Darn Digital Conversion
I'm waiting to hear how the TV "digital conversion" is going to do anything good for me ... or for anyone.
I live in the barren middle of Missouri. I watch PBS, C-Span, and (in football and baseball seasons) some of the sports channels.
I felt very lucky that we received two PBS television stations -- one from St. Louis, and one from western Missouri. They carried sufficiently different programs that it was great to get both of them.
Since the "conversion," I no longer get the St. Louis PBS station. I thought it was just a glitch and that I hadn't found its new location on the dial. Today I got a mailing from my cable company. Apparently the St. Louis station will no longer be carried here. Dammit!
Was the "digital conversion" designed to expand our options? Or was it merely designed to let Bubba watch NASCAR on a big-ass high-def TV?
[Exits, growling]
I live in the barren middle of Missouri. I watch PBS, C-Span, and (in football and baseball seasons) some of the sports channels.
I felt very lucky that we received two PBS television stations -- one from St. Louis, and one from western Missouri. They carried sufficiently different programs that it was great to get both of them.
Since the "conversion," I no longer get the St. Louis PBS station. I thought it was just a glitch and that I hadn't found its new location on the dial. Today I got a mailing from my cable company. Apparently the St. Louis station will no longer be carried here. Dammit!
Was the "digital conversion" designed to expand our options? Or was it merely designed to let Bubba watch NASCAR on a big-ass high-def TV?
[Exits, growling]
posted by Lisa Fox at 3/27/2009 08:00:00 PM
10 Comments:
Very troublesome.
I no longer receive PBS here, either. The one network openly critical of our government - who decreed this change and made sure everybody could get a box - and it's not available on digital.
Just 'cause I'm paranoid doesn't mean nobody's out to get me.
I'm with you, Marc.
The Republicans gave us this "conversion."
It's all about the mighty Dollar!!
Funny, in South Dakota this digital conversion gave us two more PBS stations for a total of 3. They are not carried on my cable, but I picked up digital rabbit ears from Target and I get them that way. It is interesting to see how this affects different parts of the country.
"Digital rabbit ears"?? Who knew??
Your comment makes me wonder what (if any) rhyme or reason is at work here?
I don't think there's any big conspiracy. Nobody in the Bush administration was smart enough to pull off a conspiracy. I think it's just about trying to sell TVs. Let's hear it for capitalism...
Yes Lisa --digital rabbit ears. We refuse to buy cable, and have an old fashioned TV with rabbit ears. One can buy a converter box at BestBuy and then you can have digital rabbit ears. Try it!
As for the other --I'm thinking Bubba won the TV round.
Right, Lindy. I need to breathe and not assume Bush was in charge.
LOL, Margaret. But I'm on cable. Not sure how this all works. I'm such a techno-ignoramus. :(
Sorry, late to the conversation. What bothers me about the whole is the forced waste it caused. Over the past year I would see more and more TVs on the curb for trash pickup that were perfectly good sets.
Amen, Dan! It is a travesty.
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