Posted on 03/08/2008 4:59:24 AM PST by Robert Drobot
I've read one argument coming from Congress that holds this change will be a boon for employment and manufacturing. However, inasmuch as things electrical are not manufactured in our country this needed production can only benefit our not-so-good friends in China.
There is a further argument that it is necessary for some yet to be explained national security purpose.
I've come across the minutes of one Congressional staff meeting ( H.R.___, Regarding the Transition to Digital Television in which 'security' is referenced forty-six ( 38 ) times; 'national security' is referenced three ( 3 ) times; and Homeland Security is referenced five (5 ) times.
Here’s my own sort of mini-conspiracy theory. I think that after conversion, the non-HDTV signals processed through the mandated “box” will be noticeably degraded from what we have been used to in analog. I base this on my experience of having viewed analog channels on an HDTV system. The digitization of the analog signal produces a sort of paint-by-numbers effect, noticeable for example when watching golf tournaments, where the picture is composed of slightly different shades of green. The result is a “splotchy” appearance, and once you notice it, you can detect it in a variety of situations.
I don’t know for a fact that this is the way it will be, but I vehemently suspect it.
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