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Originally Posted by andy
DTV has a lot of problems, but I have to admit that it was ludicrous to dedicate hundreds of MHz of prime spectrum to Survivor, American Idol, and what passes for the news. A more robust DTV system, or a mix of analog and digital would have been better. Other countries are phasing out analog TV, and getting people to switch by hyping up the extra channels, then adding HDTV later.
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Oh don't get me started on "Reality" TV. However a lot of the trash is on Cable channels only, so it's not ALL wasting broadcasting spectrum.
It's noteworthy that although Canada is two years off from the Great Switch, all the channels in the Toronto area are broadcasting digitally as well as on analog. In fact one multicultural channel is ATSC only.