The Goverment federal mandate TV be HDTV by 2009?

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[Doggidew4u]

DTV may indeed have a direct connection to various government conspiracies, such as; Project Blue Beam, RFID citizen and consumer tracking. Total control over the reception of media communications- and a totalitarian corporate monopoly. Not to mention, the rate at which the mysterious color gamuts found deep it high-def, screws with your receptors. Pretty screwed up stuff. Always question. We will resist.

[Raquelota58]

I want my analog! I feel that we need to have a choice!

I do not think having digital should be the only choice, we need choices not to be forced into digital.

I do not want to pay for the services, I feel that it is actually a scam, I wonder how many government officials have had donations for their campaigns. I wonder how many gifts and vacations they got before they decided what is "best" for "everyone". Their has to be someone out there who wants to still be a analog customer like me!

[RAQ665]

dtv is going to be awesome.

[HardstyleRoller]

Okay don't you think its kinda wierd... They are taking away your bloody "rabbit ears!" doesn't that kinda bring project bluebeam into the picture? I don't know but I suggest every american come move up here to canada! We will always welcome you into our Country because in the end we are all the same.. :)

Please just be aware of all that goes on behind closed doors..

[etragedy]

THIS SUCKS

In my area cable is VERY expensive (3 times what it cost in the city I used to live for basic service).

I live in an apartment, so I can't put an antenna or satellite dish on the roof.

So I spent the money, and I bought a converter box.

But I can only receive 1 - ONE! station digitally. And it doesn't even come in all the time!!!

After the analogue shutoff my TV will no longer work at all.

Well, at least I'll still be able to watch DVDs on it. :(

[jonasvalero]

idiot, it's DTV not HD! HD is a premium.

[Khaliyl19]

Im only guessing, but if there are 200 million regular televisions in America to be converted into HD, then that $40 in government subsidy per TV × 200,000,000 = $8 billion.

Why is the government so anxious to spend 8 billion dollars on her citizens to improve the clarity of a TV picture? Or is the recently touted additional bandwidth cover story that supposedly is to be gained with the HD technology the only and genuine reason for spending so much taxpayer dollars on HD conversion?

[danwentz]

Television is not a right, it is a service driven by technology. So to take part, at some point you have to invest in it. I think this is simply for the sake of convenience and cost effectiveness. If a station can broadcast 100 times more of their "product" in a similar manner they'll always do it. Satellite radio is another example.

[boredanddumb]

the truth is ....our government...is..TOTALITARIAN & FACIST.

[constreet]

everyone is so lazy we are going to get in this crap that we can avoid..they are going to send signals through tv and do sum crazy crap that will assit mind control...so sad