[NCLUG] MythTV Questions

Chad Perrin perrin at apotheon.com
Mon Feb 18 13:45:11 MST 2008


On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:43:35PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> >
> >  2. Someone will have to allow one-for-one trade-ins of TVs so that
> >  everyone can upgrade to HD televisions.
> 
> I assume you are aware of the certificates the gov't is giving away. 
> They are allowing everyone up to 2 - $40 certificates for the purchase 
> of a digital-to-analog converter to allow analog sets to receive digital 
> signals (degraded to SD of course).

Actually, I wasn't aware of that -- and I'm as annoyed about that waste
of my tax money as I am about the rest of this circus with HDTV
regulations.


> >
> >  3. Millions of people will no longer be able to watch TV.
> 
> The gov't claims otherwise, don't you believe them ???

Hah.  You're a funny guy.


> >
> >This asinine mandatory HD upgrade legislation will not make everybody
> >have several hundred dollars above and beyond what they need to pay for
> >everything that's *more important than a television*.  I, for one, am
> >more likely to stop watching TV than get an HD television before February
> >2009, unless a specific project comes my way that is currently still in
> >the "not sure it's going to happen at all" stage.
> 
>  I agree with your assessment of the upgrade. It's all about money, not 
> "better" TV, and *certainly* not for "public safety" reasons, which is a 
> gov't claim (a couple percent of the spectrum made available by the move 
> will be made available for PS radios, A "cover story" if I ever heard 
> one). The majority of the spectrum will be sold to the highest bidder, 
> another case of the gov't trying to reduce the deficit by conducting a 
> garage sale of the people's resources.

It's only slightly less reprehensible than gutting the Social Security
funds -- not that Social Security should have been expected to elicit
ethical behavior from government, anyway.  Any "public interest" funds
can be expected to be used for corrupt ends when government is involved.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Rudy Giuliani: "You have free speech so I can be heard."



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