Comments | wheezer: DTV - Right or Privilege?

wheezer

DTV - Right or Privilege?

Oct 20, 2005 15:56

How stupid is this....

Senate committee to debate $463 million set-top-box subsidy, new DTV transition date
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/18/senate_debates_463b_dtv_subsidy/The money should be used for something other than keeping the TV on for lazy ( Read more... )

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muerte October 21 2005, 17:24:01 UTC

While I agree it's stupid they should give out money, it's also stupid that they should sell the public airways like they're doing. The whole thing is about the "public airways" that the analog channels today exist on. They're really pushing for digital and HD content instead.

They're not doing that because they like digital TV, they're doing that because they want to reclaim those airways (public airways) and then sell them to cell phone companies.

wheezer October 21 2005, 19:40:35 UTC

yeah, it dose not make sense to sell the public airways back to public agencies like emergency services.

muerte October 21 2005, 20:34:50 UTC

I guess it would be kind of the same if they wanted to move everyone from FM radio, to Sirious Satellite. You'd have 10 bajillion people with an old radio you couldn't do anything with.

If they had a good reason for the switch I'd be more behind it. It just seems like they're pushing for digital TV on the surface, while working out contracts with wireless companies behind the scenes.

Really... what does the government care if the people get CSI in HDTV.