Four more months, everybody.

Tupin · January 26, 2009, 07:55:47 PM

Senate approved a delay in switching all television broadcasts to digital until June rather than February. This allows another four months for people and stations to get ready.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602014.html?hpid=topnews

Who seriously isn't ready by now? It's been on TV for the past year. Even the most technologically-inept people I know already have done something.

Are you ready? I know my house is.

Totla · January 26, 2009, 07:57:30 PM

We've had cable since I was five, so we've been ready.
I dont' see any reason not to switch when they said they were going to.

SkyMyl · January 26, 2009, 08:02:27 PM

"Customer of Cablevision? Don't worry, we got you covered."

I sure as hell hope so.

Lotos · January 26, 2009, 08:02:53 PM

My grandparents probably have no idea. They have an antennae for the upstairs TV. That was fun to play with the one time I did a few months ago.

ThePowerOfOne · January 26, 2009, 08:51:58 PM

Who the hell doesn't even have cable by now?

britneymahboy · January 26, 2009, 08:59:11 PM

Quote from: Lotos on January 26, 2009, 08:02:53 PM
My grandparents probably have no idea. They have an antennae for the upstairs TV. That was fun to play with the one time I did a few months ago.

Fuck your grandparents; they should be dead by now anyways. If people are not ready is because they don't care about it much, but wait until their tv stops working, and then they will care.

Jono2 · January 26, 2009, 09:21:12 PM

the states swap one year before canada, right?

Tupin · January 26, 2009, 09:31:13 PM

Quote from: Jono2 on January 26, 2009, 09:21:12 PM
the states swap one year before canada, right?

I think so, and Australia soon afterwards.

They also are the country that is completely phasing out incandescent bulbs by 2010. Could you imagine that happening in North America? :D

phatyo · January 26, 2009, 10:26:29 PM

Quote from: Tupin on January 26, 2009, 09:31:13 PM
Quote from: Jono2 on January 26, 2009, 09:21:12 PM
the states swap one year before canada, right?
I think so, and Australia soon afterwards.

They also are the country that is completely phasing out incandescent bulbs by 2010. Could you imagine that happening in North America? :D

economy boost?

Ares300 · January 26, 2009, 10:30:04 PM

Well if it aint Duke Nukem: For-never, but rendered in cable...

Matt · January 27, 2009, 12:31:20 AM

We've had cable since I was like 3-4, possibly longer, so um ya.

Friendly Hostile · January 27, 2009, 03:50:08 AM

The TV in our break room at work still goes off analog. Oh well. It only ever has poop on anyways.

Zovistograt · January 27, 2009, 06:47:36 AM

Very poor people who can't pay for a box and people who were not aware that they were free for a time still have analog. I heard of a study that showed that most of the people who actually needed to hear about the switch and what they have to do either never got the message or didn't take any action.

Gwen Khan · January 27, 2009, 07:00:41 AM

Quote from: Friendly Hostile on January 27, 2009, 03:50:08 AM
The TV in our break room at work still goes off analog. Oh well. It only ever has poop on anyways.

no that's just tv in general, if I did not already switch I wouldn't even bother

Silverhawk79 · January 27, 2009, 09:59:47 AM

...If you aren't ready, you're an idiot. They've been advertising the crap out of it. Either that or just man up and buy some basic cable for $30 a month or whatever.

Four more months, everybody.

ThePowerOfOne