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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 02:10 PM
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US Analog TV Shutdown Bolder, Riskier Than Most .
"The U.S. has planned for more than a decade to have TV broadcasters turn off their analog signals, yet when the Feb. 17 deadline loomed, it flinched, delaying the mandatory shutdown for four months.

The delay, which causes confusion for TV viewers and havoc for broadcasters, is a symptom of the unique way the U.S. conceived the shutdown: No other big country has dared to, or plans to, end its analog TV broadcasts all in one go.

All developed countries are looking at turning off their analog TV signals because of the obvious benefits. Going digital improves the quality of TV reception and frees up large swaths of the airwaves for other services like wireless data.

But other countries are being more cautious about moving into the digital age. Austria, which is the size of South Carolina, turned off its analog signals over seven months in 2007, moving area by area from west to east. Germany, slightly smaller than Montana, shut down area by area over five years.">

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/06/business/AP-TEC-Digital-TV-International.html
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Blues Heron Donating Member (397 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 02:22 PM
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1. Digital has been a big letdown for us - in the middle of a large city
PBS is now pretty much unwatcheable, one favorite station no longer comes in at all, constant fiddling with the antenna, audio dropouts on almost all channels - thanks for nothing. I'll take snow and ghosting any day over pixelation and droputs. blehh
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 02:27 PM
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2. Damn!
What city?
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