The idea of telling TV stations when they must stop analog broadcasting is just a bad, very bad idea. When color came around in 1955 and has served us well for fifty years one of the rules was that existing black & white TVs must accept and show the picture and sound without set top boxes. The system had to be backward compatible. I firmly believe that any new digital HDTV system should follow the same rules. That way the millions of battery portable sets and all the TVs in the home execpt maybe one in the family room will not become scrap.
Sincerely,
Richard Dalkranian.
Last edited by Richard D; 07-16-2005 at 08:20 PM.
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