Re: Digital to Analog Tv
From: mac (jj120e_at_nospam.vance.net)
Date: 01/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:26:13 -0500
I pretty much agree with you......but we probably wont stop watching. Tho
I,m definitely cutting back
or trying to hold the line on the escalating cost of these electronic
services. I remember $2.00 electricity
bills. I did not even have a phone until I had served four years in the
military and I made it fine with
less worrys than now.
"Phil Bowser" <pbowser@pa.net> wrote in message
news:aWEId.602$4K3.199946@monger.newsread.com...
> Your right, of course about the price coming down, I'm sure it already
> has since the time when I bought mine, and will continue to do so, as unit
> supply begins exceeding demand, like VCRs for under $50... You just have
> to
> be willing to wait. Personally, I am only interested in the major
> networks,
> and live in an area where I receive many stations OTA. I cannot see
> paying
> a $39.00 or more per month Cable or Directv bill, and would rather invest
> in
> equipment like this instead. Looking at it from this point of view, it
> would pay for itself in just a few months versus a cable or satellite
> bill.
> I used to be a C-band subscriber because they at least let you buy
> channels
> individually for a reasonable rate (usually $1.15 or so per desired
> channel
> per month). I hate the fact that they (Cable, Directv, etc.) force a
> whole
> group of channels down your throat with high rates, and in some cases the
> "ONE" channel you may want is part of their $85/mo. group, etc... - It's
> highway robbery. I am just stubborn enough that when free OTA TV is a
> thing
> of the past, I probably will quit watching altogether. Unfortunately the
> general public has proven overall that they are perfectly willing to pay
> for
> TV, so I look to the future to hold even Terrestrial DTV signal
> scrambling,
> with subscription fees. If you look at the structure of the digital data
> transport stream, the ability to incorporate scrambling is already
> incorporated! yuck...
>
> "mac" <jj120e@nospam.vance.net> wrote in message
> news:10v5ue2kasms791@corp.supernews.com...
>> Sounds good except for the price of $375........Thanks, but for now I
> really
>> can't afford anything near that
>> much. It will be a big shock if the public has to pay even 1/4 that much
> to
>> use their old tv's in 2006 when
>> all tv stations are scheduled to broadcast in only digital format, as I
>> understand it. I could be wrong, but
>> I don't think the public is that close to being ready for it, unless
>> converter boxes come down drastically
>> from the above price, so that the tv s most people are using now will
> pick
>> up the digital broadcast.
>
>
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