Comments on: House Fails to Pass Digital TV Deadline Extension

By: Samuel

Samuel — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:00:53 +0000

Sure you have people you can give an extention too, and will always have a lame excuse! This isn’t just about poor people but also about the misleading information given to the public. I purchased one of those converter boxes with a coupon, and it works like crap! So I found myself having to purchase another antenna! I live on a fixed income and couldn’t afford to purchase the one that was needed, and it still works like crap!. A lot of major channels I can’t get at all! The public has been mislead in this matter. The antenna is more expensive than the so called free converter box. I think some members in congress needs to forget about their petty differences and consider the American people. Now I have to save money I don’t have and purchase more equipment or cable. That’s what I wish I had been told for the last two years “The truth!”

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Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:44:58 +0000

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By: pond

pond — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:17:11 +0000

One caveat: the bill failed to muster the needed 2/3 votes to pass via some sort of expedited vote. There were more than enough votes to pass by a majority, and so all the Dems need to do is bring it up as a regular roll-call vote, and it will pass.

Reports in the paper claim that such a vote could come as early as next week.

The Republicans voted it down. Oddly enough, the Senate passed it unanimously, so all the Republican Senators voted for it.

By: WxMan_II

WxMan_II — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:03:13 +0000

Let me see here… We’ve been inundated with Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for over a year on TV reminding us unceasingly of the changeover to digital TV (DTV). These same PSAs provided web sites for those of us who are not technophobes, as well as 1-800 phone numbers for those who still believe that the internet is just a fad and will never last. The government offers a $40 discount on nearly all DTV converter boxes, making the converters exceedingly low cost. Millions of consumers heeded the advice and laid out money to purchase the converters. The television broadcast industry invested millions of dollars to upgrade to digital facilities. The end result – we propose an extension so that a handfull of flat-earthers who ignored everthing going on around them will not be deprived of their daily infusion of The View.

It’s said that no election is without its consequences. This is only ONE facet of things to come. Call it a cradle-to-grave society. I call it survival of the dimmest.

By: tced

tced — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:48:07 +0000

There will always be procrastinators. Too bad for them.
An extra effort should be made for the truly needy (for the most part poor elderly).
But get it over with.
As for the emergency information: There’s this other thing called radio.

By: dosequis

dosequis — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:27:48 +0000

I feel for those who can afford a $40 converter box, but they still won’t be able to afford it after the delay. The helpless will still be helpless in 5 months and in 2019. Some people don’t change until it is forced upon them. My grandparents have a Wii! I think they can find their way through the digital conversion.