R.I.P. It's already begun...

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I took the posted picture the other day, and it underscores my reason for liking analog. 27 year old $7 Zenith TV from the thrift store, hooked up to an outdoor antenna. Sure, the picture is awful snowy, but it has full and correct color and sound. It's watchable and listenable. This is a deep fringe station for me; I was surprised it came in at all. I don't know, but I have a feeling that with ATSC I will not be able to get any distant stations at all via antenna. Yes, in an emergency I can see this being an issue. By the way, the station in the picture is Spanish language, the only one anywhere in our area.

The TV show in question is "Sabado Gigante" (Giant Saturday), a staple of Spanish-language TV and source for a lot of Simpson's humor.

This past Saturday night, our local Detroit channels carried the following shows:

2 (FOX) Stupid Baseball
4 (NBC) Stupid Bionic Woman
7 (ABC) Idiotic Football
9 (CBC) Some weird Canadian crap
20 (MYTV) Some teenager crap
50 (CW) One of those "urban" shows about ???
56 (PBS) Antiques Roadshow
62 (CBS) Some un-watchable Jerry Bruckheimer cop show

So I DX'ed over to Ontario (Canada) public TV, channel 32 from Sarnia (I think). The station is plenty watchable, but with just enough snow that you couldn't get a damn thing if it was digital.

They ran a solid 8PM-2AM block of:

The Taking of Pelhum 1,2,3.
Dog Day Afternoon
The Chase

Uncut, Uncensored, and with director's commentary in between!!!

Yes, I know I could have just rented that stuff on DVD, or subscribe to cable, etc... But nothing is going to beat the thrill of DX'ing and finding gold like that on a DUD TV night!!

I'll miss you non-corporate, analog TV