[mythtv-users] [OT, again] digital TV antennae (was Re: OT: Digital signal bands - Was: Horrible Audio Problems on Video Glitch)

[Brian Wood]

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Uh, yeah.  Show me that paragraph on the box of a "digital TV  
>> antenna."
>>
>> I'm complaining about the fact that the consumer /must/ do this type  
>> of
>> research to find out that a "digital TV antenna" is not a better
>> product.
> 
> I would agree, but this misleading use of the word "digital" has been  
> going on for a long time.  I remember seeing "digital" speakers,  
> headphones, and even interconnect cables when CD players first came out.
> 
> I kind of lost the argument here about whether it was unreasonable for  
> consumers to know the difference between gigabytes and gibibytes, so I  
> guess I can't argue that consumers shouldn't know that "digital"  
> doesn't mean anything by now.

How about "High Definition"? I have heard radio stations purporting to
broadcast in "Hi Def", headphones, lighting fixtures, speakers, fabrics
and many other things totally related to television are being labeled
"High Definition", rendering that term pretty useless.

beww