Comments on: Digital TV switchover is today: Don’t forget to call your grandma

By: Sophie Milch

Sophie Milch — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:09 +0000

The days of Antenna Cables are done and gone. But you know the telecom giants are going to use this transition as an excuse to raise prices. Even if its cheaper on the back-end.

By: Sophie Milch

Sophie Milch — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:55:05 +0000

Interesting to see how the older generation will react. I guess you can throw out the old Antenna Cables.
Digital does have its benefits, but it’s you know the telecoms are making a killing its cheaper to distribute but I’m sure they are going to use it an excuse to hike subscription prices.

By: Bandigo Hugonsti

Bandigo Hugonsti — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:54:12 +0000

I bet folks are having a grand old time in Outback America with the DTV reception. Even here near Chicago we get reception trouble that looks blocky or cuts off when it rains or an object flys over. Oh yes we have the new equp. But getting up at night on your roof to turn the antenna is getting to be much. The system was not though out very well. I mean I have seen digital artifacts that look artistic at best that should not happen in Analog. I can take fuzz but this is like a VIC 20 in 1982. A joke of a system.

By: Wickeddoll

Wickeddoll — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:02:50 +0000

Rob Tyson wrote: “How do you people NOT have cable, or at least a dish? Seriously!”
Those things cost money, and if you’re on a fixed income, like most elderly folks, you have to watch every single penny. It’s especially pertinent in this currrent economy. Life without cable would totally suck for *me*, but I can certainly understand why some folks held out.
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By: Rob Tyson

Rob Tyson — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:44:03 +0000

How do you people NOT have cable, or at least a dish? Seriously!

By: Jael Paris

Jael Paris — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:51:44 +0000

Unix Pimp, it’s not that we’re slackers. It’s that we’re poor. You try graduating with $50k in debt and looking for a job in this economy. I’ve been trying to get a job in my field for three years and am scraping by in a warehouse in the meantime.

By: claudenorth

claudenorth — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:33:42 +0000

Back in the day, we had the three network affiliates, a PBS station, and three UHF stations…and it seems that we had more to watch back then than we do now.

By: Los

Los — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:16:03 +0000

I lived with cable up until I moved out of my parents house, then during college my roommates & I were broke and couldn’t afford cable. So we had to rock the ears. I just remember watching Maury w/ my friend Anthony during the day cuz there was nothing else on. During the evening I got my Conan fix (back during that brief period when he reffered to himself as the ‘Late Night Cat’).

By: cranky

cranky — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:04:07 +0000

I remember only 13 (!) channels, all on a dial, so that you had to get up off your rear and change the channels by hand. The dial made a really satisfying >THOCK< sound as you turned it. Watching UNC basketball with my Dad late at night, the players fuzzing in and out of focus. Sesame Street. Awesome times.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Casey, I think Mevo’s comment was meant to be sarcastic.