[mythtv-users] US to postpone analog TV death

[jedi]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 08:15:58PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Saturday 24 January 2009 20:05:16 Allen Edwards wrote:
> > If they got analog they can certainly get digital with the right
> > antenna.  That antenna may cost more than they can afford, but I don't
> > buy the argument that they are on the other side of the digital cliff
> > unless they previously had a 50 foot mast with a high gain antenna on
> > it.  Get a big antenna, a tall mast, and a low noise amplifier and
> > then the only question is "how high".  Am I wrong?  Telling them no TV
> > is incorrect, imho.
> 
> Perhaps true, but in the long run this drawn-out saga would probably be 
> cheaper i the long run if the government just bought satellite service for 
> these folks. How many can there be?

...better yet: encourage the large broadcast superstations to go to
"freesat" so that all of this cable nonsense goes the way of the do-do.
Of course we all know that the government is not going to do anything
sensible or pro consumer or efficient.