NTSC shut down in 2009

[Captain Video]

Originally Posted by Adam

What's wrong with living in the past? I've been trying to do so for some time now, I drive a '72 Buick, watch a '61 Zenith, and I still got one of those rotary phones.
As far as the digital TVs, I have no plans of ever buying a new TV, they're just not for me. Most of my daily watching sets are from the 60s, most of the time I watch b/w, but I have a few old color sets that get a very good picture when I want to watch in color.

I second your thoughts. I have a 1976 VW Beetle, I have two rotary phones ( a bakelite one from the 50's and a plastic one from the 70's, which I use for nostalgic reasons, since is exactly like the one we had when I was a little boy ), and the only reason I don't use any of my tube TV's is due to lack of funds to do a proper restoration - but I do however still use a 1986 set that is mine since I was 9. 20 years of ininterrupted use! I think that there's really nothing wrong with living in the past. It's a matter of personal choice, and we are also preserving things for future generations.

If a lot of people are satisfied with NTSC I don't think it should be extinguished. If equally a lot of people want to go digital, I don't know why the two systems couldn't co-exist. Here in Brazil we will start the transition to digital open the air TV next year. We will use the Japanese standard, because ( our government has told us ) that it is the only standard that allows for "mobility" - to watch TV in a car or a train. Is there any truth in this claim? Aren't the American or European digital standards also capable of receiving good images while the viewer is moving?

We will also completely shut down analog TV after some time. That is something that makes me feel uncomfortable, because I know that with digital either you will have good quality of image, or no image at all. I had a Directv subscription a few years ago, and I remenber that during storms we had complete loss of signal. Sometimes, even a very cloudy sky was enough to cripple the signal.