I have several large antennas and a preamp and RG-6U cable. For years I had great reception on all except channel 2. Since this digital transition started we have been watching DTV. The picture is great. Switching back to analog I now find the signals have so much noise they are basically unwatchable. I don't know what changed but if this turns out to be like the metric conversion I am going to be really pissed.<div>
<br></div><div>Analog TV is terrible and very wastful of the airways. We need to switch and now is as good a time as any. I am writing my congrersswomen right now.</div><div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">David Brodbeck wrote:<br>
> Doug Lytle wrote:<br>
>> Interesting:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/obama-recommends-delay-in-digital-tv-switch/?hp" target="_blank">http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/obama-recommends-delay-in-digital-tv-switch/?hp</a><br>
>><br>
><br>
> Consumer's Union is supporting this, too.<br>
><br>
> I have mixed feelings. I'm not that keen on the digital switch to begin<br>
> with -- I don't think the consumer benefits are worth the cost, and I<br>
> don't like the way it introduces DRM capabilities into the official TV<br>
> standards. But it's already been delayed for two years, and it seems<br>
> like delaying further might provoke lawsuits from the entities that the<br>
> government has sold the analog spectrum to.<br>
><br>
> I actually think the worst-publicized (and worst-thought-out) part of<br>
> the whole transition is the channel reshuffling that's supposed to<br>
> happen in February.<br>
<br>
</div>It was pushed as enhancing "Public Safety", because a tiny sliver of<br>
spectrum space was to be allocated for police and fire radios etc. This<br>
was a total scam, the real reason was to make money auctioning the<br>
spectrum space.<br>
<br>
It's perhaps too late to delay, the profits of too many corporations are<br>
tied up with it, as well as the money the government expects to get.<br>
<br>
People were not complaining about NTSC quality, heck most people were<br>
happy with VHS quality.<br>
<br>
I agree that including DRM was not consumer-friendly, but if we give<br>
them more time to play with things that will probably get even worse.<br>
<br>
beww<br>
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