[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

[Donald Sanders]

Yes, my wife and I have rediscovered "reading" again and we do a book a week
at present. I sleep a lot better also.

Healthfully yours,
                          Don W4BWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <k5uj at sbcglobal.net>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY


> except that 98% of what's on tv these days is trash; garbage; mindless
> junk.   I dropped cable years ago and put up an antenna.  I watch one
> show a week.  Already decided that when it all goes digital, I'll just
> junk all my tv stuff, take my brain back, and enjoy life without tv.
> broadcast tv at least; guess i'll keep the tv and dvd player for
> movies.   If you can make it a year without tv, when you go check it
> out (this happens to me when I'm in a hotel room) you'll think it's the
> most idiotic junk you ever saw and wonder how you ever stomached it.
>
> rob / k5uj
>
>
> On Monday, October 2, 2006, at 02:12 AM, Peter Markavage wrote:
>
> > Yep, movies, special programming, and sports all take on a new and
> > vibrant look with HDTV. If you like great video quality, HDTV makes the
> > difference. Maybe Kenwood is working on a HD visual display for their
> > next high end rig.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> > On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:04:44 -0700 "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
> > writes:
> >> 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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