[mythtv-users] DTV: It Has Begun

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 10:27:32AM -0500, jedi wrote:
> The way the Europeans rolled this out seems remarkably more sensible.
> Not everyone wants to toss out their old sets or spend a lot of money
> to buy new equipment. Cheaper "future proof" sets should have been on
> the market along time before the switchover.

Well, my sister bought a $250 27" Sylvania CRT set at least a year ago
and possibly more, that is OTA ATSC compliant.  So it was hapening, just
below the radar.

The problem is that the TV set universe doesn't *turn* that fast.

Cheers,
-- jra
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