Comments on: Staying Informed In Spite Of Digital Television http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/2009/07/12/staying-informed-in-spite-of-digital/ Tagline not found, Reboot Internet? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ed http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/2009/07/12/staying-informed-in-spite-of-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Ed Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:06:06 +0000 http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/?p=330#comment-109 Don't hold back, tell us how you REALLY feel! ;-D Don’t hold back, tell us how you REALLY feel! ;-D

]]> By: May http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/2009/07/12/staying-informed-in-spite-of-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-108 May Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:35:05 +0000 http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/?p=330#comment-108 filthy money grubbing idiot! i wonder if you'll say the same thing when obamabinasswipe decides to put in an air tax that you have to pay in advance before being allowed to breathe next year? stupid little corporate suckup! is that the ceo of comcast's nutsack i see on your chin? i thought so filthy money grubbing idiot! i wonder if you’ll say the same thing when obamabinasswipe decides to put in an air tax that you have to pay in advance before being allowed to breathe next year?

stupid little corporate suckup!

is that the ceo of comcast’s nutsack i see on your chin?

i thought so

]]> By: Ed http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/2009/07/12/staying-informed-in-spite-of-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Ed Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:49 +0000 http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/?p=330#comment-107 Spoken like a true big-city-dwelling-employee-of-a-cable-or-satellite-network. Living in a rural area like I (and many others) do, things aren't quite so cut and dried. Where I live there is ONE broadcast tv station. It's far enough away that in analog days you needed a good antenna to get even a passable picture. Now that it's converted to digital, the area that can receive it's signal has shrunk considerably. And before you assume that I'm merely looking for entertainment, think again. Even before the conversion the only use I had for television was for <STRONG>LOCAL</strong> news and weather information. If I decide to watch a movie I've got plenty of titles on DVD and VHS to choose from. Living in a rural area one comes to depend on <STRONG>*LOCAL*</STRONG> television news and weather information, especially in Tornado season, to stay up to date on new developments. Television stations available on cable or satellite systems seldom (if ever) carry stations that provide local coverage for rural areas since they're almost always located in large cities and only focus on their own locale. Therefore even if I was inclined to get (and able to afford) cable or satellite tv I still would not get the <STRONG>LOCAL</strong> coverage that I need. Perhaps before making statements like yours you should spend a year living in a rural area about 85 miles from the nearest television station while living on a fixed income that does not permit such luxuries as cable or satellite tv. I guarantee that it'll change the perspective of any thinking human. Spoken like a true big-city-dwelling-employee-of-a-cable-or-satellite-network. Living in a rural area like I (and many others) do, things aren’t quite so cut and dried. Where I live there is ONE broadcast tv station. It’s far enough away that in analog days you needed a good antenna to get even a passable picture. Now that it’s converted to digital, the area that can receive it’s signal has shrunk considerably.

And before you assume that I’m merely looking for entertainment, think again. Even before the conversion the only use I had for television was for LOCAL news and weather information. If I decide to watch a movie I’ve got plenty of titles on DVD and VHS to choose from.

Living in a rural area one comes to depend on *LOCAL* television news and weather information, especially in Tornado season, to stay up to date on new developments. Television stations available on cable or satellite systems seldom (if ever) carry stations that provide local coverage for rural areas since they’re almost always located in large cities and only focus on their own locale.

Therefore even if I was inclined to get (and able to afford) cable or satellite tv I still would not get the LOCAL coverage that I need.

Perhaps before making statements like yours you should spend a year living in a rural area about 85 miles from the nearest television station while living on a fixed income that does not permit such luxuries as cable or satellite tv. I guarantee that it’ll change the perspective of any thinking human.

]]> By: Anonymous http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/2009/07/12/staying-informed-in-spite-of-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Anonymous Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:24:29 +0000 http://dilithiumcrystalworks.com/?p=330#comment-106 TV is a luxury and should be paid for monthly. Anything that's a luxury shouldn't be free. TV is a luxury and should be paid for monthly. Anything that’s a luxury shouldn’t be free.

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