[mythtv-users] Just got my two $40 DTV coupons

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Fri Mar 7 18:22:35 UTC 2008


On Mar 7, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Ronald Frazier wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>> I think, since they gave a huge gift to the TV manufacturers by
>> mandating that everyone comply with a mandatory cut-over date, that
>> they figured they had to slip some kind of kickback to consumers to
>> keep us happy.
>
>
> If someone gave a gift to the TV manufacturers, I suspect it was the
> retailers who did so (while giving themselves a gift in the process).
> I believe they happily let their employees misinform customers.
> Whether they asked their sales staff to lie or fed them the false
> information, I can't say, but at the very least they made no effort to
> correct them from spreading misinformation.

You're ignoring the immense "gift" to Sony and other manufacturers who  
get to sell tons of digital equipment to TV stations and networks.

They have no option, they can't just decide to do without.

beww



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