[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

Steve, you're missing out. HDTV is incredible.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Harrison" <k0xp at dandy.net>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY


> At 06:41 PM 10/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>>Not so! HD channels are both VHF and UHF (up until last March I worked
>>for a Reno TV station and helped but their VHF HD channel on the air).
>>And don't hold you breath on the 2009 shutdown date for analog channels.
>>I think there will be a real uproar when folks realize that they will be
>>forced to acquire new sets on some certain date. Congress will likely
>>back off on their ill-conceived mandate on shutdown of the analog
>>channels when their constituency gets excited.
>
> Obviously, what everybody else is hoping for is that 99.99% will be on
> cable by then.
>
> Which makes me wonder just what the heck is the whole point of all them TV
> stations spending all that money on all that HD junk, when there'll be
> almost nobody to watch them except out in the boonies. Just about 
> everybody
> in cities is already on cable or using them lil dinky DishTV thingies.
>
> We're not even gonna bother shelling out the moolah for a HDTV just for
> cable, let alone to watch the two or three remaining on-the-air stations 
> we
> can receive here in southwestern Connecticut.
>
> Steve, K0XP
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