Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
And I think my post still stands. 1) No one has to take advantage of the $40 voucher, 2) People may not even hear about this voucher (I've now seen the ad 3 times in one week, that's still not enough), and 3) People may end up deciding not to upgrade their equipment, especially if the writer's strike continues and all we're left with is reality programming. Who wants to see that in digital? If my TV went dark and all I had watched was reality tv, I'd probably just start watching my DVDs. Fuck the TV! If you're watching network television, there isn't anything good on anyway. If you watch TLC, History, Discovery, or the Science Channel, then you're not going to need the voucher (the commercial actually clearly states that).
Originally posted by: sean wookie
Ok buy Blu-Ray if you love to suck the cock of DRM and the MPAA.
Never forget:
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
FIRST OF ALL, DON'T BE AN ASS. SECOND, MY POST WAS REFERRING TO MY POST BEFORE THAT.
Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY STATING THAT THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO UPGRADE THERE TVs TO HD WILL BE GIVEN A CONVERTER BOX FOR FREE. IT'S LIKE WELFARE FOR TV.
That's not what it said and you know it. What it said is that you'll get a $40 voucher toward the purchase of a digital tuner. While I agree that it's lame to subsidize the conversion the way they are, please don't twist the message to suit your needs. Anyone who decides to stop watching ota broadcasts at that point just won't buy a box and won't need the voucher. It also doesn't affect anyone that's already got cable or DirectTV/Dish Network, since that's all digital now anyway, whether their TVs are or not.
I'm with zombie on this. The transition isn't going to do anything but piss a lot of people off. A lot of people will think they need to get an HD television in order to get the new signal and I'm sure many stores will not have a problem selling it like that. Only afterwards, when they talk to someone that really knows, will they get the whole story. Then they'll be pissed that they spent so much money on a TV when they really didn't need to.
Then, on the other side, you'll have people that already watch very little TV, so unless the commercials start running 24/7, they won't notice them and will get pissed when they're looking at snow on the cutoff day. I watch a lot of TV and I've only seen the ad once. If they're really trying to inform people, that ad needs to be running constantly.
The government should've kept their nose out of the transition. The marketplace will decide. The marketplace was already deciding. Let the analog broadcasts slowly fade away until there's nothing left broadcasting. But no, they had to force a transition to reclaim the spectrum.
THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY STATING THAT THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO UPGRADE THERE TVs TO HD WILL BE GIVEN A CONVERTER BOX FOR FREE. IT'S LIKE WELFARE FOR TV.
That's not what it said and you know it. What it said is that you'll get a $40 voucher toward the purchase of a digital tuner. While I agree that it's lame to subsidize the conversion the way they are, please don't twist the message to suit your needs. Anyone who decides to stop watching ota broadcasts at that point just won't buy a box and won't need the voucher. It also doesn't affect anyone that's already got cable or DirectTV/Dish Network, since that's all digital now anyway, whether their TVs are or not.
I'm with zombie on this. The transition isn't going to do anything but piss a lot of people off. A lot of people will think they need to get an HD television in order to get the new signal and I'm sure many stores will not have a problem selling it like that. Only afterwards, when they talk to someone that really knows, will they get the whole story. Then they'll be pissed that they spent so much money on a TV when they really didn't need to.
Then, on the other side, you'll have people that already watch very little TV, so unless the commercials start running 24/7, they won't notice them and will get pissed when they're looking at snow on the cutoff day. I watch a lot of TV and I've only seen the ad once. If they're really trying to inform people, that ad needs to be running constantly.
The government should've kept their nose out of the transition. The marketplace will decide. The marketplace was already deciding. Let the analog broadcasts slowly fade away until there's nothing left broadcasting. But no, they had to force a transition to reclaim the spectrum.
FIRST OF ALL, DON'T BE AN ASS. SECOND, MY POST WAS REFERRING TO MY POST BEFORE THAT.
And I think my post still stands. 1) No one has to take advantage of the $40 voucher, 2) People may not even hear about this voucher (I've now seen the ad 3 times in one week, that's still not enough), and 3) People may end up deciding not to upgrade their equipment, especially if the writer's strike continues and all we're left with is reality programming. Who wants to see that in digital? If my TV went dark and all I had watched was reality tv, I'd probably just start watching my DVDs. Fuck the TV! If you're watching network television, there isn't anything good on anyway. If you watch TLC, History, Discovery, or the Science Channel, then you're not going to need the voucher (the commercial actually clearly states that).
Originally posted by: sean wookie
Ok buy Blu-Ray if you love to suck the cock of DRM and the MPAA.
Never forget:
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
For the moron of the boards. That's the AACS code for BOTH Blu-ray and HD-DVD.