The Terrifying Switch to DTV (was Re: ISPs, Newsgroups, etc. ...OH MY!!!)

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Jeffrey Watts <jeffrey.w.watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Leo Mauler
> <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Because if weak digital signals aren't watchable,
> > then we're *losing* a lot in the switchover.  We 
> > will have gone from *some* TV in remote areas to 
> > *NO* TV in remote areas.  Shrinking the broadcast 
> > region is a loss, no matter how much you try to 
> > tart up the switchover as a "gain".
> 
> What's this "we" shit, white man?  LOL
> You sure like to cry about crap, don't ya?

Jeffrey, you're clearly a very bright person.  You could do better than you have in this discussion.  It's not necessary to show the level of contempt that you do to the people who argue with you.  It's not going to win the other adults in your life over to your side.  Please, turn down the heat.

> Besides, is losing a television signal really that bad 
> of a thing for people?  Last I looked all of the stuff 
> on broadcast television was crap.

PBS is still a broadcast station.  Analog PBS stations were a little fuzzy some of the time in Lawrence, KS, but the "crap" stations (the only ones you seem to know about) came in quite clearly.  Essentially analog-to-digital will make Lawrence, KS, lose all the good broadcast TV while still retaining all the crap broadcast TV.  Personally I consider  being denied good TV while being allowed crap TV to be a loss.