[78-L] Digital Television -To Be,Or Not To Be? ^

[Malcolm Rockwell]

The Hawaiian digital switchover happens here in 5 more days - on January 
15th.
I have cable now but also keep an antenna setup for emergency 
situations, like if the cable goes down due to natural disaster.
The broadcast powers that be are busily scurrying around the islands 
looking for dead spots in their digital domains, so the digital 
transmitting system is actually already operating, but only in test mode.
Am curious to see if there's any upgrade in picture quality.

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> David Weiner wrote:
>   
>> This just in from the New York Times:
>>
>> Six weeks before the nation's television stations are scheduled to  
>> convert to digital transmission, an aide to President-elect Barack  
>> Obama is asking Congress to consider a delay. In the most significant  
>> sign to date of concern about the impending digital TV transition, the  
>> Obama transition team co-chairman John Podesta said the government  
>> funds to support the change are "woefully inadequate" and said that  
>> the digital switch date, Feb. 17, should be "reconsidered and extended."
>>
>> So, just as the last three deadlines have been extended, the February  
>> 2009 date is likely to be put off.
>>