Tuesday, October 2, 2007

USAToday: Univision to mandatory switch to digital TV change due on Feb 2009.

Univision hypes digital TV change
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2007-09-30-univision-digital_N.htm


My comments: I've never understood this required change that will force everyone who gets TV via broadcast - i.e. rabbit ears - to buy a new TV by Feb 2009. The folks not using cable or direct TV are the least likely to be able to afford a new TV. According to one web site, only 15 percent of Americans do not subscribe to cable to direct TV. I would not be surprised if that percentage was much higher for viewers of Spanish-language TV.

In my humble opinion, this required change hurts the poor and does little to improve the state of broadcasting, given that most folks who demand higher quality pictures already get cable or direct TV.

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