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Posted on 06-10-09 06:49:54 PM Link | Quote
So your old analog TV will explode in a fiery ball visible from space won't be able to get a signal over the air, normally.

Course, the environmentalist are concerned about this now too...

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Posted on 06-10-09 06:52:49 PM (last edited by Higsby at 06-10-09 03:53 PM) Link | Quote
Wasn't this originally supposed to end in February? The only problem that I have with this is that my Turbo Express TV Tuner probably won't work anymore .





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Posted on 06-10-09 06:55:38 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Higsby
Wasn't this originally supposed to end in February?


Yea but Obama said otherwise.


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I'm gonna whip out my old uncle's analog portable TV and watch them channels vanish...

It's weird, but then again. That's me for you.

Of course, I could just hook it up to a digital receiver and it'd still work...

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Posted on 06-11-09 05:29:31 AM Link | Quote
I'll watch channels die here coming home from graduation.

Ends just in time to watch one last thing on my portable TV, too. (Lakers game) Nice timing, I must say...

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Posted on 06-11-09 06:31:48 AM Link | Quote
Canada switches on August 31, 2011.

Needless to say, the vast majority of stations here are analog-only right now. Lots of work to do.

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Posted on 06-11-09 04:12:56 PM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Syaoran
Canada switches on August 31, 2011.

Needless to say, the vast majority of stations here are analog-only right now. Lots of work to do.

Wow, really? I though it was closing in on us too.

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Posted on 06-11-09 04:18:54 PM Link | Quote
Watch that get pushed back to 2019...

I mean we were supposed to go all-digital a LONG time ago...

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Posted on 06-11-09 06:25:49 PM Link | Quote
As long as people understand that "digital broadcasts ≠ go out and buy a new TV" then we'll be fine.

Unfortunately, that's about as much a possibility as a cow jumping over the moon.

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Posted on 06-11-09 06:26:40 PM Link | Quote
Hence why I'm glad I'm not working at RadioShack right now and having to deal with old-fogey customers...

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Posted on 06-11-09 06:27:36 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Syaoran
Canada switches on August 31, 2011.

I wasn't aware of this That means two more years of being able to watch poor quality TV anywhere !

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Posted on 06-12-09 03:39:10 AM Link | Quote
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And yet, apparently it's near-impossible to pick up the digital signals from a couple of our major stations here, even with a jumbo-sized antenna tower on your roof. One newspaper article said the signals are so weak, a passing truck could disrupt them.

Epic fail. It's a good thing I don't watch TV anymore, or I might actually be upset.

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Posted on 06-12-09 03:52:26 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Waffle Ryebread
And yet, apparently it's near-impossible to pick up the digital signals from a couple of our major stations here, even with a jumbo-sized antenna tower on your roof. One newspaper article said the signals are so weak, a passing truck could disrupt them.

Epic fail. It's a good thing I don't watch TV anymore, or I might actually be upset.


Same. It's so bad at my place, if you have your leg in the wrong damn position, it's like trying to watch satellite in a fucking hurricane. There's only a few shows worth watching, and for those there's always the internet. A passing truck won't block the signal from my neighbor's router!


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