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"Chicken Legs" <fldayton1@verizon.net> wrote:
> Isn't there a deadline for when all stations broadcast in HDTV ?
> Something like 2006, maybe it's just a guideline ?
>
> Fred

Stations are supposed to be broadcasting digitally, not necessarily HD.
Chip

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Chicken Legs wrote:
> Isn't there a deadline for when all stations broadcast in HDTV ? Something
> like 2006, maybe it's just a guideline ?
>
> Fred
>
There is no deadline as to HDTV whatsoever. Broadcasters can do HD or
not. It is up to them. Same with cable and satellite.

A deadline of 2006 was set but it has another component. 2006 OR when
85% of US homes have digital TV capability.

The question now is what does 85% mean and what is the 85% a part of. No
one seems to know least of all those who passed the law.

The best bet at the moment is 2009 but if you ask a broadcaster
privately they will suggest 2012 is more like it.

Congress and the Whitehouse are getting pretty upset so maybe it will
swing more toward 2009.

Remember as it has been stated here the US has about a ONE % penetration
of that 85% as it was commonly understood by some.

And to put it in perpestive the UK has about a 25% penetration of
digital TV after only two years and they are trying for a 2012 analog
turnoff.

The real sticking point in the UK and the US is what will the VOTERS
whose analog sets will not work anymore going to think about it. In a
coutry where the last few election were decided by a couple of percent
of the vote you don't want your party or your name associated with
anything that could lose you 3% of the vote.

In the end it will be what the pols think the voters think. 25 million
analog sets were sold to 25 million potential voters this year.

So maybe it will be 2050.

Bob Miller

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"Bob Miller" <robmx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Chicken Legs wrote:
> > Isn't there a deadline for when all stations broadcast in HDTV ?
Something
> > like 2006, maybe it's just a guideline ?
> >
> > Fred
> >
> There is no deadline as to HDTV whatsoever. Broadcasters can do HD or
> not. It is up to them. Same with cable and satellite.
>
> A deadline of 2006 was set but it has another component. 2006 OR when
> 85% of US homes have digital TV capability.
>
> The question now is what does 85% mean and what is the 85% a part of. No
> one seems to know least of all those who passed the law.
>
> The best bet at the moment is 2009 but if you ask a broadcaster
> privately they will suggest 2012 is more like it.
>
> Congress and the Whitehouse are getting pretty upset so maybe it will
> swing more toward 2009.
>
> Remember as it has been stated here the US has about a ONE % penetration
> of that 85% as it was commonly understood by some.
>
> And to put it in perpestive the UK has about a 25% penetration of
> digital TV after only two years and they are trying for a 2012 analog
> turnoff.
>
> The real sticking point in the UK and the US is what will the VOTERS
> whose analog sets will not work anymore going to think about it. In a
> coutry where the last few election were decided by a couple of percent
> of the vote you don't want your party or your name associated with
> anything that could lose you 3% of the vote.
>
> In the end it will be what the pols think the voters think. 25 million
> analog sets were sold to 25 million potential voters this year.
>
> So maybe it will be 2050.
>
> Bob Miller

Thanks Bob, I'll be dead by 2050, hey, but maybe my grandson will enjoy.

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<cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Chicken Legs" <fldayton1@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Isn't there a deadline for when all stations broadcast in HDTV ?
> > Something like 2006, maybe it's just a guideline ?
> >
> > Fred
>
> Stations are supposed to be broadcasting digitally, not necessarily HD.
> Chip
>
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It looks like according to your e-mail your last name might be Dayton too.
I'm in Maryland. How about you Chip ?

Fred

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"Chicken Legs" <fldayton1@verizon.net> wrote:
> <cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:20041203210506.269$5f@newsreader.com...
> > "Chicken Legs" <fldayton1@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > Isn't there a deadline for when all stations broadcast in HDTV ?
> > > Something like 2006, maybe it's just a guideline ?
> > >
> > > Fred
> >
> > Stations are supposed to be broadcasting digitally, not necessarily HD.
> > Chip
> >
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> It looks like according to your e-mail your last name might be Dayton
> too. I'm in Maryland. How about you Chip ?
>
> Fred

You got me! Remove the "nospam" and email me if you want to talk.
Chip

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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:43:08 GMT, Bob Miller <robmx@earthlink.net>
wrote:


>
>The real sticking point in the UK and the US is what will the VOTERS
>whose analog sets will not work anymore going to think about it. In a
>coutry where the last few election were decided by a couple of percent
>of the vote you don't want your party or your name associated with
>anything that could lose you 3% of the vote.
>

Oh we could just add touch screen voting capability to
the HDTV sets  

I love the smell of touch screens in the morning...
smells like.. VICTORY.