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Study: 59 percent of Americans are aware of DTV transition
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 26 March, 2008
Frank N. Magid Associates conducted a survey which has found that 59 percent of Americans are aware of the impending February 19th 2009 switch to all-digital television broadcasts in the United States. The same company had conducted a survey six months before which found that only 34 percent of Americans were aware of the switch, showing progress by the U.S. Government and other parties ... [ read the full article ]
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UbuntuGuy
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15. April 2008 @ 19:12 |
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A_Klingon,
It is comforting to run into people like that, though (grin). I used to consider myself a "newbie" when it came to stuff like this. But daily, the people I meet make me feel more like an expert, hehe.
P.S. Off topic ... but based on your handle, I assume you're a Trek fan. Have you ever checked out the "Star Trek Phase II" (formerly known as Star Trek New Voyages) episodes? I'm the guy who shepherds mirror sites for them. Episodes are both downloadable and streamable for free:
http://www.Phase2Trek.com
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A_Klingon
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15. April 2008 @ 19:17 |
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Just one more comment.
(Yeah, me too). <gg>
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I've noticed that many of my local TV dealers are incredibly dense ...
Yes, many of them *are*. I don't know who's responsible for that, BUT when senior management chooses to display 4:3 content stretched to absurd dimensions on their store-wide 16:9 sets, it is a pathetic statement on current levels of dealer-education. Most of these dealers would do well to visit a site here like A/D, for instance.
I would _never_ normally buy anything from these types of stores unless they just happened-to-have the *exact* model I was looking for (and thoroughly researched on-line beforehand), at a better price than I could obtain elsewhere.
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A_Klingon
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15. April 2008 @ 19:25 |
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Highly, outrageously embarrassing confession:
I'm only using a dial-up modem internet connection. You know, the kind that Christopher Columbus used to use when he first came to America. <ggg>
(Streaming/downloading movies at modem-rates is an impossibility.)
But *thank you!* -- A_K --
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UbuntuGuy
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16. April 2008 @ 05:09 |
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A_Klingon,
Actually, the site includes modem-friendly RealVideo streams of every episode and vignette. Of course, the video footprint is a bit small ... but you can still watch them.
Just curious. Is the reason you don't have broadband money-related or rural-related? If rurality is the factor, you might be in luck. There's an ISP in my hometown (Portland, Oregon) that provides wireless broadband access in a rather unique way. You only have to be within range of a viable celltower in the US and Canada.
http://www.millenicom.com
After I retire, or maybe before, I'm considering dumping my Comcast service for them. And, FWIW, the speeds they mention are "roll-out" speeds. They're service (and concept) is still a new one ... and their speeds have nowhere to go but up (grin). Basically, all you have to do is buy their special wireless modem (which is portable).
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A_Klingon
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16. April 2008 @ 07:59 |
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... Just curious. Is the reason you don't have broadband money-related or rural-related? ...
For now, unfortunately, the former rather than the latter.
Too many other priorities, you know - frivoulous stuff like, ... (oh lessee....), Rent, Beer, Power Bill, Food (what a nuisance), Beer, Transit To Work, Beer, Phone Bill, Clothes, and every once in a while, maybe some Beer.
Silly things like that. I suppose that's why I'm more interested in free digital OTA broadcasts rather than cable/satellite boxes, and looking at digital LCD sets with screens smaller than you usually see at your local IMAX movie theater. :-P
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