What the Government isn't telling you about DTV

[ongchorcool]

there is some convertor box which is battery compatible

[RoyFive]

They didn't bother to tell us that we still needed antennas until after the conversion. Not in California anyway.

[cllinna]

here you go!!!! Use a battery operated radio like everyone else..who the fuck uses battery operated tvs

[CardPoorHorn]

Who uses battery operated TV's?

For a start...Everyone who has a TV in their car / van / truck / motorhome / RV...

[NESHero]

Another thing.. I only have a statalite... u know how much it sucks when theres a "STORM" and I cant get TV.

[NESHero]

What really sucks is, the whole world is doing it, Australia will be joining along with the USA in about 2012.

So much for the TV Tuner on the Sega Game Gear ^_^

[frankiedctv]

@NESHero actually 2013 is what i heard :/ but then again, wikipedia lies.

[twilightfateangel]

Here in Florida all our shelters have genreators. As far as emergency goes, if your smart anyways, you usually high tail it out way before you get into one of those situations. You can even have taxi service come pick you up free of charge in some situations. If all else fails there is always cell phone updates. You can text "BUY" to "72327" to get updates from the Weather Channel.

[CardPoorHorn]

In Florida, hurricanes come from miles away and give you plenty of warning. In the midwest, tornados "pop up" suddenly and can catch you well off guard.

It is not about being "Smart", it is about taking away the ability for many to be informed and stay safe. The Government set many of us back to using 1930's technology in the name of progress.

If local cell phone service is disrupted by storms, you get no info from texting.

[dgenerate707]

perfect song to go with the situation. people now realize how good analog was because those damn boxes are horrible without a strong signal.

[wildboy360]

I personally fell were killing ourselves to prove nostradomas wong

[TheNinja4]

the government is just fucking us over and there keeping what we have now

[coronet67]

I didnt even know there were battery powered tv's.

What about using a radio?

Problem solved.

[CardPoorHorn]

As said in a earlier comment:

"When you hear simulcasts on the radio, what you get is the sound from local TV. They say, "it is right here" because they expect you can see it."

[CardPoorHorn]

(cont) When dealing with counties you may not be familiar with and towns you never heard of, you just do not know where storms are coming from or going to, unless you can see it on a map. If you are new to an area, and reporters speak as if you should be familiar with the area, you might make the wrong decision and lose your life.

[coronet67]

How many people have battery operated tv's anyway?

[CardPoorHorn]

I have one, and so do many other people. Do a google search on battery operated TV, and the 4th response is from Fox TV in Tampa, agreeing with this video. Other responses will show inexpensive ($30-50) battery operated TV's that had been manufactured since the 1960's, but are no longer available because of the transition. New battery operated digital TV's are expensive. Radio Shack has one for $200.

Thankfully, more and more people are starting to think the DTV transition through.

[CardPoorHorn]

Televisions currently installed in cars, vans, RV's are all battery powered TV's, most of which, will not pick up any reception without a converter box wired into them.

In many states (Tornado alley, gulf coast, California earthquake zones) the norm is to have a battery operated TV available in case of emergency. Mine is a 1980's radio / TV combination unit from Radio Shack that is black and white and has a 5 inch screen, and takes 12 D cell batteries and is not even cable ready.

[howitzer24]

Sold my tv 6 months ago and never looked back. TVs and radio for the most part are counterproductive to human beings.

[CardPoorHorn]

TV's can also be a source of important and life saving information in the event of inclement and severe weather.

Use the TV wisely, and if you never turn one on except for in the event of severe weather, then that is fine.

In many parts of the USA, timely TV broadcasts could be the difference between life and death.

[EnergySupply2008]

Don't be an asshole. All you have to do is buy a TV with a built in Digital tuner. Ignorance rules in this video.

[CardPoorHorn]

I can afford to buy a new TV, and you can obviously afford to buy a new one, but not everyone can.

If this is no problem, then why don't you go buy TVs and hand them out to the poor?

[celticboy1950]

A. you can buy digital handheld TV's

B. What's wrong with a portable radio

The bottom line is, are you really going to struggle out with TV sets just because you can't bear to be without one for even a few minutes. Pathetic I say!

[CardPoorHorn]

celticboy1950:"are you really going to struggle out with TV sets"

The tornados that swept through Oklahoma yesterday took peoples lives. You may never have experienced that before, so you may not know how important weather information on a TV map is. You may have seconds to seek shelter, and it is very important to know exactly where the tornado is. When you hear simulcasts on the radio, what you get is the sound from local TV. They say, "it is right here" because they expect you can see it.

[CardPoorHorn]

(cont) Until you have sat through a tornado with only a radio as your guide, you have no idea how little a radio helps as opposed to seeing the information in graphics on TV. On a TV map, you can see where it is and where it is going, you can't get that from radio.

Not everyone can afford to go out and spend the money for a new TV. There are a lot of poor people who may have purchased a second hand battery operated TV for emergencies that will be useless in a power outage.

[WeedaPeople]

Our Government at work. In case of emergency, when you have precious seconds to get out, you have to take more equipment with you, which probably won't even work. People live and die by the television weather maps, because you can not see which way a tornado is coming over the radio. You just have to hope the radio broadcaster is good enough to tell you where it is and where it is going.

This is what we get when we depend on the Government.

[FreezingMoonFog]

I agree.

[CardPoorHorn]

I agree too. If you notice, there is a push right now to delay the transition. I think they may finally be thinking about what will actually happen when they do this.

[FreezingMoonFog]

Yeah, the President is against it. Man. All of this stuff is amazing