Analog to digital switch for TV

[IlovemyJesus]

It's all about the almighty dollar!

[3kidzmom]

It's the same as Rapture Ready able to look through your monitor..uhh
nevermind :tape

:wave

[yogi3939]

It's gonna be so hard to sell the tv...

Really thought, they can watch me all they want. It's pretty boring and sleepless nights in front of the tv in undies at 3am isn't a pretty sight. Maybe I'll accidentally disable the mainframe and then th..... <static> SEND HEL... <static> <SILENCE>

I can identify with the three AM and undies thing and you are right, I could burn a vision into the brain of anyone watching me that they would have to live with for the rest of their lives. It is not a pretty picture. So if they want to monitor me I say let them; they are doing so at the risk of their very sanity - :hehee BWAAAHAAAHAAA :hehee

[truthseeker815]

I can identify with the three AM and undies thing and you are right, I could burn a vision into the brain of anyone watching me that they would have to live with for the rest of their lives. It is not a pretty picture. So if they want to monitor me I say let them; they are doing so at the risk of their very sanity - :hehee BWAAAHAAAHAAA :hehee

:lol2 same here....

[littlesmom]

During the last campaign (local) I received a phone call from the existing County Sheriff. A computer was on the other end telling me they would like me to take part in a telephone town hall meeting (live). I thought how interesting and stayed on the line.

Though I had issues with this guy I decided not to talk.....the reason? The computer told me that I needed to be aware that for 32 seconds after I hang up I can still be heard. Being cautious I shushed my husband for a full 5 min then whispered to him they could still hear even though the phone was hung up. My daughter told me about this about a year ago but even I (the student of conspiracy...well my kids call me the queen of conspiracy) didn't believe it.

One of the things they are using in regard to that little girl that was missing in Fla. is when and where her Mother's cell phone pinged in certain areas the day the little girl came up missing.

It is said that the gov. is already 25 years beyond the technology we are just coming out with today. Now look back at the past 25 years and what technology has brought us.

[littlesmom]

Oh forgot one more thing about the phone town hall. One of the questioners asked a question about something in their own neighborhood. The Sheriff said the caller should call him at......but before he gave the number someone there had stopped him. He then said (paraphrase here) I was just told that since you spoke to me while on the phone we can locate your phone number. I zipped up my mouth real quick. Not sure what that meant but I wasn't talkin.

[MROD]

What do you guys make of this... Obama was the one that wanted to postpone the transition... the only reason is many americans wont be ready... WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN?! I dont get it... something smells rotten, esp when Rockefeller is involved. I guess the government wants everyone to have a chance to pick up a free Big Brother Spy Box.



WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 -- setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday.

Monday's Senate vote is a big victory for the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress, who have been pushing for a delay amid growing concerns that too many Americans won't be ready for the currently scheduled Feb. 17 changeover.

The Nielsen Co. estimates that more than 6.5 million U.S. households that rely on analog television sets to pick up over-the-air broadcast signals could see their TV sets go dark next month if the transition is not postponed.

"Delaying the upcoming DTV switch is the right thing to do," said Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., author of the bill to push back the deadline. "I firmly believe that our nation is not yet ready to make this transition at this time."

The issue now goes to the House, where Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has vowed to work with House leaders to bring Rockefeller's bill up for a floor vote on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama earlier this month called for the transition date to be postponed after the Commerce Department hit a $1.34 billion funding limit for government coupons that consumers may use to help pay for digital TV converter boxes. The boxes, which generally cost between $40 and $80 each and can be purchased without a coupon, translate digital signals back into analog ones for older TVs.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the arm of the Commerce Department administering the program, is now sending out new coupons only as older, unredeemed ones expire and free up more money. The NTIA had nearly 2.6 million coupon requests on a waiting list as of last Wednesday.

Jonathan Collegio, vice president for the digital television transition for the National Association of Broadcasters, argues that the Nielsen numbers may overstate the number of viewers who are not ready for the digital transition. He noted that the numbers exclude consumers who have already purchased a converter box but not yet installed it, as well as those who have requested coupons but not yet received them.

What's more, consumers who subscribe to cable or satellite TV service or who own a TV with a digital tuner will not lose reception.

Still Gene Kimmelman, vice president for federal policy at Consumers Union, argues that millions of Americans -- particularly low-income and elderly viewers -- will pay the price because "the government has failed to deliver the converter boxes these people deserve just to keep watching free, over-the-air broadcast signals."

In 2005, Congress required broadcasters to switch from analog to digital signals, which are more efficient, to free up valuable chunks of wireless spectrum to be used for commercial wireless services and interoperable emergency-response networks.

Republicans in both the House and Senate have raised concerns that a delay would confuse consumers, burden wireless companies and public safety agencies waiting for the airwaves that will be vacated and create added costs for television stations that would have to continue broadcasting both analog and digital signals.

Paula Kerger, president and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service, estimates that delaying the digital TV transition to June 12 would cost public broadcasters $22 million.

But Rockefeller managed to ease some of these concerns by allowing broadcast stations to make the switch from analog to digital signals sooner than the June deadline if they choose and by permitting public safety agencies to take over vacant spectrum that has been promised to them as soon as it becomes available.

[antitox]

What else do I expect from hard-boiled liberals?

[RSAZ]

:bow to the O boy

[Monolithic]

uh, what does it mean?

it means not enough americans are ready, ie they don't have their converter boxes or don't know enough about it yet

i don't really know why you're making such a conspiracy out of this considering it's happening (and already happened in some) in pretty much every country over the next few years