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IonYz
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2005-05-09, 23:58

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Originally Posted by bassplayinMacFiend
They will officially be obsolete. Unless you buy a special HD -> analog converter for your TV or go with cable/satellite services your TV will no longer be useful for watching broadcasts.
Replace HD with Digital. The ATSC (think NTSC but for digital) has standard definition (SD) resolutions as standards as well as 720p and 1080i HD ones, actually there are 18 formats they support. You TV won't need to be HD but it will need a digital receiver box if its older.

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Gotta love forced obsolesence being pushed by the FCC eh?
Reminds me of Steve Jobs and the OS 9 to OS X transition. If he could, he would have blacked out all of the "Classic" world, haha. That transition took time, just like this will. You don't think the venerable stereotype, Joe Sixpack, will stand by as his TV goes dark do you? The 2007 deadline will come and go.

I'm not worried because I already own an HDTV with digital cable and soon (gasp) an HD compatible box. But most of my relatives don't have that luxury although many have digital cable (suburbs) or digital satellite (rural).

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