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THE BIG QUESTION
I have seen several 'specials' on HDTV on cable stations, but not one has answered THE BIG QUESTION: what do the people without HDTV tuners do?

What about the millions of TV viewers that have old sets without HDTV tuners? What about the viewers that don't have cable? When or IF the industry switches completely to HDTV broadcasting, these people will be left out in the cold with nothing to watch!

Is the government going to subsidize buying HDTV tuners for these folks? I doubt it.

Why are they STILL SELLING TV sets without HDTV tuners? It's only prolonging the switch and only going to make it more difficult. Now we're going to have to go out and buy a tuner now just to watch TV? NOT! I'll just stop watching broadcast all together. Cable costs too much as it is. Spending another $150+ just for tuner is NOT an option.

What about recycling all those old sets? An environmental disaster waiting to happen.
Posted by: Joe Blow_z   Posted on: 03/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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THE BIG QUESTION  Joe Blow_z | 03/16/04
Old signal will stil be there  el1jones | 03/16/04
You hit it on the head!  vferrara | 03/16/04
Actually you are wrong  voska | 03/16/04
I keep hearing that , but...  el1jones | 03/16/04
The FCC Says it itself  The-Bytemaster | 03/16/04
FCC  SC-man | 03/16/04
But that won't happen by 2006  el1jones | 03/16/04
If you didn't understand that-  AbsolutelyNot | 03/16/04
Old signal going bye-bye  The-Bytemaster | 03/16/04
people w/o HDTV tuners  Prognosticator | 03/16/04
tuners  richhayes | 03/16/04
Tuners-HAH!  AbsolutelyNot | 03/16/04
Considering the "quality" of content these days...  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/16/04
too true ...  g_ludlow | 03/16/04
Digital tuner order  randomletter | 03/16/04
Why?  Patrick Jones | 03/16/04
Is your TV black and white?  el1jones | 03/16/04
Big difference..  Patrick Jones | 03/16/04
DVD's aren't even HDTV ready  voska | 03/16/04
Big difference..  SC-man | 03/16/04
But wait, you got DVD's...  el1jones | 03/16/04
Not now, but soon  AbsolutelyNot | 03/16/04
Source?  randomletter | 03/16/04
Huge Difference....  Bob/Paul | 03/16/04
I am a electronics geek  DigitalKid | 03/16/04
HDTV-vs-DTV  kd5auq | 03/16/04
I heard converters won't work  voska | 03/16/04
Converters work fine...  Bob/Paul | 03/16/04
Cable companies' bottom line...  AbsolutelyNot | 03/16/04
CableCo may not be lying  randomletter | 03/16/04
Digital and HDTV is WAY too Expensive!  James Dean_z | 03/16/04
Cable is your choice  sdbryan@... | 03/16/04
Get the prices down!!!!!!  Stewart Cannon | 03/16/04
Prices  randomletter | 03/16/04
Lots  voska | 03/16/04
Lots  SC-man | 03/16/04
Prices  seosamh_z | 03/16/04
'You must enter a title for your message'  Bob/Paul | 03/16/04
Prices (Tuner)  SC-man | 03/16/04
External tuners  AbsolutelyNot | 03/16/04
Tuners  randomletter | 03/16/04
Pure Fiction  sdbryan@... | 03/16/04
as much as cable cost  JWatson77 | 03/16/04
RE: as much as cable cost  SC-man | 03/17/04
500 Channels of sh*t on the TV to chose from...  Tammee | 03/16/04
What Parts Make HDTV Expensive ?  ParadigmOdyssey | 03/16/04
Morons  colson_z | 03/17/04
HDTV prices  kd5auq | 03/17/04
Differences?  randomletter | 03/17/04
Differences?  SC-man | 03/18/04

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