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Consider this entry both a rant and a public service announcement. By now, those paying any attention whatsoever know that the broadcast television format in the United States will officially change on June 12, 2009 (Congress pushed the deadline back from later this month). When the change comes, owners of older analog-only sets will have to do something, like install a converter box. The Gov currently offers a coupon for buying these little thingies.
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Taking advantage, no doubt, of all the potential new customers, Comcast has been blitzing the air waves with a nifty slogan, "Comcast has you covered." They are widely announcing that their cable customers will not have to invest in the digital to analog converter boxes. Comcast will continue to distribute basic stations through their cable in analog format, even after the individual broadcast stations stop analog transmissions from their antennae.
Ah, but what about the stations that aren't actually broadcast? Comcast plans to ( convert many, many stations currently distributed in analog format to digital, forcing over a million people in Washington State alone to install hideous and clunky tuner boxes and quite possibly render millions of DVRs and VHS recorders useless overnight. )
Addendum: Though it should be obvious, this entry should be taken seriously only by those who actually watch television. In my house, that would be mostly The Wife.
Following me so far? Good.
Taking advantage, no doubt, of all the potential new customers, Comcast has been blitzing the air waves with a nifty slogan, "Comcast has you covered." They are widely announcing that their cable customers will not have to invest in the digital to analog converter boxes. Comcast will continue to distribute basic stations through their cable in analog format, even after the individual broadcast stations stop analog transmissions from their antennae.
Ah, but what about the stations that aren't actually broadcast? Comcast plans to ( convert many, many stations currently distributed in analog format to digital, forcing over a million people in Washington State alone to install hideous and clunky tuner boxes and quite possibly render millions of DVRs and VHS recorders useless overnight. )
Addendum: Though it should be obvious, this entry should be taken seriously only by those who actually watch television. In my house, that would be mostly The Wife.