation or would you feel
> comfortable that they could handle a technical electronic issue at
> the same time as a national economic or global crisis?  Given that
> the timing is arbitrary for the TV switch I would let Congress focus
> on the most important issue and let the TV switch wait.
>
> We may be able to get more channels with digital TV but I doubt that
> we will be getting better content in those channels with digital TV.
>
> Katie
>
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Steven wrote:
>
> > Some folks won't change until it is shut off. Why wait any longer?
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-
> >> bounces at rdrop.com]On
> >> Behalf Of Alan Domenghini aka an OleHoss
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:22 PM
> >> To: GroveNet at rdrop.com
> >> Subject: [Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition -
> >> MSNBCArticles
> >>
> >>
> >> I do not know if anyone in the grove listened to Obama speak the
> >> morning
> >> or not, but he did not make any mention about this particular
> >> situation.... I wonder why? Anyone have any Idea why?
> >>
> >>
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