http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/ Engadget HD Comments for Rockefeller details DTV Delay Act: No guarantees this is the only one, stations can go all-digital before June http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 4:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 4:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 4:52PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 25th 2009 1:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 4:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/]]>Jan 23rd 2009 6:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
at any rate at least now I get to get more coupons since mine expired before I could find a box anywhere last year....]]>Jan 23rd 2009 4:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
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Which means - the switchover will have NO effect on your TV experiences. So honestly - who gives a fuck?]]>Jan 23rd 2009 5:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
I read engadget HD, love HD, and pay big $$ for it. I have a 1080p projector in my home theater w/Blu ray player, 5.1 surround and a 32" LCD in living room, 1 server/frontend MythTV HD media center and 1 frontend only streaming HD to both of them.

I am far from an old person who doesn't understand.

Oh and also, Ben (one of the main editors) just dropped his cable/sat too.

I would rather save my $60/mo and buy more gear than waste it on junk programming filled with ads.

~Mitchell]]>Jan 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
I have an over the air only household. Then again, I'm enjoying the hell out of local OTA HD content. I can get most everything else that I need through Blu-Ray and DVD rentals, legal internet downloads (Hulu and South Park Studios), and watch it now from Netflix.

Some of the OTA only households are quite well prepared for the digital conversion. Let's kill off analog TV finally!]]>Jan 24th 2009 2:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 25th 2009 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
We aren't talking about life or death. TV is not a neccessity, you aren't entitled to a coupon, it should have gone to people who can't afford the box, not anyone who wanted it. I wonder how many people got coupons and then resold the boxes.

I don't ask for a handout when my pc is outdated, when dvd or bluray came out, DOlby or Lucas or anyone has a new sound field. Times change, technology grows. Analog TV had a long life, put it out back and take it out of its misery.

I don't feel bad for people not having their box. Too many people got free ones that should have paid. Some of the others should watch less TV, and buy theirs too. Only a few should have gotten something at the discount.]]>Jan 23rd 2009 6:06PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 6:32PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/Jan 23rd 2009 7:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
The ads have been on TV more lately, but they didn't really hit mainstream until November er so. Something the Bush admin could have done was required TV broadcasters to inform people earlier. ]]>Jan 23rd 2009 7:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
Funding can be done but the date change? don't make promises from 3 years ago and think America will forget the DTV cutoff, plus expect to get away with it in the long run.

Please anyone, wake me up when this nightmare ends...]]>Jan 23rd 2009 7:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
go to www.tvfreeload.com - awesome site.

And since ads will be run on OTA crap - the changeover STILL doesn't affect YOU!]]>Jan 23rd 2009 7:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
It's not as easy as saying, "yeah, go ahead and switch whenever you want". Some stations are moving to new digital channels currently occupied by stations in other markets. Some are currently low-power, and will go full-power, but there may be another station in a nearby market on that same channel that will now be interfered with if they don't make their own switch at the same time. Wilmington was a market where it was feasible. Hawaii is all off on its own anyway. But allowing stations to do it whenever is not feasible, that's why there hasn't been a 'gradual' switch, but rather why for the sake of logistics it has to be an all-or-nothing switch.

Leave it on the 17th. Moving it will only placate those who think they're OK but really aren't. ]]>Jan 23rd 2009 7:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
This is the major delay in people upgrading prices for the avg man is still too high even through prices have falling sharply in the last couple years.

I just got a Magnavox 32" HDTV in June mainly because of the $300 stimulate check which coast me $625 at SamClub. A tube SDTV same size would have been in the $300 range. So if you can get the price down more people would buy. ]]>Jan 23rd 2009 8:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/]]>Jan 24th 2009 3:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/I guess we should not be surprised.
Ohh well.]]>Jan 24th 2009 6:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
For years now just about every advertisement from ever electronics retailer has featured prices that are only available IF you are successful in redeeming a rebate coupon. This has not curtailed the purchase of electronic gear of all kinds. So why not just authorize all the electronics stores to print rebate coupons which would then be submitted to the feds for a rebate check.

Given the slowness of the US Mail and the slowness of such agencies as the IRS in processing refund checks, there should be ample time for the government to ramp up a new batch of funds so these rebates could be processed.

And, there's a side benefit... When the consumer gets the rebate check they will already have paid for the coverter box so the rebate check could then do some "economy stimulation" on their own.

What a deal - the digital conversion can happen when announced and the economy gets a bump up at the same time.]]>Jan 25th 2009 6:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/01/23/rockefeller-details-dtv-delay-act-no-guarantees-this-is-the-onl/
Ask the uninitiated to rescan all on the same day? Good luck.

Why did they design the analog to digital switch to require a digital to digital 'switch' to new channels the day after transition? Talk about silly.

It's gonna be a cluster whichever way the wind blows.



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First, he and the rest of Congress under estimated the number of applications at 17 million house holds. The GAO estimated 21.6 million house holds. The NTIA has issued to almost 28 million house holds (over 47 million coupons). But hey, what's a few million or billion to those Congressional bozos. Congress under estimated so they could come back later for more money, typical of congress. Also the financial authorization was in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. What kind of garbage is this placing dvt conversion in with deficit reduction (typical congress doings). The authorized amount was $990 million yet with an additional amount bring the total to 1.34 billion the program ran out of money. Now the Democrats are adding $650 million to the "Economic Stimulus" bill. Again, why in the hell is the amount being placed in the "Stimulus" bill. Also, Congress drove up the program cost with two coupons per household. (Same old habit of being generous with someone else's dime).

The other problem is the public who apply for the coupons. Of the 47 million issued, over 14 million were never used by those who received them. Also, almost 6 million requests were made in the last 30 days. Also, in spite of all of the notices on radio, tv ads, news coverage, there are people who still do not know about the conversion? One claim in support of delay is public safety, which is a crock. When Hurricane Ike came through Houston, I used........A Radio. Sink or swim time people.]]>Jan 29th 2009 5:56AM